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width of the plate is suggestive of more than two filaments 

 having entered into its composition. 



C. tutelata is distinctly a transitional form between the 

 Caladenias and the Glossodias, and emphasizes the point rais- 

 ed in my former paper, as to the wisdom of separating these 

 two genera in a natural classification. 



In colour, this species more nearly approaches G. major 

 than C. deformis. The two rows of golfstick calli are gene- 

 rally well defined as far as the middle of the labellum, where 

 they merge into still smaller calli of less regular distribu- 

 tion. The margin of the labellum is unfringed. 



There were no Glossodias yet in bloom in the gully where 

 these specimens were discovered, and one had to search dili- 

 gently for an odd specimen in other parts of the ranges. The 

 early date of blooming, therefore, of the new species, would 

 alone put the question of hybridization practically out of 

 court. 



