Corzxso.— Descriptions of new Indigenous Plants. 247 
Obs. I. This species has close affinity with O. macrophylla, Hook., but 
differs from it in several particulars; the sepals are narrower longer 
glabrous and coloured, and only 1-nerved; the corolla is coloured within 
and there clothed with densely glandular pubescence, and the tube is much 
shorter, and in the venation of the limb, which is also larger, the angles 
are rounded at apices, and not acute as in that species, and the pedicels are 
densely glandular-hairy: the leaves also are different, both in their shape 
and in their curious little gland-like openings or depressions on their 
margins ; and the scape is very much stouter and 7-angled, with its lower 
floral leaves much more numerous, larger and petiolate. 
Obs. II. From Sir J. D. Hooker’s **note"* on an imperfect specimen 
of Ourisia of possibly an additional species allied to O. macrophylla which I 
had early “ gathered near Taupo;” I am of opinion that this may very 
likely be identical with that plant. 
Orper LXX. CUPULIFERA. 
Genus 1. Fagus, Linn. 
1. Fagus apiculata, Col.t (Fruit.) 
Fruiting involuere or cupule, green, ovate, obtuse, 4 lines long, 8- 
(sometimes 4-) sided, with four imbrieated tomentose ovate scales on each 
side, edges scarious and brown, shortly pedicelled, pedicels pilose; nuts 
2-8, broadly ovate, sparsely pilose, outer one (or two) sharply ridged down 
the centre on one side, inner (or middle) one flat, thin, sub-erose at edges 
above, tips deeply bifid ; styles persistent. 
Class II.  MowocorvrEpows. 
CHID 
Genus 10. Mierotis, Banks and Solander. 
1. Microtis longifolia, sp. nov. 
Plant variable in size, and in the number of its flowers ; tall, erect, 
1 foot 3 inches to 2 feet 3 inches high ; leaf solitary terete tubular, with 8 
longitudinal furrows from base to tip, 2-8 inches longer than scape, and an 
open oppressed bract at base 1-2 inches long. Scape stout, 2-3 lines 
diameter, cylindrical below sub-angular above; raceme 3-6 inches long, many ` 
flowered (25-40), flowers pedicelled, small, distant, 2-6 lines apart; bracts 
2 lines long, broadly ovate-acuminate, transversely rugulose and decurrent; 
upper sepal boat-shaped, sub-cucullate, acute; lower pair largely divergent 
sub-revolute, obtuse; petals free, recurved, obtuse ; lip oblong, laciniate or 
sub-lobed, much crisped at margins; tip broad and bifid; the two lumps 
at base very large, dark green, smooth and shining; the lump near tip 
tuberculate or crisped, commonly in two ridges; ovarium stout, 3 lines 
long, finely papillose, flat beneath, very turgid and gibbous above. 
* * Flora Nove-Zelandisw,” vol. i., p. 198. 
t For description of this plant (without fruit) see “ Trans, N.Z. Inst.,” vol. xvi, 
p. 335, 
