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th© relative lengths of labellum and lateral sepals. The 

 lateral appendages of the column are not quite so high as 

 the anther. 



This is a very beautiful species and generally dries 

 purple. 



It was seen growing in considerable numbers in sandy soil. 



D. laevis, Fitz. 



Western Australia: Gosnells, Mrs. W. E. Cooke, 

 4/10/08; Perth, Dr. J. B. Cleland; York, O. H. 

 Sargent, 27/10/07. 



It comes very close to D. setacea, Br. 



D. longifolia, Br. 



Specimens of this well-known species were received with 

 flowers of a uniform yellow colour. They were collected by 

 Mr. J. W. Audas, at Nar Nar Goon, Gippsland, Victoria. 



Cryptostylis. 

 G . ovata, Br. 



Western Australia : Diamond Tree School, near Jarnadup, 

 Miss I. Knox-Peden, 1/2/19; Albany, Dr. A. Syme Johnson, 

 4/12/19; Lake Chockerup, Rogers and Mrs. Hassell. 



Gastrodia. 

 G. sesamoides, Br. 



Western Australia : Diamond Tree School, near 

 Jarnadup, Miss I. Knox-Peden, December, 1918. In his 

 Frag. Phytograph. 116, Diels states that this plant is nowhere 

 to be found. in Western Australia and thinks that it should 

 be deleted from the botanical records of that State. Miss 

 Knox-Peden's discovery definitely disposes of this matter. 



Prasophyllum. 

 P. Muelleri, Andrews. 



Western Australia : S^an View, near Perth, Rogers, 

 28/9/19. Fairly numerous on stony hill-tops. 



A tall plant, often 120 cm. (4 feet) in height, 

 differing from P. elatum in that the labellum is articu- 

 late on a short claw in the former but sessile in the 

 latter. The presence of a claw or its absence is of 

 importance, as this feature forms the basis of classifica- 

 tion of the genus by Bentham in the ''Flora Australiensis." 

 If this plant is admitted as a new species it will become 

 necessary under Bentham 's classification to place it in quite 



