THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. l77 



November, and sometimes later. Caladenia nigricans is a 

 synonym of this sp. Found also in N.S. Wales, S. and W. 

 Australia, and Tasmania. The plant is of little use for the 

 herbarium, as it dries perfectly black, and quite unlike what it 

 is when in a living state. 



L. Burnett:, (F. von Mueller.) 

 Flowering stems 2in. to 4in. high, with several sheathing 

 ■empty scales, the lower ones short and imbricate. Leaf ovate- 

 lanceolate, about an inch long, but disappearing before the 

 flowering. Sepals and petals about 5 lines long. Flowers i to 

 3, erect but much incurved. Labellum very broad, and some- 

 times slightly fringed. Column wings like those of a Caladenia. 

 This curious and rare plant was first found in Victoria by Mr. 

 W. H. Wooster, at Narrewarren, near Berwick, to whom I am 

 indebted for the specimen here exhibited. Mr. Wooster 

 informs me that it was found in a very secluded spot, I think 

 about September or October. I have never been so fortunate 

 as to find a specimen myself, and I can only hope that it will 

 fall to the lot of one of our members to find another specimen. 

 The flowers of the specimen which I have are of a brownish 

 yellow or white, and there are 3 on the stem ; the tubers seem 

 rather small, although the whole plant is of a somewhat dwarf 

 habit. Its present rarity would prevent its being cultiva'ed in 

 any quantity ; I should, however, advise leaf-soil to grow it in, 

 ■with some sand, and a little shade. Caladenia cuneata and 

 Burnettia cuneata are identical with this sp. Found also in 

 Tasmania. 



Cyrtostylis, (R. Brown.) 



Dorsal sepal linear or linear-lanceolate, erect and incurved, 

 •concave. Lateral sepals and petals very narrow. Labellum 

 with a short claw, flat, undivided, entire, with 2 calli at the base. 

 Column elongated, incurved, winged upwards. Anther terminal, 

 erect, 2 celled ; pollen masses granular. Leaf solitary, at the 

 base of the stem. Scape without any empty bract, usually 

 bearing a raceme of several flowers. 



C. RENiFORMis, (R. Brown.) 



A small, delicate, glabrous plant. Leaf orbicular-cordate or 

 reniform, radical, sessile. Scape from under two inches high, 

 with four or five pale red flowers. Dorsal sepal, four to five 

 lines long. Labellum nearly as long as the dorsal sepal. 

 Column slender. 



This pretty and well-known little orchid is a general favourite 

 amongst collectors. Its easy growth, and other peculiarities, 

 cause it to be much sought after. In the shady ti-tree scrubs 



