m
Ha b . Very abundant throughout the Islands. B a n h and Solander, etc., to the Southern extreme,
Lyall.
^ Sterns stout or slender, with a membranous sheath at the base, sheathed above the leaf, a span to feet high
Aiers elongate, rarely rounded, lea f with a long sheath, and thiek linear or Hnear-lanceolate lamina, very variable
m length and breadth. Flowers two to twelve, è -H inch long, sessile or on slender pedicels, bracteæ ovate or lanceolate,
acummate. as long as the flower, or shorter. Learns of the perianth A -| inch long, ov.ate or lanceolate, acute
or acummate, dnU purple or yeUowlsh. Column rounded at the summit, bifid. Staminodia shorter than the
CO urnn. with two projecting feathery teeth.—I have examined this plant very careMly iu its living state, collecting
tandMs of It m my daily walks about the Bay of Isknds. in its many diflerent forms, and have compared 150
dried specimens from various parts of both Islands, and can find no speciflo difference between the Httle slender one-
or two-flowered plant with broad scpGs, yeUowish flower, and linear leaf, aud the groat stout form. 2 feet high
with broad leaf, ten or twelve ilowers, nearly I f iuch long, and lanceolate sepals; the form of the column and
staminodia is the same thmnghont. My T. stenopetala (El. Antarct.) of Lord Auckland’s Group is probably a
variety of this.
^ 2. Thelymitra ssifcrii’s. Hook, fil.; gracilis, caule paucifloro, foHo lineari, iloribus erectis parvis
flavis bracteis ovario brevioribus, sepabs petalisque late obovato-oblongis acutis, staminodiis columnæ
æqmlongis apice crenatis nudis v. obscure fimbriatis.
H ab. Northern Island. Bay of Islands, etc., Colenso, Sinclair, etc.
slender, 4 inches to 1 foot high, fe /n a rrow linear. i -W * few, small. A rto ra broad, acuminate
shorter than the ovary. Ferianth yellow, a foeh long ; sepals and petals broad, acute. Column as long as the blunt
crenate or fimbriate staminodia.
8. Thelymitra pulchella. Hook, fll.; caule gracili S-5-floro, fobo anguste Hneari, periautliii foliolis
, late obovatis acutis, labello obcuneato, staminodiis erectis ultra columnam porrectis apice fimbriatis den-
tatisve.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso. Otago, Lyall. Nat. name, “ Maikaika,” Lyall.
Tubers smaU, with long fibres at the base of the stem, on which other tubers are formed. Stem slender 1 foot
high f e /v e ry narrow. Flowers glaucous, large, pale purple, very handsome; sepals and petals obovate’, acute.
Lip broadly obovate, truncate, or wedge-shaped. Column shorter than the erect toothed or fimbriate staminodia —
This is a handsome and very distinct form in the structure and length of the staminodia; I have fifteen very rood
specimens, but it is probable that it wiU be found to pass into T. Forsteri, through the following.
4. Thelymitra uniflora. Hook, fil.; fobo lineari, caule 1 - rarius .3-floro, floribus erectis, sepabs petabsque
obovato-oblongis acutis, labeUo obovato, staminodiis erectis columnæ æquüongis apice inæouabter
bidentatis. Fl. Antarct. p . 70.
H ab. Middle and Southern Islands. Milford Sound and Port Preservation, Lyall.
A smaller species than the foregoing, a span high. Leaf Hnear. Floioers erect, usually solitary. Ovar,, pyri-
form, with a short bractea. Sepah aud petals obovate-oblong. acute. Lip obovate. Staminodia as long as the
column, unequally toothed, rarely entb-e.-A very southern form, originaUy found in Lord Auckland’s Group.
5. Thelymitra pauciflora, Br.; gracilbma, fobo longissime bneari, caule 1-3-floro, perianthii ilavidi
foliobs anguste lanceolatis acuminatis, stamiuodbs elongatis ultra columnam longe porrectis plumosis
anthera mncronata. Br. Frodr. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. '
H a b . Northern Island, Colenso.
I have four specimens of this pretty little plant, which are all of a very slender habit, with narrow ovaria aud
lanceolate yellow sepals. Staminodia very loug. slender, erect, curving, much longer than the column, fcathe’ry at
FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND.
the tip. Anther broadly oblong, with an erect stout mucro.—This looks like drawn-out state of T. Forsteri,
growing in long grass or shade. Also a native of Australia and Tasmania.
Ob s .—1 have received from Mr. Cólenso specimens of a Thelymiti'a in acetic acid, resembling T. Forsteri in all
respects, except tbat the staminodia are subulate, sharply toothed, and not feathery ; they are too soft and decayed
for determination, as is often the case -with specimens thus pickled.
Gen. IX. MICROTIS, Br.
Ferianthium carnosum. Sepakm superius galeatum, lateralia sessilia, labello supposita; petala
ascendentia ; labellum subunguiculatum, basi bicallosum. Anthera tenninalis, persistens. Columna brevis,
biaurita. Pollinia 4, apici stigmatis affixa.— Herbæ terrestres ; floribus minimis, dense spicatis.
An extensive Australian and Tasmanian genus, of which but one, and a highly variable species, inhabits New
Zealand ; it much resembles Prasophyllum Colensoi, but tbe flowers are smaller and not resupinate.—Root of one
small round tuber. Stem 6 inches to 3 feet high, sheathed at the base. Leaf solitary, terete, tubular. Spike
1-6 inches long, twenty- to eighty-flowered. Flowei'S very small, green, sessile, 4-4 long. Bract very short.
Perianth minute, fleshy. Upper sepal broadly ovate, concave, hooded, two lower placed under the lip, broad, subacute
; petals small, ascending, blunt. Lip oblong, crenate or crisped, blunt or obscurely bilobed, with two lumps
at the base and one towards the tip on the disc. Column very short, with two broad lateral lobes. Anther terminal.
(Name from giKpos, small, and our, an ear.)
1. i,i\cioiisy)orrifolia, Spreng.; sepalis lateralibus ovato-oblongis acuminatis, supremo late galeato
apice recurvo, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello oblongo basi 2-calloso apice retuso marginibus sub-
calloso-undulatis disco verrucoso. Spreng. Syst. Veg. M. Banksii, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. fo l. 8817, et
Prodr. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. Epipactis, Swartz. Ophrys unifoRa, Forst. Prodr.
H a b . Abundant througliout the Islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Port William, Lyall.
Gen. X. ACIANTHUS, Br.
Sepala aristata, lateralia labeUo supposita, angnstiora. Petala suberecta v. reflexa. Labellum dissimile,
porrectum, basi bicaUosum. Columna semi-teres, elongata, arcuata. Anthera terminalis, opercu-
laris. Pollinia 4, per paria cohærentia.—Herbæ terrestres, tenella, sylvicola, \-foliata, paucijlora.
A small genus of Australian and Tasmanian very delicate herbs, found in mossy places in deep woods. The
New Zealand species has been found also in Lord Auckland’s Group, and is veiy closely allied to the Australian
A. fornicatus, but differs in the Up being less glandular.—Tubers round, formed at the end of long thick fibres.
Stems 1-3 inches high, with one broadly cordate, acute, deeply two-lobcd leaf, 4-7 iuch broad. Racemes of two to
six green flowers. Bracts broad, acute. Ovarium oblong. Perianth 3 Unes long. Sepals all aristate ; upper
broad, three-ucrved; lateral narrow, longer, one-nerved, toothed below the arista. Petals small, lanceolate, acute.
Lip ovate-lanceolate, with two lumps at the base and a warted thickened apex. Column slender, curved, not winged.
Anther terminal. (Name from ok??, a point, and avQos, a fower.)
1. Acianthus Sinclairii, Hook. fil. ; folio late cordato acuto profunde bilobo, racemis 2-6-floris,
bracteis late ovatis acutis, sepaUs aristatis supremo late oblongo 3-nervi, lateraUbus lineari-elongatis infra
aristam oblique 3-dentatis, labello ovato lanceolato basi bicaUoso apice acuto verrucoso.
H a b . Common throughout the Islands, Sinclair, etc.
Gen. XI. CYRTOSTY’LIS, Br.
Perianthium snb-2-labiatum ; foliolis linearibus. Sepalum supremum erectum, lateralia defiexa; yMala
3 p