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seeing that in a young stage the anthers of Malvacee in — are bilocular. 
The relationship to M rodia (Sterculiacee) is less m 
the 2-celled o site paucity of ovules, and 3-lobed stigmas are peculiar.— 
M. T, Masters 
_ Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Staminal tube with adherent petals, laid open, exposing the 
pistil. 3. Anthers. 4, Calyx and longitudinal section of ovary. 5. Transverse 
section of ovary. 6. Peltate. seale of ovary. 
Puate 1120. 
CORYSANTHES CHEESEMANI, ook. i 
OrcHIDE2. 
C. Cheesemani, Hook. f.; folio sessili cordato-orbiculari apiculato, 
flore subsessili, pedunculo post anthesin elongato, ovario bractea spathacea 
vaginato, sepalo dorsali galeato obtuso, lateralibus setaceis minutis labello 
suppositis v. obsoletis, petalis lateralibus setaceis v. 0, labello tubuloso 
columnam amplectente, ore ampliato recurvo 2-lobo, lobis reflexis subintegris, 
marginibus basi utrinque in auriculam deflexam obtusam productis. 
Has. New Zealand, amongst bushes at Purewa, near Auckland, 
F. F. Cheeseman, Esq 
This curious little species was first brought to my notice in 1867 by 
. F. Cheeseman, Esq., of Auckland, a very acute botanist, to whom I am 
indebted for several other interesting discoveries in the Northern Island, and 
notably the beautiful little Hymenophylium Cheesemani (Baker, mss.), of 
which a figure is prepared for this work. 
Corysanthes was found at Purewa, about five miles from sere flower- 
ing in June and July, in a dense bush, principally compo ryrsine 
Urvillei, Senecio Forsteri, and Leptospermum scoparium, with a thick under- 
growth of various species of 
r. Cheeseman describes the leaves as more membranous than those of 
other species known to — and o- bese as dull purple with several 
the margins of ee hid séel behind ihn ponies and enclose it, that the 
lateral sepals, when present, are very narrow-linear, placed under the lip and 
never exceed it, seg that the petals, pode present, are very minute indeed, 
subulate, deflexed, and placed under the basal tubes of the ii 
