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sepal snboblong-lanceolate, 2-^- lines broad, acuminate, acute, projecting far 

 beyond tbe lip (sometimes 2£ lines), recurved at tip, very thin, 5-nerved 

 longitudinally, greenisb-wbite spotted with purple-red ; lateral sepals very 

 filiform, 6-9 lines long, acute, whitish ; lateral petals about 2 inches long, 

 somewhat filiform but stoutish, obtuse, cylindrical, twisted, minutely spotted 

 and coloured purple-red above for half of their length, white below ; lip 

 large orbicular, f inch (or more) in diameter, deeply bilobed above, spread- 

 ing, plain, neither recurved nor involute, margins rounded entire above 

 with a single slight notch at top on each lobe, very minutely undulate or 

 finely and slightly toothed, retuse and apiculate below, papillose within, 

 transparent, much veined ; colour, dark purple-red above, whitish spotted 

 with purple-red below ; ovarium, subangular, sulcated, purple striped. 



Hah. In various parts of Hawke's Bay, among mosses in ravines, 

 shaded woods in the interior, 1850-1880: W.C. Glenross, near Napier, 

 1883 : Mr. D. P. Balfour. 



Obs. — A fine species closely allied to C. macrantha, Hook, fil., but very 

 distinct. Also, having affinity with C. fimbriata, Lindl., an Australian and 

 Tasmanian species. 

 Thelymitra formosa, sp. nov. 



Stem erect, very stout, 12-14 inches high, 3 lines diameter, tinged red 

 with leaf bracts and bracteoles ; two sheaths below leaf, scarious, truncate 

 • obtuse pointed and 2-nerved ; 1-2 foliaceous bracts above leaf, 2-| lines long 

 very acuminate, acute ; leaf very thick fleshy, linear-ovate, 10 inches long, 

 reaching to lowest flower on scape, 4-nerved, broadly keeled, deeply chan- 

 nelled, edges incurved, 6-8 lines wide near base, purple-brown densely 

 covered with minute red raised dots. Flowers 5-10, erect on stout pedicels 

 ■|— | inch long ; a bracteole at base of each, ovate-acuminate very acute, 

 sub-clasping -|— f inch long reaching to base of perianth, obscurely 6-8 

 nerved ; perianth 1-1J inches diameter. Sepals ovate-acuminate, nerved, 

 a little longer than the petals, brownish-purple with white margins ; petals 

 light bluish-purple, broadly oblong-lanceolate, very obtuse, or elliptic with a 

 mucro, obscurely nerved. Column with pointed tip ; appendages (staminodia) 

 long, much longer than the column each bifid, anterior arm densely fim- 

 briated with yellow fimbrias, posterior ditto with long subulate erect points 

 at top, and crenulated fleshy pink edges on back slope running down to a 

 deep notch at the back, exposing top of column. Ovary obovate, 9 lines 

 long, 3 lines wide, broadly ribbed. Tubers 2, large, sub-obovoid, obtuse, 

 1 inch long, £ inch broad. 



Hab. In clayey ground, Fayus woods, high land between Norsewood 

 and Danneverke, Waipawa County, 1882 ; flowering in December ; W.C. 



