690 ORCHIDES. [Chiloglottis.. 
1. C. cornuta, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 69.—Usually rather 
stout, perfectly glabrous, 2-5in. high. Leaves 2, close together, 
petiolate, spreading, 1-3 in. long, 4-lin. broad, oblong or linear- 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, flat, rather fleshy 
when fresh ; veins parallel, connected by transverse veinlets. Scape 
very short at first, but lengthening as the flower withers and some- 
times 4-8in. long in fruit, 1-flowered or very rarely 2-flowered ; 
bract sheathing. Flower about 4 in. diam., green, sometimes spotted 
with purple. Upper sepal broadly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
erect. Lateral sepals placed in front of the lip, linear-lanceolate. 
Petals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, erect. Lip triangular-cordate or 
trowel-shaped, acute, concave; disc with 3 large stalked rounded 
calli near the base, 2 linear ones on each side higher up, and 
83 smaller rounded ones between them. Column curved forwards, 
winged; the wings expanded above and produced upwards into. 
2 lobes exceeding the anther.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 269. 
NortH anp SoutH Is~tanps, CHATHAM IsLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, ANTI- 
PODES IsLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL Is~LANDS: Moist shaded places from. 
Kaitaia and Mongonui southwards, not common. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
October-December. 
The calli on the labellum probably vary in number and shape, judging from 
Hooker’s description in ‘‘ Flora Antarctica.” 
2. C. formicifera, Fitzgerald, Austral. Orch. i. 3 (1877).— 
Slender, delicate, 2-3in. high. Leaves 2, close together, sessile, 
spreading, 1-2 in. long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 
thin and membranous, margins often undulate when fresh; veins 
parallel, connected by transverse veinlets. Scape 2-3 in. high, 
1-flowered ; bract near the top, sheathing. Flower about 4in. 
long. Upper sepal linear-spathulate, erect, acuminate; lateral 
about the same length, linear, acuminate. Petals linear-lanceolate, 
abruptly deflexed, about as long as the sepals. Lip horizontal or 
ascending, contracted below into a long and narrow claw, above. 
suddenly expanded intoa short and broad spoon-shaped or rhomboid 
lamina, the tip of which is usually reflexed; disc with numerous 
calli, the largest of which is placed at the base, and projects from it, 
with a kind of double head, towards the column ; in front of this is. 
a large flat heart-shaped gland, and rows of smaller calli reach the 
apex of the lip. Column arched forward, broadly winged. — 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxiii. (1901) 312. 
Norts Isuanp: Auckland—Kaitaia (Mongonui County), R. H. Matthews! 
September-October. 
A very remarkable little plant, previously known only from eastern Aus- 
tralia. Mr. Matthews’s specimens agree in all respects with Mr. Fitzgerald’s 
beautiful plate. 
