386 Transactions. 



Microtis unijolia Reichenb. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Not uncommon. 



Prasophi/llum Colensoi Hook. f. [J. F. A.] 



Castle Rock, above 2,500 ft. ; Lyttelton (?) : R. M. L. 



Pterostiflis BanJcsii R. Br. 



Not uncommon in the forest and heath. 



*Pterostylis australis Hook. f. 



Waikerikikeri ; Checkley's Bush, Akaroa ; and probably elsewhere. 



Pterostylis graminea Hook. f. 



Waikerikikeri ; Castle Rock ; Lyttelton. 



{''■) Pterostylis foliata Hook. f. {{). 



Heathcote Valley. One specimen only seen, collected by Miss E. 

 Holdsworth, and thus identified by Cheeseman : " I believe, however, 

 that it is P. joliata, of which it has the sheathing bracts and short 

 lateral sepals." 



(~)Cyrtostylis ohlonga is recorded l)y J. B. A. 



*Caladenia minor Hook. f. [J. B. A.] 

 Akaroa : Miss M. Fyfe ! 



Corysanthes triloba Hook. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Not uncommon in damp shady spots. 



*Corysanthes macrantha Hook. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 

 Castle Rock. 



Gastrodia C unninghamii Hook. f. [J. B. A.] 



Okute Valley, and probably elsewhere. It has been reported to me 

 from Akaroa, and near Tai Tapu, but I have not seen specimens. 



Other orchids reported by J. B. A. are {'^)Dendrobium pygmaeuw, {^)Cory- 

 santhes rotundifolia, {'~)C. rivularis, {^)Lyperanthus antarcticus, i^-)Caladenia 

 Lyallii ; and by J. F. A., {^)Corysanthes ohlonga. 



Class DICOTYLEDONEAE. 

 Family Piperaceae. 



Macropiper excelsum Miq. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Not uncommon in the lower forest, particularly near the sea. Here 

 finds its southernmost limit. 



Family Fagaceae. 



*Nothofagi(s Solanderi Oerst. 



Summit of Long Bay Ridge, Akaroa, and extending downward for 

 some distance to the eastward. Forms resembling N. Blairii are to be 

 found, but require further examination. 



*Nothofagus cliffortioides Oerst. 



Forms apparently belonging to this species occur intermingled with 

 N. Solanderi on the Long Bay Ridge. J. B. A, records it with a (?). 



*Nothofagus fusca Oerst. [J. B. A.] 



Ridges from Stony Bay to Damon's Bay. Some magnificent speci- 

 mens are found here in the forest. 



