Corybas unguiculatus Rchb.F.

Plant at fl. c. 1–3 cm. tall. Stem erect. Green lf 1–2.5 cm. long, sessile, ovate, occ. notched on each side. Floral bract much < ovary. Fl. standing directly over lf and often raised well above it. Per. c. 8–10 mm. long, horizontal or drooping. Dorsal sepal spathulate from narrow arching claw, obtuse and ± cucullate, about as long as labellum or shorter, not extending far down its sides; lateral sepals flat and linear, shorter than labellum and ± appressed to it. Petals narrower than sepals and us. shorter. Labellum with circular basal apertures, margins overlapping and ± coherent under dorsal sepal so forming a wide tube that contracts a little from below towards its mouth, sts projecting there in a rounded median lobe; margin entire to minutely denticulate; hair-like calli, mostly retrorse, variously developed along mid-line and just within margin, especially on nerves.

Widespread and sometimes common in coastal regions and hinterland ranges. Found growing mainly under shrubs and bracken in heathland and heathy forest in freely draining sand and sandy loam; also occurs among sedges in moist soils and peat around swamp margins and depressions.