Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalised To which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious notes on the properties, features, &c., of the plants . s of this orchid grown by Mr. J. Silcock,near Brisbane, and the only difference I can find is in the deep,dull red colour of the flower, which in reflected light appearsalmost black. In the Queensland Flora, p. 1547, underC. canaliculatum, I drew attention to the great variability in thecolouring and markings of the flowers, and, as I had not seen
Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalised To which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious notes on the properties, features, &c., of the plants . s of this orchid grown by Mr. J. Silcock,near Brisbane, and the only difference I can find is in the deep,dull red colour of the flower, which in reflected light appearsalmost black. In the Queensland Flora, p. 1547, underC. canaliculatum, I drew attention to the great variability in thecolouring and markings of the flowers, and, as I had not seen aspecimen of the present plant, left it unplaced; but since seeingAir. Silcocks specimen I think it might be placed as above. Theother species, C. Leai, described by Mr. Rendle, , from hisdescription, I cannot separate from C. canaliculatum, R. Br. P- 535-—Sarcochilus, after Hillii, , add:—minutiflos, Bail, sp. nov. (Fig. 974). On branchlets of shrubsand trees. Roots very long and slender, mostly white and more orless curled. Stem very short. Leaves several, slender. 2-4 and about 2 lines broad, sometimes dotted. Racemes numer-ous, very slender, from 2-6 in. long, sometimes forked, bearing 846 ADDENDA AND CTwhthe: 974. Sarcochilus minutiflos, Bail. (A) Flower, (B) flower more fully opened, (C) flower, labellum removed, (D)labellum from the front, (E) lobes of the labellum ; (F) a single hair from the middlelobe of the labellum. (A) —(F) enl. (br.) bract, (ped.) pedicel, (pi.) petal, (.si.)sepal, (1.) labellum, (c.) column, (gl.) gland or disc calli. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 847 throughout their whole length or nearly so very numerous minuteflowers. Flowers on slender pedicels of about 2 lines, nearlyglobular from the incurving of the sepals and petals, of a greenishwhite sometimes tinged with pink, and less than 2 lines in minute. Sepals somewhat larger than the petals. Labellumsmall, the lateral lobes purplish, blunt, ova
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