Caladenia.] CXXVII. ORCHIDE^. 1583 



1. C. Fatersoni (after Col. Paterson), R. Br. Prod. 824; BeniJi. Fl. Austr, 

 vi. 381. More or less hairy and from under 1ft. to near 2ft. high, the upper 

 portion and flowers often minutely glandular-pubescent. Leaf oblocg-linear or 

 lanceolate, 2 or more inches long. Flowers 1, 2 or very rarely 3, the bracts 

 isubtending the pedicels small and linear. Sepals more or less dilated in the 

 lower part, tapering into a long point sometimes dilated again towards the end, 

 the whole length varying from 1 to above 2in., the points or the whole sepal 

 usually glandular-pubescent. Petals shorter and not dilated at the base or rarely 

 :as long as the sepals. Labellum rarely half as long as the sepals, broadly ovate 

 ■or ovate-lanceolate and undivided or dilated into broad lateral lobes, the margins 

 more or less fringed ciliate or crenate, the end or middle lobe recurved ; calli 

 numerous, linear or clavate, more or less distinctly arranged in 4 or more 

 longitudinal rows. Column as long as the erect portion of the labellum, shortly 

 "winged at the apex ; anther-point usually prominent. — Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 

 422 ; Reichb. f. Beitr. 81 ; 0. pulcherrima, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 93, 101 ; Fitzg. 

 Austr. Orch. i., Pt. 3. 



Very variable in the length and proportions of the sepals, in the shape of the labellum and its 

 fringes and calli, and in the colour of the flowers, which are usually of a pale-greenish hue 

 outside and yellowish or pink inside, the calli and end or middle lobe of the labellum usually 

 and sometimes the whole disk of a rich purple. 



Var. dilatata. Labellum with broad lateral usually pale-coloured deeply fringed lobes, the 

 middle lobe ovate, dark-coloured ; calli very numerous in several rows. G. dilatata, E. Br. 

 Prod. 325 ; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 422 ; Hook, f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 27, t. 122 B ; Reichb. f., 

 Beitr. 32; (7. ^toraentosa, Lindl. I.e. 421, not of B. Br. ; C. longicaada, Ljndl. Swan Eiv. App. 

 -52, t. 8 A ; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 422 ; Endl. in PI. Preiss. ii. 9. 



Hab.: Between Stanthorpe and the border of N.S.W. 



2. C. latifolia (leaves broad), R. Br. Prod. 324 ; Benth. hi. Austr. vi. 384. 

 Hairy, from f to 1ft. high. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, 1^ to 4in. long. Flowers 

 pink or rarely white, usually 2 or 8, rather distant, on short pedicels. Lateral 

 sepals varying in different specimens from 6 to 11 lines long, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or scarcely acute, the dorsal sepal rather shorter and more acute, the 

 petals somewhat shorter and more lanceolate. Labellum not half the length 

 of the sepals, shortly cuneate at the base, deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 oblong-obtuse and entire, the middle lobe longer, ovate or broadly lanceolate, 

 fringed near the base with a few marginal calli, the calli of the disk linear- 

 clavate, rather long, in 2 short converging rows, sometimes almost forming a 

 semi-circle, sometimes rather longer and more parallel. Column shortly and 

 rather broadly winged at the apex. Anthers with a long point. — Lindl. Gen. 

 and Sp. Orch. 419 ; Eeichb. f. Beitr. 30, 64 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 28 ; C. 

 mollis, Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 51 ; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 419 ; G. elongata, Lindl. 

 Swan Eiv. App. 52 ; Gen. and Sp. Orch, 419 ; Fitzg. Austr. Orch. ii. Pt. 5. 



Hab.; Southern localities. 



3. C. suaveolens (sweet-scented), Reichb, f. Beitr. 67; Benth. FL Austr. vi. 

 385. Glabrous and usually 1ft. high or rather more. Leaf linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, 6 to Sin. long, and often 2 or 3 empty sheathing-scales on the stem. 

 Flowers 2 to 6, rather distant, almost sessile within sheathing bracts of ^ ta fin. 

 Dorsal sepal lanceolate, aciuminate, incurved, concave, f to nearly lin. long ; 

 lateral sepals and petals nearly as long, linear, spreading or recurved. Labellum 

 not half so long as the sepals, the erect part broad with the erect lateral lobes 

 jounded and not very prominent, the middle lobe ovate-oblong, obtuse, recurved ; 

 ■calli in 2 rows along the claw or erect part and between the lateral lobes, some- 

 .times almost confluent, the remainder of the disk almost covered with smaller 

 ■calli or papillae more or less arranged in several rows. Column broadly winged. 

 Anther with a prominent point. — Lyperanthus suaveolens, E. Br. Prod. 325 ; Lindl. 



