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9 lines long ; lateral petals falcate, narrower and rather 

 shorter than lateral sepals ; dorsal sepal shorter than the other 

 segments, incurved over column, contracted at base. 



Labellum pink, about 4J lines, on a rather long and 

 narrow claw, basal portion rather erect against column, the 

 lamina gradually curved forward, divided very distinctly into 

 3 lobes; margins entire; lateral lobes falcate, acute, reaching 

 well beyond the middle of labellum ; middle lobe oblong- 

 lanceolate ; calli dark crimson, imbricate, completely covering 

 middle lobe, at first placed longitudinally in 2 rather obscure 

 rows, the two nearest the claw being stalked, the others large 

 sessile, flat-topped ; calli in anterior half arranged transversely, 

 large, sessile, more or less oblong, flat-topped. 



Column rather shorter than dorsal sepal and labellum, 

 incurved, with rather wide wings, especially in its upper 

 portion, blotched with pink markings ; anther mucronate ; 

 stigma circular, disc-like, just below the anther. 



Found by Mr. J. M. Black in Glencoe scrub, November 27, 

 1917. Only a single specimen was seen, the normal time of 

 blooming being earlier in the month. 



This plant has not hitherto been recorded from this State, 

 but it occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 

 I have never received or seen it from Western Australia, 

 although Bentham notes a plant in Lindley's herbarium as 

 possibly belonging to this species. , 



Caladenia testacea, Br., and Caladenia congesta, Br., 

 belong to Bentham's Section Eucaladenia, in which "the sepals 

 are acute or obscurely acuminate, rarely obtuse, the dorsal one 

 usually erect and concave. Labellum inconspicuously veined, 

 the disc with 2 or more rows of calli (sometimes arranged or 

 united at the base almost in a semicircle)." 



They fall under the subsection where the flowers are pink 

 or white, leaf narrow-linear or absent, labellum with broad 

 lateral lobes. 



Differential Table. 



Leaf narrow-linear or absent; flowers pink, 



pinkish, or white. 



Calli arranged distinctly or obscurely in 



2 rows. 



Labellum not exceeding half length of 



lateral sepals; lateral lobes broad, 



obtuse, and prominent, middle lobe 



denticulated ; leaf narrow-linear ; 



flowers pink or white C. carnea, Br. 



Labellum exceeding half length of lateral 

 sepals ; lateral lobes falcate, almost 

 acute, incurved; middle lobe entire; 

 leaf absent at time of flowering ... C. aphylla, Benth. 



