68 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Auckland and
X XV. URTICEÆ, Juss.
1. U r t i c a a ustralis, H o o k . fil. ; caule elato b asi p ro s tra to rad ic an te valido g laberrimo v .p a i’ce
piloso ad nodos setoso, foliis amplis lo n g e p e tio la tis te rn a tis infimis o p positis la te o vato-cordatis grosse
cren a tis s in u b u s segm en tisq u e acu tis 5 -7 -n e rv iis u trin q u e p a rc e setosis e t su b len te scabriusculis
su b tu s pilosiusculis, stip u lis ovato-lanceolatis acum in a tis in teg ris v. bifidis.
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; in woods n e a r tb e sea, ra re ; also on th e p eb b ly b ea cb above
h ig h -w a te r ma rk .
Caulis basi repens, remote nodosus, ad nodos radicaiis, deinde ascendens et erectus, 2-3 pedalis, teres,
crassus, crassitie pennæ olorinæ, herbáceas, succulentes, glaberrimus v. hic ilHc parce pilosus, pilis albidis, plerumque
ad nodos subincrassatos setosus, internodiis 3 -4 uncialibus. Folia longe petiolata, infima opposita,
superiora ternata, camosiuscula, siccitate submembranacea, majuscula, 4-6 unc. longa, 3-5 lata, late ovata,
acuta, basi plus minusve profunde cordata, grosse serrato-dentata, segmentis latis, acutis v. rarius breviter acuminatis,
sæpius cuculiata, nervis 5-7 validis percursa, tuberculis mlnutis scaberula, setis paucis, sparsis, subtus
pilosiuscula, pih's obscuris albis. Petioli folio æquilongi v. paulo breviores, graciles, glaberrimi. Stiqiuloe ad
basin petioli 2, unc. longæ, foliaceæ, erectæ, lanceolatæ, acuminatæ, glaberrimæ, interdum foliorum opposi-
torum connatæ, tune latiores et plus minusve profunde bifidæ.
Planta maritima paulo diversa; humilior, crassior, foliis minoribus petiolis superne stipulisque majoribus
setosis. Plantis junioribus folia inferiora latiora evadunt, argutius serrato-dentata.
I find no species in the Herbarium exactly agreeing with th is; it is however nearly allied to a New Zealand
plant of which we have very imperfect specimens collected in the southern part of the Northern Island by
Mr. Bidwill, with the petioles rather shorter and the leaves and stem copiously setose.
2. U r t i c a Auc klandica, Ho o k . fil. ; to ta p ubescens, caule erecto ro b u s to an g u la to , foliis omnib
u s oppositis p e tio la tis la te ovatis a cu tis b asi p lu s minusve cordatis grosse se rra to -d e n ta tis segmentis
a cum in a tis mu ltin e rv iis ru g o sis sparse setosis coriaceis, petiolo lamin a | breviore, s tip u b s subfoliaceis
p le risq u e co n n a tis la te ovatis bifidis n ervosis, p erig o n io masc. te trap h y llo .
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; on tb e sea-beach n e a r tb e m a rg in s o f woods, rare.
Herba rigida, tota pilis brevibus, cinereo-albidis pubescens. Caulis erectus, validus, durus, rigidus, pedalis,
crassitie pennæ anserinæ, tetragonus, angulis obtusis, ad nodos incrassatus et setosus; internodiis contractis,
subuncialibus, sulcatis. Pb/fa opposita, patentia, petiolata, majuscula, 2-3 uncias longa, l|-2 ^ 1 a ta , late ovata,
acuta, basi sæpius cordata, interdum imo rotundata, cuculiata, grosse serrato-dentata, sinubus acutis, segmentis
latis breviter acuminatis, coriacea et rigida, rugosa, subplicata, pluri-7-9-nervia, nervis subtus prominulis
costata, reticulata, sparse et præcipue subtus ad ñervos setosa, setis urentibus, luride virescentia, opaca ; siccitate
nigrescentia; júniora fusco-pubescentia. Petioli subunciales, validi, sulcati. majusculæ,foliaceæ,
late ovatæ, bifidæ, bipartite v. rarius usque ad basin fissæ, et tune lanceolatæ, acuminatæ. Spicce mascuîce
axillares, breviusculæ ; immaturæ tantum mihi visæ. Flores aggregati, pedicellati ; pedicellis basi bracteolatis ;
bracteola ovata integra. Perigonii foliola rotundata, concava, ^ lin. longa, dorso setosa. Stamina 4, filamentis
brevibus.
This is unlike any species with which I am acquainted, and apparently quite distinct from the last, though
I much regret having been unable, from the early season of the year, to obtain more satisfactory specimens of
both.
XXVI. ORCHIDEÆ, Juss.
1 . C h i l o g l o t t i s cornuta, H o o k . fil. ; p e rian th io rin g e n te , foliolis in fe rio rib u s lin e a rib u s o b tu sis
c an a licu la tis, in te rio rib u s e re c tis o vato-lanceolatis a cu tis dorsali o v ato-lanceolato acum in a to , labello
trulUformi v ersu s apicem a tte n u a to disco 6 -glanduloso, g ia n d u ia in te rm e d ia b asali (ap p en d ix labelli)
p o rre c ta su b recu rv a.
H a b . Cam p b ell’s I s la n d ; on tb e d ec aying ro o ts o f tre e s in sh ad ed pla ces, ra re : D. L y a ll, E sq .
Radix tuberosa ; tuberibus 2, pisiformibus, remotis, caudice elongato, radiciformi, descendente connexis.
Folia 2, petiolata, patentia v. subrecurva, ovata, v. ovato-lanceolata, subacuta, unc. longa, unc. lata,
nervis parallelis, venisque transversalibus reticulata, planiuscula. Petioli erecti, unc. longi, basi vaginantes,
vagina scariosa, integra. Scapus erectus, gracilis, brevis, ^ uncialis, medio bracteatus, unifloras. Bractea spa-
thacea, ovata, acuminata, membranacea, florem immaturum amplectens. Flos una cum ovario | unc. longus,
erectus. Perianthium obliquum, foliola omnia erecta; exteriora v. sépala subæqualia, superine v. dorsale paulo
majus, concavum, vix cucullatum, ovato-lanceolatum, longe acuminatum, apice subulatum, sub 5-nerve; inferiora
labello supposita, ima basi lata, deinde linearia, obtusa. curvata, marginibus involutis, superiore æquilonga ;
foliola interiora sive petala erecta, ovato-lanceolata; exteriora breviora, submembranacea, trinenúa, versus
apices subserrulata v. undulata. Labellum erectum, unguiculatum, petalis paulo brevius ; lamina planiuscula
trulliformis, vel triangulari-cordata, attenuata, basi truncato-biloba, breviter petiolata, disco 6-glanduIoso ;
glandulce v. tubercula valde prominentes, 4 laterales subquadrate, compressæ, squamæformes, duoe prope basin,
aliæque altius sitæ ; intermediarum basali (v. appendicula) supra discum elata, porrecta, cornu referens, et re-
curva, antice canaliculata ; quinta trilobata. Columna erecta, modice arcuata, valida, superne bifida, bialata, alis
angustis. Anthera apice recurva.
An glandulæ laterales labelli vere clavate, siccitate tantum compressæ et quasi squamæformes )
This is a very interesting plant, belonging to an Australian genus of which only two species were previously
known. I have never seen it alive, and am therefore unable to give a coloured figure of the plant. In Tasmania
two species grow a t the foot of Mount Wellington, in a latitude however much below th a t of Campbell’s
Island and in a widely different climate. The flower is smaller than that of C. Gunnii, Lindi., to which, of the
two other species, the present is, on account of the erect petals, most nearly allied. I am inclined to think that
the glands on the disc of the labellum will be found to prove a variable character. In one Tasmanian species
they hear the most striking resemblance in form and colour to an ant.
2. T i i e l y m i t r a stenopetala. H o o k . fil. ; foliis p e tio la tis lineari-lanceolatis g rad a tim acuminatis,
scapo 1-2 -flo ro , p e rian th ii foliolis lanceola tis a cumin atis, cuculli lobulis la te ra lib u s p lum o sis, capsulis
in c lin a tis p aulo cu rv atis lineaii-oblongis.
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; in woods an d on th e b a re g ro u n d in exposed pla ces, n o t u n common.
The leaves of this plant are dark green, very coriaceous, about 4 inches long and 3 -4 lines in breadth, gradually
attenuated below into a narrow sheathing petiole. The scapes of the former year, bearing the fruit and
ci'owned with the withered, persistent perianth, were found along with the young leaves. The capsules are
shortly pedunculate, pale brown, of an inch long ; the column considerably curved, the lateral lobes each
with a tuft of hairs.
I have closely compared my very indifferent specimens of this plant with the several species of New Zea-
land and Tasmania, and have no hesitation in describing it as new.