392 Transactions. — Botany. 



Hab. Margins of woods, hilly country between Napier and 

 Taupo Lake; 1893-94 : Mr. W. F. C. Sturm. 



Obs. I. A species very near to C. sinclairii, Hook., differ- 

 ing, however, from it mainly in the smaller size and entire 

 lips of corolla, which is white without, with minute pale- 

 purple spots within below, and the hairs at the base of corolla 

 within long and wavy, the stigma rough, and the ovary more 

 obtuse, shining, and tuberculate. 



II. Sir W. J. Hooker, in describing C. sinclairii, observes 

 that " the corolla has both its lips concave and so far expanded 

 as to approach that of Jovellana" ; and that "it may, indeed, 

 be considered a connecting-link between the two genera." 

 (" Icones Plantarum," tab. dlxi.) Yet the inferior lip of C. Sin- 

 clair ii is 3-lobed. Had Sir William seen this plant, with nearly 

 equal and entire lips not incurved, he would certainly have 

 placed it under Jovellana. 



2. C. (Jovellana) sturmii, sp. nov. 



Plant erect, simple, very slender, 12in.-16in. high, few- 

 leaved ; stems itddish-brown compressed striate, slightly 

 pubescent. Leaves distant, opposite in pairs (3-4 pairs on 

 stem), 2in.-3in. apart, broadly elliptic, 2in.-2^in. long, l£in.- 

 1-i-in. broad, very thin, spreading, slightly scabrous above, 

 almost glabrous below, a few small hairs on veins ; margins 

 bi-serrate, teeth apiculate ; tip subacute, base truncate ; 

 petioles very slender straight patent, 2in. long., ^gin. wide. 

 Flowers few, in a small loose terminal panicle, lin.-2in. 

 long, the lowermost pair of subpanicles opposite on rhachis 

 lin.-Hin. long ; pedicels filiform, 2-3 lines long. Calyx green, 

 slightly scabrid-pubescent, segments 4, deltoid, tips sub- 

 acute. Corolla very small, thin, globular, T V n - diameter, white 

 with large purple spots within, lips nearly equal, their margins 

 thin and slightly puberulent, the upper lip emarginate ; base 

 of corolla within glabrous ; stamens short, stout ; anthers 

 cordate, large, white ; style and stigma simple. Ovary shining, 

 pitted minutely. 



Hab. On the west side of the Kaweka mountain-range, 

 near Napier ; 1893-94 : Mr. W. F. C. Sturm. 



Obs. I. This species, like the preceding, is near to G. sin- 

 clairii, but differs more largely in general appearance and in 

 size ; its peculiar membranous leaves patent on long narrow 

 (almost filiform) petioles, and very small flowers, with much 

 less pubescence and thin margins, and anthers cordate, and 

 glabrous throat of corolla, which is also dark-purple spotted 

 within, the spots larger and showing through the thin corolla. 



II. I have seen and examined several specimens of this 

 and of the other plant (supra), and find them to be remarkably 

 regular throughout in their characters. I have also given a 



