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Plant 2-4ft. in height. Leaves from 2| to above S^tt. long. 

 Bracts and braoteoles l-|-2 lines long. Pedicels 2-2 J 

 lines long. Perianth 2-2J lines long, dark-red. Capsule 

 above Jin. in diameter. 



In moist sandy loam. 



ASinity, H. coccineum B. Br. 



146. H. flaviaoram W.V.F. n. sp. 



Stems form a thickened base, branched from about the middle 

 or above ; basal leaves linear-terete, striate, frequently 

 longer than the stera, upper ones very few and short ; 

 inflorescence a loose few-branched panicle, the ultimate 

 slender branches terminating in loosely flowered racemes ; 

 bracts and bracteoles obtuse or subacute ; perianths 

 yellow, occasionally greenish-yellow, all on short pedicels, 

 the outer segments oblong-lanceolate, the inner narrower, 

 all obtuse and of equal length ; stamens as long as the 

 perianth, the anthers equalHng the filaments ; ovary 

 haK-superior. 



Edkins Range (W.V.F. ). 



Total height of plant 2ft. or less. Leaves 2Jft. long or shorter, 

 lilaoemes l-2in. long. Bracts and bracteoles mostly 

 about 2 lines long. Perianths 2 lines long. Capsule 

 not seen. 



In sandy loam. 



Affinity, H. parviflorum Benth. 



147. H. parviflorum Benth. 



Brunswick Bay (A. Cunn. ) ; near Derby, Goody Goody, 

 Sunday Island (W.V.F.). 



Lower leaves longer than the scapes ; flowers scarcely IJ lines 

 long, dark-purple ; stamens as long as the perianth- 

 segments. In da.mp sandy spots. 



AMARYLLIDACE^. 



148. Crinum asiaticum L. 

 King River (W.V.F.). 

 In wet soil. 



MICROSPERM.®. 



ORCHIDACE^. 



149. Gymhidium canaficulfituni R. Br. 



Epiphytal on various species of Eucalyptus, especially E. 

 clavigera, A. Cunn. Sepals greenish-yellow without, 

 yellow on the margins, very dark-red within ; petals 

 greenish-yellow, saturated with very dark-red ; column 

 pale-coloured, profusely streaked and blotched with reddish 

 purple ; base of the labellum and two lateral lobes magenta, 

 terminal lobe pale-yeUow spotted with purple. Flowers 

 sweetly scented. 



