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Corysanthes aconitiflores. A variety occurs with the “hel- 
met” of a dingy white colour. 
Pterostylis curta. One form is considerably larger than the 
other with rich brown markings. The smaller form is slender, 
with flowers quite green. 
Pterostylis nutans. What appears to be the variety  his- 
pidula occurs on the Bungwahl and Wootton roads. 
Pterostylis pedunculata. Two very distinct forms. (1) Is 
identical in all respects with the southern type found in Vic- 
toria and Tasmania. (2) Tall and very slender, with a dark 
stem and a very small flower almost wholly dark red-brown. 
of the Myall Lakes, on wet, “crab-holey” ground there grows 
Eriochilus autumnalis. Near Topi-Topi, on the north-west 
in abundance a robust form, larger in all its parts than the 
type. The flowers are often dark pink, almost rose-red. 
Calademia carnea, Three distinct forms. (1) The normal 
type. (2) A very small and slender white-flowering form, in 
and about swamps, between Bungwahl and Seal Rocks. (3) A 
remarkably large and brightly coloured form growing on peaty 
moors near Smith’s Lake. Flowers as much as two inches in 
diameter, with sepals and petals almost purplish-red. 
Poputar Names. 
These are often very unsatisfactory, but it is extremely 
difficult to alter them. Picture my disgust when, on discover- 
ing a profuse growth of the largest and most gorgeously coloured 
crimson Correa speciosa I ever saw (near Smith’s Lake) I 
learned that the local name was “Hens and roosters.”’ I did not 
enquire why. Not a great many orchids have local names here. 
Glossodias are “larkspurs,” a name also applied to Thelymitra 
izioides. Caleana is not “Cockatoo” here, but “Bee Flower”— 
amuch better name, though “Wasp orchid” would, I think, be 
better still. Hriochilus is the “Cockatoo” here: I venture to 
suggest “Autumn wings.” Most species of Pterostylis are called 
“Parrot’s Beak,” though the name is really only appropriate to 
P. nutans. Cyrtostylis I have always called “Mosquito.” Calo- 
chilus is naturally dubbed “Beardie,” whichever species it may 
be. I need not comment on the “Rock Lily,” and Dendrobium 
teretifolium and D. Beckleri pass muster as “Pencil Orchids.” 
_D. linguiforme is obviously “Tongue Orchid.” My children and 
I call Acianthus caudatus “Doggie,” because its-odour suggests 
that of the “friend of man” when his hair is all wet. “Wild 
Hyacinth” is not inappropriate for Dipodium: I have heard it 
applied to Thelymitra. Cymbidium in this district is called 
