‘Thelymitra.] ORCHIDES. 671 
bracts 2 or 3, sheathing. Flowers 3-8 in a raceme from 2 in. to 
6in. long, large, handsome, blue - purple, ?-lin. diam. Sepals, 
petals, and lip broadly oblong or obovate, obtuse. Column less than 
half as long as the perianth, the wing continued behind the anther 
but much shorter than it, 3-lobed; middle lobe short and broad, 
-emarginate or truncate; lateral lobes much longer than the middle 
lobe and almost equalling the anther, erect, lanceolate, acuminate, 
coarsely toothed. Anther broad, connective produced into a stout 
horn-like point.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 271. 
Nort Isnanp: Clay hills from the North Cape to the Waikato River, not 
‘uncommon. November—December. 
A well-marked species, easily distinguished by the large blue-purple flowers, 
‘broad obtuse sepals and petals, long erect coarsely jagged (not ciliate) lateral 
‘lobes of the column-wing, and broad and short middle lobe, which is much lower 
than the anther. I have seen no South Island specimens, and suspect that 
Monro’s and Lyall’s plants, mentioned by Hooker in the Handbook, are nothing 
*more than large states of 7’. wniflora. 
6. T. imberbis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 244.—Stem slender, 
‘wiry, often flexuous, 4-12in. high. Leaf much shorter than the 
‘stem, narrow-linear, flexuous, thick and fleshy, grooved in front. 
Flowers 1-3, rarely more, short and broad, cup-shaped, 4in. diam., 
‘flesh-coloured. Sepals and petals 4in. long, broadly oblong or 
obovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate. Column less than half as long 
as the perianth; the wing continued behind the anther but shorter 
ithan it, 3-lobed; middle lobe broad, truncate or obscurely 2-lobed, 
‘minutely warted on the back, margin thick, entire; lateral lobes 
longer, pointing forwards and upwards, triangular, acute, irregularly 
denticulate, without cilia. Anther large, connective produced into 
-a blunt point much exceeding the column-wing.—Handb. N.Z. Fi. 
“271. 
NortH Istanp: Clay hills from the North Cape to Rotorua, not un- 
-common. Sea-level to 1500 ft. October-November. 
In the original description the flowers are said to be yellow, but they are 
flesh-coloured in all the specimens I have seen. It is probably identical with the 
Australian 7’. carnea, R. Br. 
7. T. venosa, R. Br. Prodr. 314.— Stem stout or slender, 
‘9-18 in. high or more. Leaf shorter than the stem, narrow-linear, 
thick, channelled. Flowers 3-6, large, handsome, purplish-blue, 
lin. diam. Sepals and petals din. long, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse or minutely apiculate, conspicuously veined; lip obovate, 
-obtuse. Column short, stout, not half the length of the perianth ; 
wing not continued behind the anther but with 2 erect lateral lobes 
which exceed the anther, lobes narrow-triangular, 1—2-toothed near 
the tip, which is usually twisted inwards. Anther rather short, 
ovate, connective narrowed into a short bifid beak not so long as 
the lateral lobes.—Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 323. Epiblema grandi- 
florum, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 357 (not of A. Br.). 
