670 ORCHIDEZ. [Thelymitra.. 
entire; lateral lobes short, linear, terminated by a dense brush 
of white cilia. Anther much exceeding the rostellum.—Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 270; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 319; Fttzgerald, 
Austral. Orch. i. pt. 6. T. Forsteri, Swz. in Vet. Akad. Handl. 
Stockh. xxi. (1800) 228; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 165, t. 25, f. 25. 
A. Cunn. Precur. n. 809; Raoul, Choix, 41; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i. 243. T. stenopetala, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 69. 'T. nemoralis. 
and T. purpureo-fusca, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 249. 
T. alba, Col. l.c. xviii. (1886) 272. T. cornuta, Col. l.c. xx. (1888): 
206. 
NortH anp SoutH IsLanps, Stewart IsLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS, AUCK- 
LAND IstaNps: Abundant from the Three Kings Islands and the North Cape 
southwards. Sea-level to 4000 ft. Makaika. November—December.. 
Also in Australia and Tasmania. 
Found in all soils and situations (except in the dense forest) and correspond- 
ingly variable. Its best distinguishing character is the large middle lobe of the 
column-wing, which forms a smooth rounded hood projecting over the anther 
and usually overtopping the lateral lobes, which are most densely ciliate at the 
tips. For an account of the fertilisation, see a paper by myself in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii. 291. 
3. T. intermedia, Berggr. in Minneskr. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. 
(1877) 21, t. 5, f. 21-24.—Size and habit altogether that of slender 
forms of TJ. longifolia, and flowers similar in general appearance. 
Column-wing continued behind the anther and 3-lobed as in 
T. longifolia; but the intermediate lobe is much shorter, so that 
the tip of the anther is exserted beyond it, and the anterior angle 
on each side is incurved and acute; the lateral lobes longer, erect, 
exceeding the intermediate lobe, terminated by a much smaller and 
less dense tuft of cilia. 
NorruH Istanp: Bay of Islands, Berggren. 
I only know this through Dr. Berggren’s figure and description. It may be 
the same as the following, but that is a question that can only be settled by 
actual comparison of the types. 
4. T. Colensoi, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 271.—*‘ Very slender, 
8-12in. high. Leaf very narrow-linear, flexuous. Flowers 1-38, 
yellowish, on slender pedicels, in. broad. Sepals and petals very 
narrow, linear-oblong, acute. Column very short; appendages very 
long, subulate, erect, plumose at the tip. Anther with a long 
point.” —T. pauciflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 244 (not of &. Br.).. 
NorrtH Istanp: Colenso (Handbook). 
I have seen no specimens that I can refer to this, and in the absence of any 
additional information have reproduced the description given in the Handbook. 
5. T. pulchella, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 244.— Stem tall, 
slender, often flexuous, 9-18in. high or even more. Leaf shorter 
than the stem, long, linear, fleshy, grooved and channelled; empty 
