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plants when not in bloom ; 
tinct, as may be seen fro: 
made between two flowers 
D. Adae. 
Flowers white. 
Dorsal sepal 14 mm. long, 
obtuse. 
Labellum 10 mm. long. 
Lateral lobes with faint 
purple bars. 
Mid-lobe cordate, densely 
tomentose. 
Column white. 
Anther not small. 
D. Fleckeri. 
Flowers pale yellowish- 
DENDROBIUM 
>ut the flowers are very dis- 
i the following comparison 
green. 
Dorsal sepal 22 mm. long, 
acute. 
Labellum 14 mm. long. 
Lateral lobes heavily stain- 
ed with purplish red. 
Mid-lobe reniform, with in- 
terned tomentose mar- 
gins. 
Column green, or densely 
spotted with red. 
Anther relatively very 
small. 
IARRII, sp. nov. 
Caules serpentes, teretes, cum radicibus crassis. 
Pseudobulbi pauci, 3-4 cm. longi, striati. Folia duo, 
graeilia tenuiaque. Racemi foliis breviores cum floribus 
paucis. Sepala petalaque angustissima, circiter 14 mm. 
longa; calcar obtusum, 6-7 mm. Labellum fere 14 mm., 
aureum, supra canaliculatum, trilobatum; lobi laterales 
breves, lobus medius longus acutusque. Columna brevis 
lataque. 
Stems elongate, creeping, terete, with rather thick 
roots radiating from beneath the pseudobulbs. Pseudo- 
bulbs few, 3-4 cm. long, deeply furrowed. Leaves term- 
inal, two or one, slender and of thin texture. Raemes 
shorter than leaves, with several pale flowers. Sepals 
and petals very narrow, equal, about 14 mm. long ; spur 
obtuse, half as long as the sepals. Labellum nearly as 
long as the other segments, bright golden yellow, chan- 
elled above, trilobate; lateral lobes short, median lobe 
long and rather acute. Column short and broad, but de- 
tails obscure in the material available. 
MOLLUSCAN NOTES.— No. 1. 
By HERMANN J. BERNHARD (Rockhampton). 
HUNTING THE ELUSIVE COWRIE IN 
KEPPEL BAY. 
No doubt many people' have picked up Cowrie shells 
;both dead and alive, but; how many have seen the beauti- 
ful animal that lives in them ! When making observations 
on these molluscs, ! take a large size specimen jar with me 
and half fill it with sea water. Cowries are shy animals, 
