4. Caladenia clavigera (A. Cunn. MSS. in Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 422) j pateutim villosissima,
floribus pallide rufis glabris, sepalis apice clavellatis petalisque subsequalibus longissime filiformibus, labello
medio dilatato integro deinceps abrupte angustato crenato apice recurvo, glandulis disci 4-seriatis, columna
supra medium dilatata basi bicallosa. {Gumi, 344.) (Tab. CXXII. A )
H a b . Circular Head? Gunn; west side of Tamar River, near Whirlpool Reach, Archei\—(F I . Nov,)
D is t r ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
A very elegant species, about a span high, one- rarely two-flowered, covered with long, patent, villous hairs.—
Flowers 1 iuch across, nearly glabrous. Sepals and petals equal in length, pale-reddish, the former with club-
shaped tips. Lahellum like that of C. dilatata, but not pectinate, deep rcd-puvplc at the tip, Column gradually dilated
from above the middle. Ovary pubescent.—P la t e CXXII. J . Pig. 1 , colmnn and petal ; 2, labellum ; 3 , column ;
4, apex of sepal
5. Caladenia P a te r so n i (Br. Prodr. 32 5 ); molliter pateutim villosa, floribus pallidis pubescenti-
bus, ovariis tomeutosis, sepalis longissime filiformibus petalis consimilibus longioribus, labello medio vix
dilatato argute serrulato et pectinato seusim angustato (interdum longissime caudato) revoluto, disci
paUidi glandulis parvis 6 -seriatis, ungue basi 4-glanduloso, columna basi bicallosa leviter dilatata.
{Gunn, 610, 908, 909.) (T a b . CXXIII. A.)
H a b . Abundant in poor soil throughout the Island.— (FI. Oct., Nov.) («. t?.)
D i s t e ib . New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
A very common aud elegant plant, variable in size and colour, also in the length of the sepals and petals;
best kno'vn by the form of the (usually pale) labellum, which is very slightly broader iu the middle, and gradually
tapers to a revolute point; the margins of the lahellum about the middle are deeply pectinate, but not like those
of C. dilatata, and the disc bears six rows of glands.—Scapes often robust, 4 - 1 0 inches high, one- to three-flowered.
Leaf 3—5 inches long, often ^ inch broad. Ovary very tomentose. Flowers varying from straw-colour, clouded with
pale red, to reddish-pui-ple, 1^-3 inches in diameter. Sepals and petals nearly equal, very loug and slender, sometimes
rather dilated towards the apex. Labellum gradually narrowed to a point, that is sometimes an inch long,
and at others short.— P l a t e CXXIII. A. Fig. 1 , column and labellum; 2 , labellum; 3, column; 4 , pollen;— all
6. Caladenia pallida (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 421) ; breviter patentim pilosa, bractea scapo
breviter foliáceo, floribus pallidis glabris, sepalis e basi lanceolatis longissime acuminatis apice scaberulis
petalis 4- longioribus, labello ovato-lanceolato a medio paulo dilatato pectinato sensim angustato crenato
dentato revoluto, disci coucoloris glandulis 4-seriatis, columna modice longitudinaliter alata. {Gunn, 907.)
H a b . Circular Head, abundant, Gunn.— (FI. Oct., Nov.)
D is t r ib . South Australia.
A very elegant species, and quite distinct from any of the foregoing, easily recognized by the pale colour ol’
its flowers, wliich are smaller, and the sepals and petals broader in proportion to their length.—Z<?(7/narrow-linear,
almost glabrous. Scape very slender, a span and upwards high, covered with soft, spreading pubescence, the bract
at the middle with an elongated linear lamina, J inch long. Flowers an inch across, pale, duty straw-colourcd.
Sepals sometimes thickened towards their apices. Labellum deeply and closely crenulate towards its apex. Column
ivith narrow wings almost throughout its length.
§ 3 . E u c a l a d e n ia (Lindi.).— Sepals and petals spreading, xiearly equal, not having long, acuminate or
caudate apices.
7. Caladenia la tifo lia (Br. Prodr. 32 4 ); patentim pilosa, folio (magno) lineari-oblongo acuto v.
obtuso, floribus 1 -3 erectis roséis, ovario tomentoso, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis subrnqualibus,
labelli tribbi glandulis biseriatis, lobis lateralibus amplis intermedio lanceolato marginibus longe
glanduloso-appendiculatis, disco eglanduloso, columna vix alata, anthera longe mucronata.—lAndl. Gen. et
Sp. Orch. 419. {Gunn, 750.)
H a b . Sandy soil : Woolnorth, Circular Head, and Georgetown, Gunn ; hills near Hobarton, Archer.—
(FI. Sept., Oct.)
D is t r ib . Victoria, Adamson, Robertson.
A very pretty plant, readily distinguished from its aUies by its broad, large leaf, and pink (rarely white) flowers.
I have examined two specimens, collected by Archer, near Hobarton, of which the flowers were blue when fresli.
—Zcif/radical, liorizontal, 2 - 6 inches long, linear-oblong, more or less haiiy. Scape ivith spreading hairs, one- to
three-flowcrcd. Flowers nearly an inch broad. Sepals and petals lanceolate-oblong, blunt (acute, Br ). Labellum
deeply three-lobed; tbe lateral lobes broad, entire, embracing the column. Anther with a long, erect muero.
8 . Caladenia barbata (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 4 1 8 ); pubescenti-pilosa, folio lineari scapo
breviusculo breviore, bractea foliácea patente, flore solitario ceeruleo erecto, sepalis petalisque liueari-ob-
longis lanceolatisve subacutis, labello obscure trilobo, lobis omnibus fimbriatis intermedio glanduloso, disci
glandulis sub-6-seriatis, columna obscure alata, anthera breviter mucronata.—C. unguiculata, Lindl. I. c.
{Gunn, 347.) (T a b . CXXIII. ß .)
IIab. Abundant in grassy pastures, etc., throughout the Island.— (FI. Sept., Oct.) {v. v )
D is t r ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
This is the common blue Caladenia of Tasmania, characterized by its linear leaf, solitary, nearly erect flower,
-5- I inch broad, equal, spreading, lanceolate-oblong or linear-lanceolate, subacute sepals and petals, by the labellum
being obscurely two-lobed aud fimbriate to the apex, and by the short muero to the anther.—P late CXXIII. B.
Fig. 1, colnmn and lahellum ; 2, lahellum ; 3, column ; 4, glands of ditto :—all magnifed.
9. Caladenia csemlea (Br. Prodr. 327) ; pilosula, folio lineari, bractea scapo appressa, flore solitario
erecto cmruleo, sepalis petalisque mqualibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis, labello 3-lobo, lobis integerrimis
transverse vittatis.—Lindl. I. c.
H a b . Tasmania, Broum.
D is t r ib . New South Wales.
I have seen no Tasmanian specimens of this very distinct species, which is allied to C. hai-hata, but is more
slender, less kaiiy, with a small, appressed bract on the scape ; a deeply three-lobed labellum, with broad, entire,
lateral lobes ; and a smaU, also entii-e, revolute middle lobe.
10. Caladenia carnea (Br. Prodr. 32 4 ); pilosula, folio lineari, scapo 1- (rarius 2-)floro, sepalis
petalisque roséis subtequalibus, sepalo dorsali erecto v. recurvo columnam roseo-vittatam non velante, labelli
vittati 3-lobi disco glandulis 2-seriatis ornato, lobis lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis dentatisve intermedio
brevi revoluto longitudinaliter fimbriato disco nudo.—Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 417 ; Endl. Icon,
t. 1594. {Giinn, 606, 912.) (Tab. CXXIV. J .)
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island, in grassy places and open forest land.— (FI. Oct., Nov.) (u. v )
D i s t e ib . South-eastern Australia, from the tropics to South Australia.
A very common, slender, generaUy one-flowered species, 4-8 inches high, with pilose scape and long-linear
leaf.—Flowers pink, about J—|. incb across. Sepals and petals nearly equal, linear-lanceolate, acute ; dorsal sepal
erect, not concave, or covering the column, as iu all the following species. LabeUum three-lobed, transversely
banded with piuk (as is the column) ; lateral lobes rounded, entire or toothed ; disc with two series of yellow, capitate
glands; middle lobe smaU, yeUow, revolute, fimbriate along the edges, its disc naked.—P la t e CX.XIV. A.
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