Laixg. — Vegefnfiou of Banhs Peninsuhi . 385 



Arfhropodium candidum Raoul. [R. ; J. F. A. : J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Not infrequent in shaded gullies and in bush. Aylmer's Valley, 

 track to lighthouse : A. Wall. Cashmere Hills ; Castle Rock ; &c. : 

 R. M. L. Akaroa (habitat of type). 



J. B. A. records also {^)Dianella intermedia. I do not think it occurs. 



*°Iphigenia novae-zelandiae Baker. [J. F. A.] 



Banks Peninsula : Cockayne, in Cheesenian's Manual. 



Family Amaryllidaceae. 



Hi/poxis J) us ill a Hook. f. |L. C.] 



Victoria Park, Cashmere Hills, and elsewhere. Difficult to observe 

 unless in flower. Flowers April to ,June, and again in early spring. 



Family Iridaceae. 



Lihertia grand if ora Sweet (?)• [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Abundant. The j)lant is larger in every way than the common 

 forms of L. ixioides that 1 am acquainted with elsewhere, and may 

 be true L. grandiflora ; but though the capsules are often \ in. in 

 length I have measured none exceeding that dimension ; the leaves, 

 however, are often over \ in. wide. There is, at any rate, only one 

 species to be found here. The bracts are always long narrow-linear 

 or linear-lanceolate and acuminate. Hooker [Handhook, p. 274) evi- 

 dently regards this form as L. grandiflora, so I have r tained the name. 



J. F. A., J. B. A., and L, C. give L. ixioides. J. B A. includes 

 also {'-)L. restioides Klatt and {'~)L. micranfha A. Cunn. 



Family Orchidaceae. 



Earina miicronafa Lindl. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. : L. C] 



I am not certain that I have seen this species. It is certainly less 

 common than the followine. 



'O' 



Earina suaveolens Lindl. [J. B. A.] 

 Not uncommon in rocky clefts. 



J. B. A records also {^)Dendrobiuni Cunninghamii, but I have not 

 seen it. 



*Spiranthes auslralis Lindl. 



Banks Peninsula : J. B. A. ! 



Several specimens labelled as from Banks Peninsula are in the 

 Canterbury Museum. In the Lyttelton Times of the 6th April, 1918, 

 in the column " From Nature's Book "f appears the following : 

 "Mr. J. B. Ai-mstrong . . . reports that Spiranthes australis was 

 very common on the Lake Ellesmere flats before they were drained. 

 Both the red and white variety may be found there still " 



Thehjmitra longijolia Forst. [J. F. A. ; L. C] 



Castle Rock ; Sugarloaf, &c. ; but becoming less common. 



J. B. A. includes {'^)T. uniflora, which I have not seen. 



t Edited by J. Drummond. 

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