CoLENSO. — On New Phcenogamlc Plants. 489 



scales, distant ou lower stem ; cauline 4, nearly equidistant, 

 much longer than flower, 5in.-8in. long, fin. broad at middle, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute very thin, sessile, clasping, much and 

 reticulately veined, light-green. Perianth large sub 2in. ; 

 segments rather loosely spreading, richly variegated with bright- 

 red dark-green and fawn colours, the upper portions of seg- 

 ments brilliant red ; largely veined ; veins very prominent. 

 Dorsal sepal large, acuminate, slightly tailed ; lateral sepals 

 connate, erect, largely spreading above and behind dorsal, 

 tails long ; sinus very broad, base emarginate ; lateral petals 

 loose from dorsal sepal, their tips very acute, not tailed ; 

 tongue linear-lanceolate, 2 lines wide, veined, reddish, mi- 

 nutely and thickly papillose ; tip obtuse, thickish and slightly 

 knobbed ; appendage long, curved, fimbriate. Column long, 

 wings broad, auricles long wide rounded, two subulate horns 

 arising from outer angles shorter than the column, the 

 margin between them slightly erose ; stigma large, wider 

 than column. 



Hah. Near Mount Tongariro, Count\- of East Taupo ; 

 1889 : Mr. H. Hill. 



2. Pt. aiiriculata, sp. nov. 



Plant erect, glabrous, shining, 10in.-12in. high; stemsbright- 

 red. Leaves : basal ; cauline 4, lanceolate very acumi- 

 nate, oin.-7in. long, -Mn. wide, sheathing at base, pale-green, 

 midrib reddish. Perianth l^in. long, narrow, graceful, gi'een 

 with a reddish tint. Dorsal sepal and lateral petals narrow, 

 sub-ovate, sharply acuminate, not tailed ; lateral sepals erect, 

 connate, sinus large, lobes narrow, long, spreading, tailed — 

 tails nearly lin. long; tongue dark-red, linear-oblong, sub lin. 

 long, 2 lines wide, middle nerve stout, flexuous, with 4 flexuous 

 longitudinal veins on each side, the tip tnuicate and slightly 

 bifid ; appendage wide, shortly curved, coarsely fimbriate. 

 Column long, slender, wings produced upwards in subulate 

 tips nearly 1 line long, with very long and narrow auricles 

 2|- lines long, their tips closely and finely fringed. Ovary 

 slender, somewhat linear, lin. long, reddish. 



Hab. Open fern land, Fortrose, Invercargill ; 1889. 



3. Pt. 2)olyi)}iylla , sp. nov. 



Plant light-green, very slender, erect. Tin. -9in. high. Leaves 

 very membranous, veined, reticulations large somewhat in 

 squares ; basal 6-7, forming a sub-rosette, oblong and oblong- 

 ovate, lin. long, petioled ; petioles tapering, membranous, 

 Vwi. long ; cauline 6-7, sub-erect, narrow oblong or obovate, 

 f in.-^in. long, equidistant on stem, the lower petiolate ; petioles 

 long, fin. ; the upper sessile, sheathing at base. Perianth 

 pale-green, liin. long, rather nan-ow, very membranous. 



