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in rocky clefts of the western mountains ; Laing ! Antipodes Island : Not un- 

 common, especially on the eastern side ; Kirk ! (Chatham Islands ; small islands in 

 Foveaux Strait.) 



The apparent absence of this species from Stewart Island and the Snares is 

 somewhat peculiar. The North Island locality quoted in the Handbook on the 

 authority of Bidwill is no doubt erroneous. 



Urtica aucklandica, Hook. f. 



Urtica aucklandica, Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 69 (1844). 

 This has not been gathered since its discovery by Sir J. D. Hooker in 1840. 

 Judging from the original description, there is little to distinguish it from the pre- 

 ceding, except the smaller size and copious greyish-white pubescence, but Hooker 

 states that it is apparently quite distinct. 



Orchidaceae. 

 Thelymitra longifolia, Forst. 



Thelymitra longifolia, Forst., Char. Gen., 98, t. 49 (1776) ; Hook, f., Handb. 

 N.Z. Fl, 270 (1864). T. steno'petala. Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 69 (1844). 

 T. Forsteri, Swz. in Vet. Akad. Handb. Stockh., xxi, 228 (1800) ; 

 Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., i, 243 (1853). 



Auckland Islands : " In woods and on the bare ground in exposed places, not 

 uncommon " ; Hooker. (Throughout New Zealand ; Australia ; Tasmania.) 



I insert this solely on the authority of Sir J. D. Hooker, no subsequent botanist 

 having collected it. 



Thelymitra uniflora, Hook. f. 



Thelymitra uniflora. Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 70 (1844) ; and ii, 544 (1847). 



Auckland Islands : On the bare ground and in tufts of moss, Phyllachne, &c. ; 

 Hooker, Le Guillon (D'Urville's expedition). (New Zealand, upland districts from 

 Rotorua southwards.) 



Like the preceding, this rests entirely on the record given in the " Flora Ant- 

 arctica." It should be remarked, however, that most of the recent visits to the 

 southern islands have been either too late or too early in the flowering season to 

 secure good specimens of Orchidaceae. 



Prasophyllum Colensoi, Hook. f. 



Prasophyllum Colensoi, Hook, f., FL Nov. Zel., i, 241 (1853) ; T. Kirk 

 in Trans, N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 440 (1891). 



Antipodes Island : Exact station not named ; Kirk. (Throughout New Zealand.) 

 I have seen no specimens. 



Lyperanthus antarcticus, Hook. f. 



Lyperanthus antarcticus. Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., ii, 544 (1847). 



Auckland Islands : Hooker, Le Guillon (D'Urville's expedition). General Bolton. 

 Adams Island, alt. 1,200 ft. ; Aston ! (New Zealand, upland districts from the Tara- 

 rua Range southwards ) 



