Corybas unguiculatus (R. Br.) Rchb. f.

Plant: Small, 1- 8 cm high terrestrial. 

Tuber: ellipsoid or subglobose, 4 - 11 by 3 - 8 mm.  

Stem: 5 - 22 mm long, 2-winged, glabrous. 

Cataphyll: tubular, 3-5 mm long, acute, 1-nerved, glabrous. 

Leaves: green, ovate or cordate, sometimes 3-lobed, 10 - 33 by 10 - 30 mm, apiculate, base cordate, cuneate at very base, midrib prominulous above, prominent below mainly in basal part, basal nerves 3 or 4 on either side of midrib, only one reaching apical part of limb, suprabasal nerves 4 - 7 on either side of midrib, margin sometimes crinkly-wavy; pellucid lenticels none. 

Pedicel: 10 - 13 mm long, glabrous. 

Bract: ovate, 4.5 - 5 mm long, acute, bracteole subulate, 0.5- 1 mm long. 

Ovary: narrowly claviform, 6 - 6.5 by 1.5 mm, 6- ribbed, glabrous. 

Flower: reddish purple. 

Median sepal: spathulate, strongly curved and overhanging lip, 10 - 12 by 4 - 6 mm, recurved, 3-nerved at base, 15-nerved on hood, glabrous. 

Lateral sepals: linear, often sigmoid, 3.5 - 4.5 mm long, acute, glabrous, petals usually narrower and shorter than sepals, sepals usually subadpressed against lip, petals more spreading (?). 

Lateral petals: linear, often sigmoid, 3.5 - 4.5 mm long, acute, glabrous, petals usually narrower and shorter than sepals, ?petals more spreading. 

Lip: tubular, slightly curved and inflated, 10 - 12 by 4.5 - 6 mm, acute, margin finely denticulate along basal part and coarser so toward tip, on inside mainly along apical part of midrib and part of throat, and slightly along margin on either side of midrib with scattered hair-like calli  

Auricles: round.   

Capsule: ellipsoid, 10 - 12 by 3 - 5 mm, pedicel elongate up to 11 mm.

Type: Brown s.n. (BM).

Distribution: Australia and New Zealand. AUSTRALIA. New South Wales, National Park (Nubling s.n.); Fort Phillip (French s.n.); Brunswick Heads (Fordham s.n.); 7 Miles Beach (Cody s.n.). - Victoria, Port Phillip Bay, The Neuk (Sutherland s.n.); Healesville (Coleman s.n., Pescott s.n.); Oakleigh (Pescott s.n., von Mueller s.n.).- South Australia, Comaun (Hunt 2070, Nash 134, 375); Tully's Farm (Nash 134); 7 Mile Beach (Nash 501); Mount Compass (Cleland s.n.); Mount Burr Forest Reserve (Wilson 496); Nixon Skinner Reserve (Kraehenbuhl 161). NEW ZEALAND. South Island, Kaitaia (Matthews, many collections, Mattews & Carse s.n.); Lake Tongonge (Matthews s.n.); Oratia (Bynse s.n.).

Ecology: In open scrub, usually or damp spots

Elevation: low altitudes