210 Transaction*. 



station on the Catlins River railway line, where the line crosses the Puerua 

 Stream and enters the alluvial plain of Inch-Clutha. It grew in moist spots 

 alongside the creek. 



Mr. Cheeseman {Manual, p. 467) doubtfully referred this plant to 

 M. spathulata Forst. f., which is its nearest ally, though not a very 

 close one. He further mentions that it has been collected by the late 

 Mr. T. Kirk near Winton, Southland County. It appears to be confined 

 to the southern lowlands of Otago. 



5. Myosotis macrantha Hook. f. var. westlandica var. nov. 



A forma typica differt foliis radicalibus longioribus multo tenuioribus 

 anguste obovatis molliter pilosis, venis a costa ad venam submarginalem 

 conspicuam oblique progredientibus, culmis longioribus gracilioribusque, 

 floribus flavis. 



In a moist shady ravine on Eangi Taipo, Jackson's, Taramakau River ; 

 about 4,000 ft. : L. Cockayne, D. P. 



When better known this form may prove to be a distinct species ; for 

 the present it seems better to rank it as a variety. 



6. Pterostylis areolata sp. nov. 



Gracilis glabra ± 15 cm. alta. Folia pauca, caulina, sessilia, culmum 

 amplectentia ; inferiora scariosa squamiformia ; superiora (plerumque 3) 

 valde tenuia, in siccitate pellucida, lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuta 

 v. subacuta, plurinervia manifeste areolata, 3-5-4 cm. longa 1 cm. lata ; 

 culmo folium summum longe excedente. Flores solitarii 3-5 cm. longi 

 ±1-5 cm. lati. Galea pro parte majore erecta, pro parte tertia recurva ; 

 sepalum superius in apicem brevem acutum haud filiformem desinens, 

 petalis acutis paulo longius ; labii inferioris divisurae anguste obcuneatae, 

 in apices subulato-filiformes summam galeam haud excedentes desinentes ; 

 labium subcrassum lanceolato - oblongum subacutum ; columna gracilis 

 elongata galeae partem erectam aequans. 



Slender, glabrous, + 15 cm. (6 in.) high. Leaves 4 or 5 (in the specimens 

 seen), rather distant, sessile and sheathing the stem ; the lower reduced 

 to scarious sheathing scales ; the upper very thin, pellucid when dried, 

 3-5-4 cm. (+ l|in.) long, 1cm. (± fin.) broad, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or subacute, entire, narrowed towards the base, with 

 conspicuous veins running nearly straight along their whole length and 

 connected by delicate more or less oblique veinlets into an open network ; 

 the uppermost leaf placed about half-way up the stem and reaching about 

 half-way up to the flower. Flowers solitary, 3-5 cm. (+ 1^ in.) long, 

 + 1-5 cm. (f in.) broad, green more or less streaked with reddish-brown ; 

 galea erect for two-thirds its length, then sharply bent forwards ; upper 

 sepal ending in a short more or less acute non-filiform tip, a little longer 

 than the acute petals ; lower lip narrow-cuneate for nearly half its length, 

 forking widely into narrow obcuneate subulate-filiform-tipped lobes that 

 do not exceed the top of the galea ; lip brownish when dried, rather thick 

 and firm, lanceolate-oblong, subacute with exserted tip ; column slender, 

 as long as the erect part of the galea, the lower lobe of its wings large 

 long obtuse. 



Hah. — Base of Shingle Peak, Awatere Valley, Marlborough ; 3,000 ft. ; in 

 shade: L. Cockayne! Bealey, Waimakariri Valley, Canterbury: T. Kirk ! 



