314 Professor Lindley on four new Cape Orchidaceae. 



a gloomy night in the forest, in search of the bird ; and without the 

 aid of the New /inlander it cannot be obtained. 



The skin now sent home, the natives said, was of a male bird, 

 and certain it is that whilst living it had a very strong and highly 

 offensive smell. Some natives of the country at East Cape, on the 

 coast, south of the Bay of Islands, who are residing with the church 

 missionaries at Paihia, on its southern shore, observed that the 

 Kiwies of their forests are much larger and more powerful birds than 

 my specimen taken on the Hokianga river. Might not those south- 

 ern birds be of a distinct species ? A. C. 



XXXVII. — Characters of Four New Cape Orchidaceae. By 



Professor Lindley. 



Liparis Capensis ; foliis binis ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis, 

 caule erecto foliis longiore, racemo multifloro, bracteis her- 

 baceis linearibus acuminatis pedicellis ovariorum longiori- 

 bus, sepalis lateralibus oblongis obliquis labello aequali- 

 bus quam pctala linearia brevioribus, labello subrepando 

 basi cucullato, apice obtusissimo emarginato apiculo in- 

 terjecto. 

 Hab. ad Cap, B. Spei, inter Zandplaat et Komga, Drege. 



Habenaria Dregeana (A. § 1. xx. c.) ; foliis radicalibus bi- 

 nis orbicularibus ; caulinis lineari-lanceolatis setaceo-acu- 

 minatis imbricatis, racemo densissimo cylindraceo obtuso, 

 bracteis floribus aequalibus, petalorum lacinia anteriori 

 glabra posteriori ciliata duplo breviore, labelli tripartiti 

 laciniis carnosis acuminatis intermedia longiore et obtu- 

 siore, calcare pendulo obtuso labello longiore. 

 Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Basche et Omtata, Drege. 



Habenaria ciliosa (A. § 2. b.) ; caule folioso, foliis erectis 

 lanceolatis canaliculatis imbricatis margine pubescenti- 

 bus, bracteis foliaceis lanceolatis acuminatis margine et 

 costa ciliatis floribus longioribus, racemo denso cylindra- 

 ceo, sepalis ciliatis, petalis obtusis glabris, labelli tripar- 

 titi laciniis filiformibus intermedia longiore, calcare pen- 

 dulo clavato ovarii longitudine. 

 Hab. ad Cap, B. Spei, inter Basche et Omtata, Drege. 



