1520 CXXVII. ORCHIDE^. [Liparis. 



sheathing scales, 1 to 3 upper ones obloug-lanceolate, 3 to Sin. long and about 

 ■ iin. broad, with a short . sheathing base, those of the barren pseudo-bulbs longer 

 and contracted into a long sheathing base. Flowers yellowish-white in loose 

 racemes. Bracts lanceolate-subulate or subulate. Pedicels with the ovary 4 to & 

 lines long. Buds falcate. Sepals and petals 4 to nearly 5 lines long, the sepals 

 narrow-lanceolate, the petals linear. Labellum about as long as the sepals, the 

 erect base embracing the. base of the cohimn but free from it, the lamina broadly 

 oblong, concave, the margins slightly undulate and dilated at the base into 2 

 auricles or short lateral lobes embracing the apex of the column, the apex obtuse 

 or retuse and sometimes denticiilate-ciliate, the disk with 2 more or less 

 marked longitudinal raised lines. Column narrow, incurved, about half as long 

 as the sepals, the margins slightly dilated at the top into membranous wings. — 

 Eeichb. f. Beitr. 46; Cywbidiuin refle.vuiii, E. Br. Prod. 381; Stui-mia reflexa, 

 F. V. M. Fragm. ii. 72, iii. 165. 

 Hub.: Southern localities. 



8. Z>. cuneilabris (labellum wedge-shaped), F. v. M. Frarpn. iv. 161; 

 Bi'iith. I'l. AiistL'. vi. 278. Habit stature and loose racemes of rather large 

 flowers of L. refiexa, but the flowers said to be yellow. Leaves more acute and 

 tapering than in that species. Bracts shorter. Buds rather longer and narrower. 

 Labellum shaped as in L. rcflex-n, of which this is probably a variety. — Stnrmia- 

 rniyiistilahris, F. v. M. l.c, 



Hab.: lloekingham Bay, Dallachy ; Mourilyan Harbour, J, JI'. R. Stuart. 



4. Zi. coelogynoides (Coelogyne-like), F. c. M. Fragm. ii. 71 ; Bentlt. FL 

 Aufti: vi. 273. Habit nearly of L. refliwa, but the leaves more rigid and acute 

 and those of the flowering stems more contracted at the base. Racemes much 

 more slender than in L. reflexa, and the flowers smaller, the peduncle and rhachis- 

 flattened and almost winged in the specimens (possibly from pressure in drying ?). 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary and pedicels about 3 lines long. Flowers 

 (white?), very delicate. Sepals and petals linear, about 3 lines long, the petals, 

 about half as broad as the sepals. Labellum as long as the petals, the short base- 

 embraciug the column, the lamina broadly obovate-cuneate, the broad end slightly 

 denticulate. Column half as long as the sepals, narrow, incurved, 2-winged at. 

 the top. — Sturmia cwloi/ynoides, F. v. M. l.c. 



Hab.: Toowoomba, F. v. Mueller. 



5. £«i mowbulana (aboriginal name of its habitat). Bail. Ql. Ai/ri. Journ. 

 ii. 197, PL xvi. Pseudo-bulbs almost globose in outline, or somewhat irregular- 

 angular, |in. or rather more in diameter, the old ones depressed ; bearing 1 or % 

 linear-lanceolate, recurved leaves, from 2 to 3^in. long, and 3 to 4 lines broad, 

 tapering from above the middle to the base, apiculate at the apex, longitudinal 

 jierves usually 3 on each side of the midrib. Raceme half as long again as the- 

 leavos, the pednncle portion flattened. Flowers white, about 5. Bracts lanceolate,. 

 half as long as the pedicel. Pedicels with the ovary very slender 3 lines long. 

 Sepals and petals about 8 lines long, all narrow, but the latter only half the width- 

 of the former. Labellum longer than the other segments, the lower half erect, 

 and loosely embracing the column, the upper half erecto-patent, cuneate in 

 outline, ending in two truncate somewhat jagged lobes, with an apiculate gland- 

 in the sinus. No disk plates or calli. Column slightly shorter than the sepals,, 

 winged half-way up, then contracted and more or less abruptly incurved and 

 expanding again under the anther on either side of the stigma. Anther yellow. 



Hab.: Mowbulan or Bunya Mountain, J. F. Bailey ; forming dense masses on the tree trunks. 



G. Is. habenarina (Habenaria-like), F. r. M. Fragm. iv. 131 ; Be7ith. Fl. 

 Avstr. vi. 273. Habit and foliage nearly of L. reflexa, but taller, often above,lft. 

 high. Leaves several, tapering at both ends, mostly acute, ^ to Iin. broad,. 



