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and as sweet as a chesnut, even when dried; they would certainly afford a delicate article of food. Of the genus Diuris some, as D. filifolia (Tab. VIII. B) and D. Drummondi,225 have yellow flowers, more or less spotted with purple; others, as D. corymbosa228 and porrifolia, are almost wholly purple; these flowers have the two anterior sepals narrow and projecting like two tails, while the two lateral petals are broad and spreading like a pair of wings, the back sepal has the form of a bird's head and neck, and the whole resembles something from fairy land upon the wing.

The Caladenias are well known to be beautiful plants,


rimâ, appendicibus 2 linearibus truncatis membranaceis, labello oblongo-lineari subemarginato medio geniculato.

(225) Diuris Drummondi; foliis ensiformibus erectis scapo multò brevioribus, floribus flavis secundis, labelli lobo medio unicarinato ovato complicato lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis longiore.

(226) Diuris filifolia (Tab. VIII. B.); foliis setaceis scapo multò brevioribus, floribus flavis, labelli lobo medio unicarinato ovato complicato lateralibus rotundatis dentatis longiore.

(227) Diuris laxiflora; floribus flavis, pedunculis longissimis capillaribus bracteis linearibus canaliculatis duplò longioribus, labelli lobo medio subrotundo basi imâ unicarinato lateralibus multò minoribus margine postico denticulatis.

(228) Diuris corymbosa; foliis ensiformibus linearibusque erectis scapo trifloro brevioribus, floribus purpureis subcorymbosis, pedicellis bracteis longioribus, labelli lobis rotundatis subæqualibus intermedio convexo subemarginato basi imâ unicarinato.

(229) Diuris porrifolia; foliis lanceolatis linearibusque acuminatis scapo monophyllo brevioribus, pedicellis bracteis foliaceis brevioribus, floribus purpureis, labelli lobis oblongis rotundatis intermedio minore convexo cuneato unicarinato.

(230) § Eucaladenia. Sepala et petala subæqualia ringentia, haud producta; Labello seriatim glanduloso tripartito.

Caladenia marginata; folio radicali oblongo cauli subæquali, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis filiformibus conformibus: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio triangulari basi fimbriato apice glandulis marginato, disco nudo.—(K. Geo.'s Sound; Collie.)

(231) Caladenia ochreata; folio oblongo acute basi ochrea laxa truncata vaginato caule subramoso breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis filiformibus conformibus: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio triangulari acuminato subcrispo margine calloso, disco nudo.

(232) Caladenia unguiculata; folio lineari caule unifloro breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli cuneati longè unguiculati glandulis 4-seriatis ramentaceis infimis majoribus: lobis dentatis lateralibus truncatis intermedio oblongo, disco glanduloso.

(233) Caladenia mollis; folio oblongo caule elongate 4-plò breviore, sepalis petalisque acutiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis approximatis: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio lanceolato utrinque basi 3-dentato, disco nudo.