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Flowers iin. long, shortly pedicellecl, in opposite pairs in 

 the axils of the upper leaves, bright yellow. Calyx campauu- 

 late, divided to the middle into 4 lanceolate acute lobes, 

 not recurved, rather membranous, clothed with articulate 

 glandular hairs wdiich form a ciliate fringe all round the 

 edge. Corolla about twice the length of the calyx, funnel- 

 shaped, with narrow tube aiid widely-dilated throat ; lower 

 lip large, deeply 3-fid ; upper erect, hooded, shortly and 

 broadly 2-lobed. 



Anthers shortly mucronate, the lower cell of the lower 

 anther spurred. Apex of style linear and somewhat crotchet- 

 shaped. 



Capsule as long as the tube of the calyx, broad, shortly 

 mucronate at the apex, which is never retuse. 



Hab. Kelly's Hill, Otira Eiver (4,000ft.). 



A very pretty little species, easily distinguished from 

 its New Zealand congeners by its conspicuous yellow 

 flowers. I found but a few flowering specimens on Kelly's 

 Hill. Mr. Cockayne has kindly sent me ripe capsules, 

 and he mentions that the plant grows abundantly on 

 the low spurs leading up to Mount Eolleston from Arthur's 

 Pass. 



7. Pterostylis oliveri, sp. nov. 



A rather stout leafy species Gin. to 12in. high. Leaves 

 reticulately veined, bright glossy - green, amplexicaul or 

 shortly sheathing ; radical several, narrow-ovate, acute, nar- 

 rowed into a rather broad petiole, 2^in. to 3^in. long, fin. to 

 fin. wide ; cauline several, amplexicaul, sessile, almost acu- 

 minate, the upper gradually diminishing in size. 



Elowers usually solitary and terminal, a second flower 

 occurring but rarely in the axil of the uppermost cauline leaf, 

 about 2in. long, curved forward and downward in front almost 

 to the level of the ovary. Upper sepal boat-shaped, broad, 

 tapering gradually to an acute point, the free lobes of the 

 lower sepals broadly obcuneate and produced into very slender 

 erect filaments IJin. in length. Petals falcate, l^in. long, 

 Jin. broad, acuminate. Claw broadly linear, brown, of nearly 

 uniform widtli to the base ; appendage much narrower than 

 the claw, terminating in numerous very narrow filaments. 

 Column fin. long. 



Hah. Open scrub and low bush on the banks of Kelly's 

 Creek, Otira Eiver (1,100ft.). In flower in the early part of 

 January. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this plant to Professor 

 D. Oliver, F.E.S., of Kew, in acknowledgment of valued 

 assistance in my botanical studies. 



