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Abstract

Slightly hairy, very slender, about 6.5-15 cm. high, a
cylindrical sheath at the base. The leaf incomplete in my
specimens, narrow linear, almost glabrous, a1pparently rather
long. Flowers 1-3; pedicels slender, rather long, subtended
by a narrow acute bract. Segments of perianth somewhat
similar, dusky and glandular-hairy on the outer side; lateral
sepals spreading, elliptical, acute, about 1.2-1.5 cm. long, 4
mm. wide, 5-7-veined; dorsal sepal erecto-incurved, slightly
concave, about 1.1-1.2 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, subacute,
lanceolate; p·etals fal.co-elliptical, acute, spreading, 5-nerved,
a:bout 1.1-1.2 cm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. Labellum clawed,
nearly equal in length to the column, transv·ersely barred, 3-
lobed; lateral lobes large rounded entire or slightly notched
anteriorly, middle lobe triangular 1:ecurvEd with pectinate or
denticulate margins; -caili in 4 rows, linear, bent, be-coming
s~orter towards the apex. Golumn ereeto-incurved, rather
Widely winged above, transversely barred. Anther shortly
mucronate.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Rogers, Richard Sanders
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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