Plate 198.-CH1LOGLOTTIS CORNUTA and TOWNSONIA 



DEFLEXA. 



Family ORCHIDACE^.] [Genera CHILOGLOTTIS, R Br and 



TOWNSONIA, Cheesem. ' 



Chiloglottis cornuta, Hook. /. Fl. Antarcl. i, 69 ; (Meesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. im. 

 Townsonia deflexa, dheesem. Man. N.Z. FL 692. 



Chiloglottis cornuta, like the two species iigured in the previous elate 

 was first collected during the Antarctic expedition of Sir J C Ross h^W 

 been gathered on Campbell Island by Dr. Lyall, one of the natur J st! 

 attached to the expedition, in December, 1840. The first record of Soccut 

 rence in New Zealand proper was published by Mr. T. Kirk in 1870 his 

 ZTc^:^rr-^r^ obtained at Northcote, L the immediate viinYtyo 

 the City of Auckland, a locality where it still exists, aIthou"h in fast 

 diminishing numbers. Almost immediately afterwards t was Sbserved A" 

 severa botanists in various portions of both the North and the South Islands 

 and at the present time it is known to extend through almost the vvole 

 "fnd fh Chattm^ri from the North Cape district southwards to St^wa 

 ben Isiai^cl. Tn fJ^t f,:"'^ Antipodes Island, and the Auckland and Camp- 

 Dell Islands. In fact, there are few districts in the Dominion where it cannot 

 be obtained although it is rarely present in considerable nZbers Ti 

 to quit'e sS T"^"' '"""" ^" ""^' ''''^'^ ^^''''' ^^^ '^-Ses from sea level 

 fho '?Si ^''" f ■ P- P°°!^''r^ original de.scription of the species, published in 



n tl. ''?w''.V'''^i'^^ ^^^'- 1' P- 6^)' ^'^ ""'^^'^ tl^e remark, ''l am inclined 

 to think that the glands on the disc of the labellum will be found to rove 

 a variable character." This surmise has been fully verified, bo h as reCrds 

 specimens from tlie islands to the south of New Zealand and from New'Zea 



Zf f^'T / ^1?"^ 'V* '^'' ^""^'^^^ °^' '^' ^-^^"^^ ^^ries from 6 to 12 and 

 that the glands tliemselves are very inconstant in size, shape, and pos tfc^n 

 Facts hke these show that such variable organs are of little value in the dis' 

 Se"ncr '"'""' ""■'" ''^'^ '^^ accompanied by other and more stable 

 In addition to C. cornuta, the genus Chiloalottis contains six or seven 

 New Zealand ""'''' '"' "^^'^- ^"^^ f'^^^'^'f^'^^ Fitzgerald) also extends to 

 _ The charming little plant figured in this plate under the name of Torvn- 

 soma deflexa j!^^ discovered in the vicinitv of Westport bv Mr. W Townson 

 m the year 1904, and up to the present time has been gathered bv noX? 

 botanist. As stated m the Manual, the generic name commemorates the 

 services rendered to botanical science by Mr. Townson. who more than anv 

 other person has contributed to the elucidation of the flora of the soiith- 

 western portion of the Nelson Provincial District. Among the discoveries 

 made bylym are^t^he following species illustrated in this work: A^Mla 

 r.™., Plate 62), DracorhvUvm To.msoni (Plate 130), Gentiana ToJn^^i 

 ^ t, y yerommdivergens (Plate 148). and the plant now figured 

 p ^''\ ^"7"'°" informs me that T. deflewa occurs on the spurs of Mount 

 Rochfort, Mount Frederic, and the Paparoa Mountains, which coIIccTS 

 Z\}^ T'* '''^Tf' ^^^^.diately to the north and south of the mouth of 

 the Buller River. It ranges from 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. elevation, and is usiialh 



