40 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
GENERAL’) NOTES. 
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.—The two seats 
in the Senate rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. 
Johnstone and the retirement of the Rev. Dr. Stuart, have been 
filled up by the appointment of the Rev. W. Salmond, D.D., 
Professor of Theology in the Otago Presbyterian Theological 
College ; and of Prof. Macgregor, Professor of Mental and Moral 
Philosophy in Otago University. 
The present position of Science subjects in the examinations 
of the University is somewhat unsatisfactory to teachers and 
students alike, and it is to be hoped that the matter will receive 
further consideration at the forthcoming meeting of the Senate. 
There is not yet a sufficient amount of scientific leaven in the 
present constitution of the Senate, but it is to be hoped that 
what there is will succeed in leavening the whole. 
ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PTEROSTYLIS APHYLLA (LIND- 
LEY) IN NEW ZEALAND.—Last summer Mr. Sidney Fulton, 
of Outram, discovered an orchid on the Lee Stream Flat, 
which he could not refer to any known New Zealand 
species. Specimens were forwarded to Mr. Petrie and my- 
self, but were too far past flowering to enable us to identify 
them. This season the same ground has been searched 
earlier, and the plant has been obtained in flower by 
the same indefatigable collector, and we are thus enabled to add 
another species to our New Zealand flora. The new species 
is Pterostylis aphylla, Lindl., hitherto only found in Tasmania, 
but closely allied to the Australian P. parviflora. It is the most in- 
conspicuous species ofthe genus, and belongs toasection hitherto not 
represented in this Colony; all our other species have a single 
flower on the scape, while this bears several in a raceme. The 
pedicels of the individual flowers are peculiarly twisted, so as to 
bring some of the flowers face to face, while others follow each 
other up in a most remarkable manner, all but the terminal one 
facing towards the rachis. This peculiarity is referred to in 
Bentham’s Fl. Austr., vol VI., p. 361, where the plant is shortly 
described. 
The following is the description of our New Zealand speci- 
mens :—Leaves in radical rosettes, 4%—¥% inch long, ovate, sub- 
acute or obtuse, shortly petiolate, distinctly reticulated, withering 
at the time of flowering. Scape, 2—4 inches high, with 1—4 
flowers, often furnished below with 2 or 3 empty bracts; flowers 
greenish-brown in colour. Galea about 3 lines long, much in- 
curved at the sub-acute tip, lower lip broad, almost obtuse at the 
apex, which is divided into two short lobes, which do not project 
