CoLENSo. — 0)1 Neir PhcBuogamic Plants. 491 



raceme short, 3iu. lonj^ ; pedicels 4-5 lines lonj;, each with a 

 green bract at base lin. long, broadly ovate, ^in. wide near 

 the base, much and suddenly acuminate, shorter than flower. 

 Perianth open, gaping, sub-labiate ; dorsal sepal concave, 

 flattish, sub-orbicular, 5 lines diameter, shining, green without 

 red-purple within towards base, obsoletely veined longitu- 

 dinally, margins entire, thin, slightly incurved ; lateral sepals 

 10 lines long, spreading, divei^gent at nearly right angles (^not 

 upright), thickish, narrow, wiry, 1 line wide at base, deeply 

 channelled, margins conniving, purple-spotted, tip sub-acute"; 

 petals sub-oblong-ovate, 3 lines long, 2 lines broad at base, 

 purplish, tips truncate, 3-toothed, sides not excised. Lip dark 

 purple-red with a centi-al bright-yellow longitudinal line, gla- 

 brous, 4 lines long, 3 lines broad at base, 3-lobed, lobes deeply 

 cut, the 2 lateral erect, produced, sub-triangular-ovate dimidi- 

 ate, obtuse, margins entire, thickened ; the apical lobe much 

 recurved, its tip rounded thickened and slightly concave, and a 

 large rounded yellow callus at base its tip recurved, a minute 

 colourless gland arising from base of labellum under the tip of 

 the large yellow callus, no claw. Column green, acuminate, 

 wath thin yellow margins, the 2 appendages sub-linear, longer 

 than column, curved, subulate, papillose, tips acuminate, 

 acute. Anther broadly ovate, acuminate. Stigma large and 

 with rostellum sub-quadrate-orbicular, much broader than 

 anther. Ovary 8 lines long, narrow-oblong-clavate, slightly 

 ribbed, ribs very obtuse ; grass-green. 



Hab. Open ground near River Moawhango, County of East- 

 Taupo ; 1889 : Mr. H. Hill. 



Order X. Restiace^. 

 Genus 3. Gaimardia, Gaud. 



1. G. minima, sp. nov. 



A small glabrous and pale plant, main branch or root- 

 stock horizontal, creeping under ground, stoutish, rooting and 

 tufted from nodes, tufts pretty close ; stems erect, sheathing ; 

 sheaths numerous, short, broadly ovate, striate, imbricat'e,. 

 appressed, tips thickened obtuse. Leaves 4-6 to each tuft, 

 about ^in. long, Jjjin. broad, erect and spreading, recurved 

 longitudinally from vagina, wiry, somewhat harsh, sub-terete ; 

 tips sub-truncate, rounded ; vagina broad, clasping, shining, 

 striate, margins entire ; ligula small, scarcely angled, minutely 

 ciliolate ; light-green when young. Peduncle terminal to tuft 

 or branchlet, as long as the leaves, stoutish, striate. Capsule 

 lanceolate, shghtly convex on both sides, sub 2 lines long, 

 smooth, shining, crustaceous, yellowisli-ochraceous (somewhat 

 resembling a small grain of Phalaris canariensis) , tip obtuse, 

 notched ; stigmas 2, linear, J-in. long, shaggy. 



