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Tuatara: Volume 4, Issue 1, July 1951

a — Corybas saprophyticus Hh. type specimen; b — seeding peduncle; c — labellum from above; d — column from above; e — column from side; f — column from front; g — column from side with column-wings removed to show anther-connective and anther-cells. The leaf is rudimentary. In (a) it is seen below the labellum, in (b) at the base of the peduncle. Only the upper half of the peduncle shows above the surface, the flower being completely buried. A comparison with its nearest relative, rivularis, (…

a — Corybas saprophyticus Hh. type specimen; b — seeding peduncle; c — labellum from above; d — column from above; e — column from side; f — column from front; g — column from side with column-wings removed to show anther-connective and anther-cells. The leaf is rudimentary. In (a) it is seen below the labellum, in (b) at the base of the peduncle. Only the upper half of the peduncle shows above the surface, the flower being completely buried. A comparison with its nearest relative, rivularis, (Trans. R.S.N.Z. 76.1947.t61) shows the similarities and differences quite clearly.

a — Corybas saprophyticus Hh. type specimen; b — seeding peduncle; c — labellum from above; d — column from above; e — column from side; f — column from front; g — column from side with column-wings removed to show anther-connective and anther-cells. The leaf is rudimentary. In (a) it is seen below the labellum, in (b) at the base of the peduncle. Only the upper half of the peduncle shows above the surface, the flower being completely buried. A comparison with its nearest relative, rivularis, (Trans. R.S.N.Z. 76.1947.t61) shows the similarities and differences quite clearly.