PTEROSTYLIS PEDOGLOSSA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria, and 
Tasmania. 
A very slender species which rarely exceeds 6 inches in height. Grows from a 
small rosette. Flower solitary, green in colour, sometimes tipped with brown. 
The hair-like extensions of the sepals are long and erect, while the tongue is 
stalked and sensitive. Flowers in Autumn. 
PTEROSTYLIS PEDUNCULATA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria, and 
Tasmania, 
An extremely slender species which grows from a rosette of small oval leaves and 
bears a single flower. This is small, green at the base, the upper parts being dark 
brown, red or light brown. Tongue oval and blunted. Flowers in Spring and 
Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS PULCHELLA. Native of New South Wales. 
A tiny species similar to P. grandiflora in shape and colouring, but the flowers 
are much smaller and the tongue is cleft at the apex. 
PTEROSTYLIS PUSILLA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, 
South Australia, and Western Australia. 
Another slender, small flowered species, generally about 8 inches tall, but occa- 
sionally found growing up to 20 inches in height. The slender stem bears five or 
six green flowers flecked with brown, grey or palish red-brown. Tips of the sepals 
are blunted. Tongue oval with a straight tip and a row of small hairs round 
the edges. It is very sensitive. 
Var. prominens.—Flowers deep red on long stalks. Flowers in Spring and Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS REFLEXA. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. 
A small but graceful plant from 4 to 8 inches high, with small bract-like leaves 
on the stem. Flowers small and solitary, greenish-white, marked with greenish- 
brown lines. The sepals and petals extended into long reflexed tails. Flowers 
in Autumn. 
PTEROSTYLIS REVOLUTA. Native of New South Wales and Victoria. 
A graceful species with a slender stem up to twelve inches high, bearing a single 
fair sized flower, white attractively striped with green and marked with brown. 
Leaves few at the base of the stem. Flowers in Autumn. 
PTEROSTYLIS ROBUSTA. Native of Victoria, South Australia, and Western 
Australia. 
A large flowered species with stems ranging from 2 to 14 inches in height, and 
furnished with a few narrow, lanceolate, green leaves. Flower solitary, white 
striped with green or brown. Tongue short and lanceolate. Flowers in Spring 
and Autumn. 
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