610 Tniitaactions. — Botany. 



nearly 1 line beyond lobes ; tube 2 lines long, veined within ; 

 lobes very small, broadly oblong, j-^in. long, reddish, veined. 

 Anthers sub-oblong-ovoid, red, connective very small, apicular. 

 Style rather long, flexuous ; stigma capitate, papillose ; an- 

 thers and style exserted equal lengths. Ovary dark-green, 

 subobovoid, hairy at top. 



Hah. On stony dry ridges near the Eiver Waimataa, 

 County of Patangata (the provincial boundary between 

 Hawke's Bav and Wellington) : Mr. H. Hill ; November, 

 1895. 



Obs. I. On one of the branchlets, directly under the largest 

 head of flowers and entirely concealed by it, 1 found two 

 young branchlets a few lines in length, full leafy ; showing that, 

 shortly, that terminal head of flowers would become axillary 

 in the fork occasioned by those two branchlets ; and, further, 

 in looking over the specimens I found the dead remains of 

 receptacles of flowers in the axils of the old branches, con- 

 firming the same. I had, however, noticed that peculiar 

 character before in P. dichotoma, a much larger species 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxii., p. 485). 



II. This species will rank near to P. arenaria, A. Cunn., 

 which, prnnd facie, it much resembles. 



Class II. MONOCOTYLEDONS. 

 Order I. Oechide^. 

 Genus 12. Pterostylis, Br. 

 1. P. venosa, sp. nov. 



Plant small ; leaves 2 near the base of the stem, sub- 

 orbicular-oblong, l|-in. long, lin. wide, very membranous, 

 largely veined, veins prominent anastomosing, areoles large 

 subquadrilateral ; petioles also veined, broad, loose, clasping, 

 with 2 sheathing-scales at base. Scape 2i^in. high, naked. 

 Galea erect, fin. long, hood-shaped, greenish ; dorsal sepal 

 ovate-acuminate, obttise ; lower lip small, cuneate, sub ^in. 

 long, ascending, with 2 linear-ovate lobes, tips finely actmii- 

 nate, extending a little beyond dorsal sepal ; petals fin. long, 

 sub-linear-spathulate with an obtuse angle produced on otiter 

 edge near the middle, tips broadly truncate. Labellum sub 

 ^in. long, purplish, ovate-acuminate, parallel-veined, tip very 

 slender, slightly exserted. Colunni sub iin. high, very slender, 

 wings with lower lobes oblong-obtuse, upper lobes, or teeth, 

 short, narrow, acute. 



Hab. Euahine Mountain-range, east side: Mr. A. Olscu ; 

 1894. 



Obs. I have only received two specimens of this little plant, 

 and they are very similar ; unfortunately, though whole and 

 perfect, they have been pressed very nmch in drying, so 



