Pterostylis.| ORCHIDEA. 
the lobes filiform, erect, separated by a broad truncate sinus which 
bears a small inflexed tooth in the middle. Lip linear-oblong, 
obtuse, its tip barely exserted; basal appendage linear, curved, 
penicillate at the tip. Column about half the length of the galea, 
the wings with a small erect triangular upper lobe or tooth, the 
lower lobe linear-oblong, obtuse.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 269. 
NortuH Isnranp: Auckland—Clay hills from the Kaipara Harbour south- 
wards to the Thames and Middle Waikato, not common. SourH Isnanp: 
Nelson—Vicinity of Westport, Vownson ! September—October. 
A distinct little plant, well marked by the puberulous stems, small rosulate 
leaves, the short blunt curved tip to the galea, and comparatively short filiform 
points to the lateral sepals. 
10. P. barbata, Lindl. Swan River App. 53.—Stem stout or 
slender, glabrous, 4-8in. high. Leaves radical, crowded at the 
base of the stem, often rosulate, erect, sessile, +-in. long, ovate- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Stem above the 
leaves with 2-5 large loosely sheathing erect empty bracts. 
Flower solitary, #-lin. long. Galea erect, incurved at the tip, 
oblong ; upper sepal and petals both produced into short subulate 
points, the latter very narrow. Lower lip linear, deflexed, 2-lobed 
about half-way down, the lobes very narrow, acute or obtuse. Lip 
4—3 in. long, filiform, terete, exserted, pendulous, fringed with long 
golden yellow hairs and terminated by a large capitate or irregularly 
lobed purple gland ; appendix very short, curved, penicillate at the 
tip. Column slender, erect; the wings each with a long erect 
subulate tooth on the front angle, the lower lobe narrow, ciliate.— 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 362. P. squamata, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 
249; Fil. Tasm. i. 20, t. 116; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 269 (not of R. Br.). 
Norta Isnanp: Auckland—Exact locality not stated, Sinclair! near 
Kaitaia, R. H. Matthews! Lower Thames Valley, from Kopu to Puriri and 
Kerikeri, Adams! between Mercer and Miranda, 7. #. C.; Tirau and other 
localities in the Upper Thames Valley, 7. F. C. October-November. 
A yery remarkable little plant, at once recognised by the filiform exserted 
lip, plumose with bright-yellow hairs. It isa common Tasmanian plant, and is 
also found in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
11. P. mutica, &. Br. Prodr. 328.—Rather stout, 2-5 in. high. 
Leaves radical, forming a rosette at the base of the stem, some- 
times withering at the flowering season, shortly petiolate, 4—3in. 
long, ovate, acute, veins reticulated. Stem with 2-5 large sheath- 
ing bracts above the leaves. Raceme 2—8-flowered; flowers small, 
about +in. long, greenish-brown. Galea very broad, much in- 
curved, obtuse or subacute at the tip. Lower lip small, reflexed, 
concave, nearly orbicular when spread out, 2-lobed almost to the 
middle. Lip on a very short flat claw, lamina broadly oblong, 
obtuse ; appendage broad at the base, short and thick, entire, 
rounded or emarginate at the tip. Column erect; wings broad, 
