1584 CXXVII. ORCHIDE^. [Caladc-nia. 



Gen. and Sp. Orch. 392 ; F. v. M. Fragm. v. 98 ; Eeichb. f. Beitr. 32 ; CalaJenia 

 sulphurea, A. Cann. in Field, N.8. Wales, 381 ; Leptoceras sulphurea, Lindl. Gen. 

 and Sp. Orch. 416 ; Fitzg. Austr. Orch. i., Pfc. 4. 

 Hab.: Stanthorpe, J. Davidson; Nerang, H. Schneider, 



4. C. carnea (flesh coloured), B. Br. Prod. 324 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 385^ 

 Slender, usually under 1ft. high, sparingly hairy or nearly glabrous or glandular- 

 papillose. Leaf narrow-linear, often long. Flowers 1 to 3, pink in the typical 

 form, often longitudinally veined and usually with transverse bands of a darker 

 hue on the labellum and column. ' Sepals 6 to 8 lines long, or in some varieties- 

 rather smaller, lanceolate, acute, the dorsal sepal erect and as well as the petals- 

 rather smaller than the lateral ones. Labellum not above half as long as the- 

 lateral sepal, the lateral lobes broad, obtuse and prominent, the middle lobe 

 lanceolate, recurved, fringed with a fe* linear calli ; calli of the disk linear in 2; 

 rows in the typical form. Column narrowly winged. — Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 

 417; Endl. Iconogr. t. 51; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 29, f. 121 A; Eeichb. f.. 

 Beitr. 28 ; Arcthusa catenata, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 104 ; U. alafa. R. Br. Prod. 324 

 (with smaller flowers); Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 418 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii.. 

 30, t. 125 ; Reichb. f. Beitr. 29 ; C. anr/ustata, Hook. f. Ic. ; Fitzg. Austr. Orch.. 

 i., Pt. 7. 



Hab.: Keppel and Shoalwater Bays, R. Brown; from Brisbane to Wide Bay in great 

 abundance, Leichhcirdt, F. v. Mueller and others ; Eockiampton, O'Shanesy ; Nerkool Creek,, 

 Bowman ; Darling DOwns, Law ; Mount Elliott, Fitzalan, 



A small plant like C. carnea but more glabrous. 



Var- alba. Besides the flowers being white the plants are usually larger than the pink ones.. 

 —Fitzg. Austr. Orch. i. Pt. 7. 



5. C caerulea (blue), B. Br. Prod. 324 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 388. A. 

 small plant like C. carnea, but more glabrous, the empty bract on the stem 

 smaller and more erect but with the solitary blue flower of that species. Leaf 

 linear or linear-lanceolate. Stem rarely Gin. high. Lateral sepals 4 to 5 lines 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, glandular-dotted but scarcely veined ; dorsal sepal as 

 long but narrower; petals both narrower and- shorter. Labellum more than half 

 or nearly as long as the lateral sepals, broad almost from the base ; lateral lobes- 

 broad, erect, obtuse, with transverse bands of a darker hue, middle lobe lanceo- 

 late, almost acute, entire or slightly fringed ; calli linear-clavate, in 2 rows.. 

 Column rather narrowly winged almost from the base. Anther-point very short. 

 —Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 417 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 29 ; Reichb. f. Beitr. 

 28 ; Fitzg. Austr. Orch. i., Pt. 5. 



Hab.: This has very nearly the range of C. carnea, and for the little difference there Is- 

 between tbem might be given as a variety of that species. 



43. GLOSSODIA, R. Br. 



(Alluding to the tongue-like calli on the labellum.) 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading. Labellum sessile, undivided, nofc 

 fringed, without calli or plates on the disk, but, at its base 2 (sometimes united 

 into 1) linear clavate calli or appendages erect against the column and from half 

 bo nearly its whole length. Column erect, often incurved, 2-winged. Anther 

 erect, 2-celled, the outer valves broad, the inner much smaller, the connective 

 produced into a small point. Pollen-masses granular. — Terrestrial herbs usually 

 hairy, with small underground tubers. Leaf solitary, oblong or lanceolate, from 

 within a scarious sheath close to the ground ; flowers 1 to 2 on an erect scape, 

 leafless except an empty sheathing bract at or below the middle, and a similar- 

 bract under each pedicel. Flowers erect, blue or purple. 

 The genus is limited to Australia. 



