CoLENSO. — On New PhoRnogama. Gil 



that it has been a difficult matter to ascertain correctly 

 their finer internal construction, on which so much depends, 

 and I have only dissected one of them. 



2. P. subsijiiiUs, sp. nov. 



Plant Sin. high. Leaves, radical 0; stem-leaves 5, dis- 

 tant, lanceolate, much acuminate, the 1 uppermost 4in. long 

 ^in. wide, the lowest leaf small and nairow 2in. long, sessile, 

 half -clasping, very membranous; midrib slight; veins dis- 

 tantly reticulated, forming long areoles ; near base of the 

 stem 3 short sheathing -bracts. Scape slender, 1- flowered. 

 Galea erect, curved ; dorsal sepal 2in. long, very acuminate ; 

 petals linear-lanceolate, l^in. long, acute ; lower lip deltoid, 

 2in. long, its two lobes long and slender with filiform red 

 tails embracing galea ; labellum red, |in. long, lanceolate, 

 veined ; veins parallel ; midi'ib stout, minutely papillose, tip 

 truncate ; appendage broadly cuneate, curved, trifid, tips fimbri- 

 ate ; column erect, wings large 3^ lines long ; lower lobes much 

 produced, obtuse, rounded ; upper lobes or teeth very narrow, 

 erect, shorter than column ; the uppermost dorsal margin of 

 wings rounded and free from column ; anther - hood large, 

 erect, concave, apicular, reddish ; stigma long, wider than 

 column. Ovary 7 lines long, very slender. 



Hah. Euahine Mountain-range, east side: Mr, A. Olsen ; 

 1894. 



Ohs. A species prima facie resembling P. speciosa, Col. 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxii., p. 483). 



Order VII. Liliace^. 



Genus 5. Astelia, Banks and Solander. 



1. A. minima, sp. nov. 



Plant very small, tufted ; rootstock not woody, coalescent, 

 softish, 3in. (at alt.) long. Leaves (5) linear, liin.-lfin. long, 

 1^ lines broad, tips acuminate, acute, margins recurved, mid- 

 'rib very prominent below, scurfy with long white shining 

 irregular scaly hairs above (also the scape, pedicels, and 

 flowers), but glabrous below and nerved, their bases thickly 

 covered with long silky white acuminate scales, and the 

 young leaves densely margined with reddish shining scales. 

 Male : Scape slender, as long as leaves, forked about the 

 middle, on one arm 3 and on the other 2 flowers, with 1 

 flower in the axil of the fork ; flowers distant, free, on long 

 pedicels ; a long linear leaf-like bract at base of fork, and a 

 smaller filiform one at base of lowest pedicel ; pedicels 1-^ 

 lines long. Perianth spreading, 3 lines diameter ; segments 

 narrow ovate-acuminate, the 3 inner narrower, each with a 

 little knob near apex within. Anthers elliptic, emarginate, 



