340 ORCHIDACEAE, [Thelymitra, 
3. T. intermedia Berggr. in Minneskr. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. (1877) 21, 
t. 5, £. 21-24.—Small, slender, 8-12in. high, with much of the habit of 
slender forms of 7. pauciflora and T. longifolia. Leaves narrow-linear, 
channelled in front. Flowers 3-4 in a narrow raceme 1—2in. long, small, 
4-Lin. diam., pale rose-coloured. Column short, not $ as long as the 
perianth, the wing continued behind the anther but shorter than it, 3-lobed ; 
intermediate lobe bifid, not crested nor hooded, margin smooth; lateral 
lobes longer, narrow, pointing forwards and upwards, terminated by a small 
and thin tuft of cilia—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 670. 
Norra Isunanp: Apparently rare and local. Kaitaia, k. H. Matthews! Fairburn, 
H. Carse! Bay of Islands, Berggren ; Cowes, Waiheke, J. H. Harvey! Rotorua and 
Waiotapu, Mrs. H. J. Matthews ! | 
This is best distinguished by the small rose-coloured flowers, the narrow bifid inter- 
mediate lobe of the column-wing, and the narrow sparingly ciliate lateral lobes of the 
column. 
4, T. Colensoi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 271—" Very slender, 
8-12in. high. Leaf very narrow-linear, flexuous. Flowers 1-3, yellowish, 
on slender pedicels, }in. broad. Sepals and petals very narrow, linear- 
oblong, acute. Column very short ; appendages very long, subulate, erect, 
plumose at the tip. Anther with a long point.’—T. pauciflora Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 244 (not of &. Br.). + 
Nortu Isuanp: Colenso (Handbook). | 
I have seen no specimens that I can refer to this, and in the absence of any addi- 
tional information have reproduced the description given in the Handbook. 
5. T. pauciflora R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 314.—Stems slender, wiry, flexuous, 
6-15 in. high, rarely more. Leaf much shorter than the stem, narrow- 
linear, ,-1 in. broad, rarely more, thick and fleshy, longitudinally grooved, 
deeply channelled in front and thus concave. Flowers 1-6, 4in. long, 
usually pale-blue or whitish-blue. Petals and sepals narrow-ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acute. Column short, stout, the wing continued behind the 
anther and longer than it, 3-lobed, the middle lobe much the largest 
and also the highest, narrower than in 7. longifolia, thick and swollen, 
projecting over the anther, deeply emarginate or 2-lobed, brownish-red at 
the base, bright-yellow towards the tip; lateral lobes smaller at the base, 
projecting forwards almost horizontally, then suddenly bent upwards and 
erect, terminated by a dense brush of white cilia. Anther broad, connective 
produced into a short point.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1916) 
214. 
Norra Istanp: Leptospermum-clad hills in the northern portion of the Auckland 
Provincial District, abundant north of the Waikato River, and probably extending 
much further south, 7. F. C., W. Townson! H. B. Matthews! H. Carse/ and others. 
Octo ber—November. 
Closely allied to T. longifolia, with which it was united by Mr. Bentham. But it 
differs in its smaller size and more slender habit ; in its narrower and deeply channelled 
leaf; in the smaller flowers; and especially in the middle lobe of the column-wing, 
which is deeply emarginate or 2-lobed, whereas it is much broader, more hood-shaped, 
rie mee emarginate in 7’. longifolia. TT. pauciflora is not uncommon in eastern 
ustralia. 
6. T. decora Cheesem.. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 1151.—Stem slender, 
6-12 in. high or more. Leaf shorter than the stem, narrow-linear, thick 
and fleshy, channelled, 4-1in. broad ; empty bracts 1-3, the upper broader 
