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differ from F. v. M.'s plant, and also from each other. The 

 chocolate markings on the Mount Kosciusko specimens are an 

 exceedingly conspicuous feature and give to the flower a very 

 distinctive appearance. Fortunately a single bloom was suffi- 

 ciently fresh to enable this observation to be made. The 

 Mount Hotham plants were dry, and like many prasophyllums 

 in that condition very difficult to examine. All the specimens 

 differed from the type by the possession of connate sepals. 

 The union or otherwise of these segments is a variable feature 

 in P. Suttonii, another alpine member of the genus, and was 

 not considered sufficiently important to indicate a specific 

 difference. It is possible, however, that closer acquaintance 

 with this plant may cause it to be given the higher rank. 



Prasophyllum australe, Br., var. viscidum, n. var 



Plant slender; flowers rather smaller than the type, dark red 

 or prune coloured, with many darker blotches or spots, very 

 viscid. 



Victoria: Alberton, Gippsland; "in sandy soil, swampy 

 in winter time" ; Mr. A. J. Tadgell. January(?), 1921. 



Of this very interesting and unusual variety, Mr. Tadgell 

 writes: — "It is so viscid, that it is quite a trouble to detach 

 it from the drying-sheet. . . . It is scarred like a leper, 

 on flowers and stem." 



Caladenia carnea, Br,, var. aurantiaca, n var. Very 

 slender, about 14 cm. high. Flowers 1 or 2, the second one 

 on a filamentous pedicel. Perianth segments white on the 

 inside, striped with green on the outside. Labellum pure 

 white with exception of the tip and the calli, which are deep 

 orange in colour; calli in 2 rows, with large clavate heads 

 and slender stalks; tip entire, its margins without denticula- 

 tions or calli. 



Victoria: Alberton, Gippsland; A. J. Tadgell. October, 

 1920. 



The contrasting colours of this dainty little Caladenia 

 give it a very characteristic appearance and charm. There 

 are no transverse stripes on the lamina as in the type. The 

 stem and ovary are distinctly hairy; the leaf narrow-linear 

 and almost glabrous. 



2. Notes. 



Dendrobium dicuphum, F. v. M. Leaves 4, lanceolate, 

 with 5 prominent nerves, 15-18 cm. long and about 2 cm. wide. 

 Flowers white with purple centre, 9-12, in a raceme on a 

 slender peduncle about 36-40 cm. long. Perianth segments 



