54 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST, 



sheathing scales on the stem. Flowers 2 to 6, rather distant. 

 Dorsal sepal lanceolate, accuminate, incurved. Labellum not 

 half so long as the sepals. Column broadly winged. Anther 

 with a prominent point. 



This singular sp. (for the first sight of which I am indebted 

 to my friend, Mr. D. Best, who was fortunate enough to " spy 

 out" a plant near Berwick) is one of the most distinct of the 

 Victorian sp. — in fact, at first sight I could not make it out, 

 and having no work (the key, for instance) with me to refer to, 

 I had to give it up for a bad job, and ask the Baron, who at 

 once recognised it as an old friend. This orchid, so far as I 

 can see, is nearly always to be found in obscure places, I having 

 hunted about near Berwick for hours, and have only found a 

 very few specimens, and those were all growing in or near the 

 tussocky roots of the dwarf grass-tree X. minor, and thus the 

 plant, being of a dull colour, is easily overlooked by the 

 ordinary observer. It is difficult of removal when found in 

 such situations, because the tubers are easily detached if not 

 lifted carefully. It is a good sp. for cultivation, being very 

 hardy, and is well worthy of a place in a collection. To grow 

 it well, use sandy loam with an abundance of water whilst 

 growing. I believe this sp. is not uncommon about the ranges, 

 and in East Gippsland, but I at least have never been so for- 

 tunate as to find it common. Flowers in October and Novem- 

 ber. Colour of flowers brownish-yellow, and very dull in 

 appearance. Found also in New South Wales and in Tas- 

 mania. Lyperanthus suaveolens, Caladenia sulphurea, and 

 Leptoceras sulphurea are synonyms of this sp. 



C. Carnea (R. Brown.) 



Slender, usually under i foot high, hairy or nearly 

 glabrous. Leaf narrow-linear, often long. Flowers i to 3, 

 pink in the typical form, often longitudinally veined, and 

 usually with transverse bands of a darker hue on the labellum 

 and column. Sepals 6 to 8 lines long, the dorsal sepal erect, 

 and as well as the petals, rather smaller than the lateral ones. 

 Labellum not above half as long as the lateral sepals. Calli of 

 the disk linear in 2 rows in the typical form. Column narrowly 

 winged. 



This very common, pretty, though variable sp. will be found 

 to be generally distributed throughout the colony from the dis- 

 tant mountains to the sea-coast. It has often puzzled me to 

 account for the great difference in colour, habit, and general 

 appearance of this plant, the pretty little digitate-looking pink 

 flowers of the typical form being very different in outward 

 appearance to the more robust and darker coloured forms 

 which are frequently to be found, especially in the ti-tree scrubs 

 which line the coast between Mordialloc and Frankston, where 



