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- a l l e r , linear, blnnt; lip ovate, wbh a sbort olaw and
tliickened pomt. Colmm veiy short, with very low two-lobed lateral pieces. A n tU r blunt
oe a u i l . ! / ? ’" ' " ! “ fori caule gracili basi vagina fibrosa tunicato, folii vagina cauli
æquilonga, lamina brevi racemi dimidium æquante, bracteis obtusis pedicello æquüongis v ovarium sub
cyhndraceum elongatum i-æ q u au tib u s, sepalis liberis ovato-lanceolatis petalisque longe aeuminatis
late o b l o T C i l t l " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . E a s t Coast, Colenso.
close t o l t Z of ffie leaf, till
ree and Z : „ 7 ; 7 “ " 7 - half as long as the raceme. Orarie* bnear-oblong. ftyinf all
æ o u ü L f Z Ï 'T membranacea, folii vagina caidi
æquilonga, lamina brevi racemi dimidium æquante, bracteis parvis ovario breviter obovato i-æ q n an tib u s
mTlTanr“ ‘V '^ i Z r Z T " “" “ g ^ c u la to , disco carnoso incrassato ma rgin!
membranaceo columnæ lobis laterabbus ampiis 2 -3 -d eu ta tis , anthera late oblonga mucronata
H ae. N o rth e rn Islan d , Fdgerley. E a s t Coast, Colenso.
than the raceme. PUwers bent down, minute, with very short ovaries. Sepals broad, acuminate. i nted o !
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b r e v i b Z o r t Z ’' “ “ - ' “Z 7 ? ’^- - “ fo, bracteis
Ï l i s t T l , - p a l i s 2 posticis breviter connatis petalisque ovato-l!nceolaris
breviter Mucronati. lanceolata acuminata, staminodüs profunde bifidis, anthera
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. P o rt Nicholson and Taupo Lake, Coleiuo.
differing from both in the leaf havinv no
« ■ ' ,. mear-oblong. Sepals and petals ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, two back sepals connate at the hn
Stmmmdia membranous, large, deeply bifid. An tUr broad, with a short mucro.
Geu. V I. S P IR A N T H E S , L . Rich.
m v e n f ^ ' t Z Z P ^ ^ ü s in galeam con-
:=3 E S 3 / - “ /- Ion« spirally twisted 7 “/ “ S “ ''™ d loosely with acute sheathing bracts. Spike 1-3 inches
cvaî; g 7 ous p t Z s l u ’ T " T ' glsndular-pubeseent. broadly
bnear-oblona blufo I n P“ '’“ “l°"s> two lower placed under the labeUnm, rather saccate below
up e / e 7 / ’ / L oM bnear-oblong. blunt, forming a hood from eonniviug with th!
ong, wave an cnsped, with two glands at the base, its margins enclosing the short column,
f s.
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FLORA OF NEW ZEy\LAND. 243
which has no staminodia, and a broad two-lobed blunt anther, placed behind the stigma.—This species differs from
the S. australis of Port Jackson in the narrow labellum. (Name from (rTrfiprj, a spike, and avôos, a jiower)
1. Spfranthes Novæ-Zelandiæ, Flook. fil.; radice fibrosa, foliis auguste lineari-lanceolatis petiolatis,
caule vaginato, bracteis acuminatis folio subæquüongis, ovario brevi glanduloso-pubescente, sepalis puberulis
inferioribus obtusis superiore ovato acuto, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello oblongo obtuso crispato
basi 2-glanduloso.
FIab. N o rth e rn Island, Colenso.
Gen. V I I . ORTHOCERAS, B r .
Sepala lateralia, anguste linearia, erecta ; superiore crasso galeato obtuso ; p e ta la parva, linearia, bifida
V . in teg ra, sub galea conniventia. Labellum sessile, 3-lobum, breve u n guiculatum. Columna brevis;
staminodüs petaloideis. Anthera dorsalis mutica v. acuta.— Flerbæ terrestres, inhere in d iv iso ; foliis
filiformibus.
A veiy smaR genus, consisting of one New Flolland and one New Zealand species. Root a long ovoid tuber.
Stem rather stout, erect, 1 -2 feet high. Radical leaves sheathing at the base, filiform. Stem sheathed. Spike
flexuous, four- to eight-flowered. Bracts ovate or lanceolate, acummate, longer than the flowers. OüíznVs pedicellate,
large, linear-oblong, erect, -j— inch long. Perianth shorter than the ovarj\ Lateral sepals linear, quite erect ;
upper concave, hooded, fleshy, blunt. Petals small, linear-oblong, bifid. Lip short, three-lobed, with two glands
at the base. Staminodia subulate. Anther acute. (Name from opdos, straight, and «epa?, a horn.')
1. Ortboceras Solandri, L in d i.; caule erecto, folio filiformi louge vaginato, spica fiexuosa 4 -8 -fio ra ,
bracteis acuminatis florem superantibus, petalis parvis lineari-oblongis bifidis, labello 3-lobo b asi 2-glau-
duloso, staminodüs subulatis, anthera mutica. L in d le y , Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 0 . stric tum, A . Cunn. Prodr.
non B r . Diuris Novæ-Zelandiæ, A . R ich . Flor. p . 1 63. t. 25. fig , 1. Ophrys cornuta, Ba n k s ei Sol.
M S S . et Ic .
FIab. N o rth e rn and Middle Islands, ab u n d an t in clay soil. B a n k s a n d Solander, etc. Ascends to
400 0 feet a t Nelson, B idw ill. N a t. name, "M a k a ik a ,” Colenso.
Gen. V I I I . T IIE L YM IT R A , Forst.
P e ria n th ii folíola omnia conformia. Labellum sessile, conforme. Columna bifida; an th era postica
stigmateque clinandrio petaloideo inclusa, lobis lateralibus (staminodiis) peniciUatis v. nudis. P o llin ia 4,
stigmatis glandulæ affixa.— Flerbæ terrestres ; caule fo lia to .
Terrestrial herbs, natives of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Tubers oblong, with long fibres at the
crown. Stem erect, sheathed at the base, and with one generally long leaf. Floweis few, spiked, large. Sepals,
Petals, and Labellum all similar, the latter sessile. Anther posticous and stigma hid in tbe hooded column, whicli
is made up of column and connate staminodia ; the latter project, and are often terminated by tufts of hairs.—The
New Zealand species arc so very difficult to distinguish specificaUy, that it is probable that aU belong to oue very
variable form. I find all gradations iu colour, size, breadth of sepals and petals, aud in the development of starai-
nodia ; the species here described are hence perhaps only marked states. From Mr. Edgerley’s note I find that he
found the most dissimilar forms connected by intermediate ones. (Name from d7?Xu/itrpa, in Greek, in allusion to
the hooded column capping the anther.)
1. Tlielymitra Forsteri, Sw. ; sepalis petalisque ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve, labello obovato, columna
bifida, staminodüs breviter porrectis dense v. pai-ce plumosis columna bifida brevioribus. Sicartz. A . R ich .
Flor. p . 1 65. t. 2 5 . / . 2. A . Cunn, Frodr. L in d l. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. T. longifolia, Forst. Char. Gen.
Serapias regularis, Forst. Frodr.