Flora of New Zealand Series

Original localities: Port Jackson, N.S.W. and near the coast further north. In all Australian States except W. Australia.

Plant when well developed stout and to 60–70 cm. tall. Bracts, racemes, sepals and petals much as in C. paludosus. Labellum proportionately smaller; ligulate apex short and sinuous; disc broad with shorter and less crowded processes; base bluish with several longitudinal plate-like calli. Column-wings each with one well-defined, us. dark gland or callus near base.

DIST.: N. Kaimaumau, near Kaitaia, H. B. Matthews. Aranga swamp, north of Kaihu, R. Mason and N. T. Moar, 23/11/1949.

FL. 10–11.