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Pterostylis.] the lobes filiform, erect, separated by a broad truncate sinus which bears a small inflexed tooth in the middle. Lip linear-oblong, obtuse, its tip barely exserted; basal appendage linear, curved, penicillate at the tip. Column about half the length of the galea, the wings with a small erect triangular upper lobe or tooth, the lower lobe linear-oblong, obtuse.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 269.

10. P. barbata, Lindl. Swan River App. 53.—Stem stout or slender, glabrous, 4–8 in. high. Leaves radical, crowded at the base of the stem, often rosulate, erect, sessile, ¼–¾ in. long, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Stem above the leaves with 2–5 large loosely sheathing erect empty bracts. Flower solitary, ¾–1 in. long. Galea erect, incurved at the tip, oblong; upper sepal and petals both produced into short subulate points, the latter very narrow. Lower lip linear, deflexed, 2-lobed about half-way down, the lobes very narrow, acute or obtuse. Lip ½–¾ in. long, filiform, terete, exserted, pendulous, fringed with long golden yellow hairs and terminated by a large capitate or irregularly lobed purple gland; appendix very short, curved, penicillate at the tip. Column slender, erect; the wings each with a long erect subulate tooth on the front angle, the lower lobe narrow, ciliate.—''Benth. Fl. Austral.'' vi. 362. P. squamata, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 249; Fl. Tasm.'' ii. 20, t. 116; ''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 269 (not of R. Br.)''.

11. P. mutica, R. Br. Prodr. 328.—Rather stout, 2–5 in. high. Leaves radical, forming a rosette at the base of the stem, sometimes withering at the flowering season, shortly petiolate, ⅓–¾ in. long, ovate, acute, veins reticulated. Stem with 2–5 large sheathing bracts above the leaves. Raceme 2–8-flowered; flowers small, about ¼ in. long, greenish-brown. Galea very broad, much incurved, obtuse or subacute at the tip. Lower lip small, reflexed, concave, nearly orbicular when spread out, 2-lobed almost to the middle. Lip on a very short flat claw, lamina broadly oblong, obtuse; appendage broad at the base, short and thick, entire, rounded or emarginate at the tip. Column erect; wings broad,