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Labelluin emarginate, 2 groups tuber- 

 culated glands on upper-surface and 

 similar glands on anterior margins ; 

 dorsal sepal about 2*5 ;mm. long, broad 



and concave 



Labellum with anterior mesial callosity and 

 sometimes 2 marginal callosities, ex- 

 panded at its extremity into 2 large 

 divaricate lobes; dorsal sepal upwards 



of 3 mm. long 



Lateral sepals spreading, but not recurved 

 or revolute. 



Labellum entire, orbicular; lat. sepals 

 acute, completely bidden behind label- 

 lum ; lat. petals acute; flowers minute; 

 dorsal sepal barely exceeding 1 mm. 

 long, markedly galeate, broad 



Labellum entire, almost quadrate; lat. 

 sepals very blunt and wide, not hidden 

 by labellum ; petals similar in length 

 and shape to lat. sepals; flowers 

 minute; .dorsal sepal blunt, wide, 

 cucullate, hardy 1 mm. long 



Labellum entire, oblong, contracted in 

 middle, a broad callus at the base and 

 a small oblong thickening towards the 

 apex ; lat. sepals not reflexed, as long 

 and almost as broad as dorsal sepal; 

 petals incurved over column, same 

 length but much narrower than lat. 

 sepals; dorsal sepal blunt, narrow, 

 hardly broader than lat. sepals, about 

 2 mm. long 



Labellum subemarginate at apex, quad- 

 rangular-oblong, crisped in middle. 2 

 small ''appendages" at base and 

 small thickening towards tip ; lateral 

 sepals rather blunt and similar to 

 petals, but a- little broader ; flowers 

 larger than in M. pulcheUa; dorsial 

 sepal broad with small point at the 

 apex 



M. media 



M. alha 



M. orbicularis 



M. atrata 



M. pulchella 



M. gymnadenoides 



Caladenia ieidescens, n. sp. 

 A slender plant 10-20 cm. in height; stem reddish-purple, 

 beset with fine hairs, a small clasping subulate bract below the 

 middle, a tubular scarious sheath from 5-10 mm. long at the 

 base; leaf narrow-linear, 5-8 cm. long generally, reaching 

 beyond the bract, sparsely hirsute. 



Flowers usually solitary, rarely 2, a dusky-red mingled 

 with iridescent golden tints, rather more than 2 cm. in 

 diameter; ovary bairy, narrow, elongated, on a slender pedicel 

 7-10 mm. long, subtended by a narrow acute lanceolate bract; 

 habit approaching that of Caladenia carnea, Br. 



