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being very sturdy, both leaves and flowers, whilst those which 

 are found on the Tree-Ferns are mostly long, flabby, and very 

 brittle. A very pretty yellow form was found by my son at 

 Bolwarra, Bullarook, and the tubers of these are, I believe, in 

 the collection which I formed in pots whilst in the Melbourne 

 Botanical Gardens. This is a very pretty sp. and is of easy 

 cultivation, thriving well in pots or pans (the latter preferred), 

 using leaf-soil well drained for the purpose. Flowers in the 

 summer months about November and December. Caladenia 

 gunni of Reichenbach is synonymous with this sp. Found also 

 in Tasmania. 



C. DiPHYLLA, (R. Brown.) 



Radical leaves 2, more pointed than in the former species. 

 Scape from 3 to 6 inches high. Labellum more or less 

 obovate, obtuse or acute. Dorsal sepal cuneate, 5 to 6 lines 

 long, much contracted in the lower half. Column about as long 

 as the petals. 



A pretty little orchid, and one which is comparatively 

 uncommon in Victoria. In appearance it is a much more 

 slender plant than the typical form of C. gunni, the flower 

 being smaller aad more " Caladenia like" than the latter 

 sp. being of a sort of claret colour, not brown or yellow. 



1 have only found this sp. on one or two occasions, viz., 

 in the Dandenong and Marysville Ranges, although it has been 

 found in many other parts by Messrs. C. Walter, G. Coghill, and 

 others, also in the early days at Wilson's Promontory, &c., &c., 

 by Baron von Mueller. I have not had an opportunity of 

 cultivating this sp. myself, so I cannot offer any advice on 

 the matter, further than to remark that I think the treatment 

 recommended for C. gunni would also do for the cultivation of 

 this sp. Height from 2 to 4 and even 6 inches ; flowers 

 in the summer months. Caladenia diphylla and Epipactis 

 reflexa are identical with this sp. Found also in New South 

 Wales, Queensland, and in Tasmania. 



Glossodia, (R. Brown.) 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading. Labellum sessile, 

 undivided, not fringed, without calli or plates on the disk. 

 Column erect, often incurved, two-winged. Anther erect, 



2 celled. Pollen masses granular. Leaf solitary, oblong or 

 lanceolate. Flowers i to 2, on an erect scape. Flowers erect. 



G. MAJOR, (R. Brown.) 

 Hirsute, with long spreading hairs. Tuber ovoid. Scape 

 6 inches to i foot in height. Sepals and petals oblong- 

 lanceolate. Labellum not half so long as the calyx. Column 

 as long as the labellum. 



