Chebsejian. — Contrihiitions to Flora of New Zealand. 209 



LXXV. EUPHORBIACE^. 



Poranthera microphylla, Brong. 



Gobi) Valley, north-west Nelson ; F. G. Gihhs ! These are the first 

 specimens I have seen from this portion of the Nelson Provincial District. 



LXXVI. Urticace^. 

 Urtica ferox, Forst, 



Summit of the ranges between the Thames Valley and Katikati, a few 

 miles south of Te Aroha ; ¥. N. R. Downard ! The most northern locality 

 yet recorded. Only a few specimens were seen. 



LXXIX. Orchidace^. 

 Pterostylis. 



An interesting paper on the fertilisation of the Australian species of 

 this genus, written by Mr. Oswald H. Sargent, is printed in the Annals of 

 Botany for April, 1909. 



Pterostylis foliata, Hook. f. 



I am indebted to Mr. Guthrie Smith for fresh specimens of this species, 

 collected at Tutira Lake, Hawke's Bay. They show that it varies greatly in 

 size, the specimens ranging from 4 in. to 18 in. in height. The leaves are 

 rather fleshy when fresh, and the reticulated veins are by no means obvious, 

 except in dried specimens. A character that has not been previously 

 mentioned is that the ovary and upper part of the peduncle are glandular- 

 pubescent. 



LXXXIV. Palmace^. 



Rhopalostylis sapida, Wendl. & Drude. 



In the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute " for 1906 

 {vol. xxxix, p. 447) I have briefly described and figured two curious branched 

 specimens of the nikau-palm. Through the kindness of Mr. C. Dawes, of 

 Kohukohu, Hokianga, I have received particulars of two more, photographs 

 of which I reproduce herewith. One of the specimens has four branches 

 springing almost from the same point ; the other has three. Both trees 

 are still growing in a patch of forest a few nailes from Kohukohu. They 

 are about 15 ft. in height, the diameter of the trunk not exceeding 9 in. 

 (Plates XXVI and XXVII.) 



XCI. Cyperace^. 

 Schoenus Carsei, Cheesem. 



Not uncommon in swamps by the Waitoa River, Thames Valley ; P. H. 

 Allen ! 



Carex and Uncinia. 



A work of great importance to all followers of systematic botany has 

 lately appeared in the shape of Kukenthal's " Monograph of the Cyper- 

 acecB-CaricoidecB," being heft 38 of Engler's " Pflanzenreich." The memoir 

 forms a bulky volume of 824 pages, is profusely illustrated with drawings 

 and analytical figures, and contains full descriptions of all the species 

 accepted by the author. Dr. Kukenthal has long been known as a most 

 capable and reliable botanist, and his acquaintance with the subject is 



