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G. unita, Fitz. 



Western Australia: Albany district, Rogers, September, 

 1919; Tukurua, Miss Bryce Maclntyre, 13/10/11; Mand- 

 jimnp, E. H. Sutton; Stirling Ranges, Rogers, September, 

 1919; Darling Ranges, Rogers, September, 1919. 



This orchid has a fairly wide range and is extremely 

 abundant in certain districts. It is surprising that it was 

 not obtained by the old collectors, and also that it remained 

 so long undiscovered after its establishment as a species by 

 Fitzgerald. The connate sepals are very characteristic, and 

 it is thought that they would have attracted attention. 



C. Purdieana, Andrews. 



Western Australia: Robinson's Hill, Albany, Dr. A. 

 Syme Johnson, 16/10/19. 



This would appear to be distinct from C. paniculata, 

 Fitz., with which the writer long believed it to be identical, 

 a view which the founder also subsequently shared. There 

 is, however, no central callus on the labellum as in the case 

 of Fitzgerald's and some allied species. Mr. Andrews states 

 that it was found in ironstone gravel on the slopes of the 

 Darling Range at Kelmscott; also near Midland Junction and 

 at Pinjarra. He gives the time of flowering as October- 

 November. 



C. paniculata, Fitz. 



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

 4/10/08; near Perth, Mrs. Tapp, 19/10/07; Balbarrup, E. 

 H. Sutton, October, 1912; Karridale (South-western 

 district), Mrs. W. E. Cooke, 25/10/06; Ravenswood, near 

 Pinjarra, Rogers, 1/10/19. 



This plant is about the size and habit of G. cameo, Br., 

 but with a much wider leaf. Flowers pink or white with 

 dusky reddish-brown on lower-surface of the perianth 

 segments, and many glandular hairs on all segments; 3 or 4 

 in number in a panicle. The lateral lobes of the labellum 

 are large and erect, their anterior margins more or less 

 fringed and everted; the middle lobe rather large, recurved, 

 margin fringed throughout. Calli form a plate in two 

 converging rows in middle of lamina. 



G. avhylla, Benth. 



Western Australia : Tukurua, near Albany, Miss Bryce 

 Maclntyre, 3/4/12. 



This species is at first inspection suggestive of an 

 Eriochilus, the sepals and petals being entirely white or 

 yellowish-white, and similar in shape. The labellum is 



