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made to Opepe in company with Mr. Hill resulted in the discovery 

 of another specimen, also in an imperfect state. In January of 

 this year I succeeded in inducing Mr. Hill to pay another visit to 

 the locality, when he was fortunate enough to find a considerable 

 number of specimens in full flower, most of which he kindly 

 forwarded to me. An examination of these has proved that the 

 plant belongs to the sub-family Thismieae, which differs from the 

 rest of the Burmanniaceae in possessing both the inner and outer 

 whorls of stamens, and in the unusually large development of the 

 anther-connective. It further appeared that there was little to 

 separate Mr Hill's plant from the genus Bagnisia, as amended by 

 Angler m Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (vol. ii. 6, p. 48), 

 where it is made to include both Bagnisia and Geomitra of 

 Beccan (Malesia, vol. i. pp. 249-250, tt. 10, 11, 12), the only 

 diherence of importance being that in Bagnisia and Geomitra 

 tnree of the perianth segments are wanting, or reduced to mere 

 rudiments ; whereas in the New Zealand plant they are well- 

 developed being quite half the length of the inner segments. In 

 his respect it agrees with the genus Thismia, but differs in the 

 nner perianth segments being dilated and connivent at the 

 tips, exactly as in Bagnisia and Geomitra. In the position of 

 rL^ZT*- »?* V he structure of the anther it agrees with 

 Z SZ i '* i! n 5 ? anther-connective of Geomitra episcopate, 



/Li£T i J fri"' l evj closel y resembles that of the New 

 Zealand plant. If, therefore, Ensrler is to h« fnlWprl in ™Ar<rW 



n orvmi :t^X -J. i- t> • . . ' -"-"s^* ™ «■" "e lunoweu in merging 



i^nTlT mk B «8 n T?> l l a PP ears t0 me tha * the New Zealand 

 plant should be placed in the latter genus. 



huSf n, ( Mi° mi 1 r ? ) ? iUii ' Gheesem - Pl ™t* saprophytica, 

 RM^nl a ' g / abe ™ a , *>liia ad squamas minutes redactis. 



cot ioT rZl Q n8 m * er 1A foha emor *«a delapsa sylvarum, parce vel 

 Zol? P?' °1° Cm ' l0ngum ' Ul 5 mm - crassnm, nudum, 

 orb* ™?fln,f edunc f l ex axilli « bractearum brevium carnosarum, 

 circitJt 7 .I/ ^ Vd , CUrvati ' ° -5 - 1 - 5 <>m. l°ngi, bracteolis 

 sursum l ra aS * lan . ceo atis vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis albidis 

 rosei ration tn? maj ° nbUS ^ mm. longis instruct!. Flores 



Setro Pe^ft e ^^ ^ Cm ' lo "*> circiter ™ mm. 

 vaTobW™ E22? cam Panulato-lanterniforme ; tubus obo- 



^ ov^wr 8tatn li ; . 8egmenta 3 minora omniAo exteriora, 

 arc^recurvatn i?f \ ob i 1( l ue P at entia, demum longitudinaliter 

 W^eZ2™^T T( \ fe , neSt r aS obte ^tia ; segmenta 3 interiora 

 medTo hiant^nW ? UP 1°! longl °ra, a Pi<* connata vel conniventia, 

 V^u^^^^°} l0I ^J iano carinata , carina in apiculum 

 curvfeUntra S Zh ^ fl fauci ft affi xa et breviter exserta, abrupte de- 

 maxhna In t nh™ 6X £ filam entis bre vibus, liberis ; connectiva 

 S mrv? diifc m r b + - ana ^ eum connata ? apice oilamellata ; 

 unHoc Xr e ' S* > a ? n ? £ P™*™ inferum, late obovatum, 

 b^vTSSn^^ 18 * & i llberi8 ; ovula numerosissima ; stylus 



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