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Frenchit, from N". Queensland, and Rosenbergia megalocephala, from 

 Port Darwin; by Mr. R. Hall, fossil woods from Port Darwin; by 

 Master G. F. Hill, hummingbirds; by Mr. G. Keartland, liarnionious 

 thrush, and tree-creeper from Riddell's Creek; by Mr. H. Kennon, 

 fossils from central South Australia, by Baron von Mueller, new 

 and recently described plants from New Guinea and Polynesia, of 

 the genera Bignonia, Tecoma, and Fragacea; by Mr. F. Reader, 

 Victorian mosse?, (second series); by Mr. "W. Sangwell, a new 

 orchid (in flower), Dendrobium Fc8lschert,hom. Port Darwin; by Mr. 

 S. H Wintle, F.L.S., zeolites, etc., from Clifton Hill quarries. 

 After the usual conversazione the meetinsr terminated. 



ORCHIDE^ OF VICTORIA. 

 By 0. Frhnoh, F.L.S., Department of Government Botanist. 



Part 9. 

 (^Eead before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, June 10th, 18SS) 



{Continued^ 



P. coNciNNA, (R. Brown.) 



This curious and well marked sj). is perhaps the most common of 

 our orchids, being found in great numbers in the Ti-tree scrubs on 

 the coast of Port Phillip, also in the inland parts of the colony. 

 This sp. may be easily distinguished from others of the genus, 

 the "hood" being short, wide for its size, and has a reddish tint. 

 The leaves are in a radical rosette, and the plant is nearly always 

 to be found in patches, growing in great numbers. The plant 

 generally bears but one flower, but two is not a very uncommon 

 occurrence in fine specimens. This is one of the easiest to cultivate of 

 our native sj)., and tubers removed even while in flower, will reappear 

 the next season as if nothing liad ha])pened. For cultivation, use 

 good sandy soil, with jjlenty of drainage. The tubers should be 

 grown in a shallow pot or pan, say 50 tubers in an 8 inch pot. 

 This common little plr.nt is well worth growing, as it remains a long 

 time in flower, and dries well for the herbarium. Flowers from 

 October to January. A sp. was found some time since at or near 

 the Red Bluff, which at first Baron von Mueller thought to be 

 P. obtusa, but on further examination he concluded that it is but a 

 distinct form of P. concinna, although the singular filament which 

 is a peculiarity of this plant, is not observable in the normal 

 specimens of P. concinna. Found in New South Wales, South 

 Australia, and in Queensland. 



