Ste fateh Pinar LE FOF Bey 
ft Bis, re 4 Ak F ‘Fu 7 
Prasophyllum.] ORCHIDACEAE. 347 
broadly notched, shorter than the rostellum. Anther broad, obtuse, not 
equalling the rostellum.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 272; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 675; Jil. N.Z. Fl. i (4914) t. 193B. 
Norra anp Sourn Istanps, Stewart Istanp, ANTIPODES ISLAND : From the 
L ’ ta 
North Cape southwards, but rare and local to the north of Lake Taupo. Sea-level 
to 4500 ft. November—January. 
A most abundant subalpine plant all through the mountains of the South Tsland. 
For some remarks on the fertilization, see a paper by Mr. Thomson in the Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xi (1879) 435. 
3. P. pumilum Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 242—-Very slender, 
6-16 in. high. Stem with a lacerated fibrous sheath at the base. Leaf 
reduced to a sheathing bract near the spike; lamina il in. long, erect, 
usually reaching about half-way up the spike. Spike dense, few- or many- 
flowered, 4-14 in. long. Flowers minute, the perianth about 4, in. long, 
curved, pointing downwards, greenish. Upper sepal ovate, acuminate, 
concave; lateral rather longer, free, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals 
the same shape as the lateral sepals, but shorter, and with the tips almost 
azistate. Lip articulate on a flat ribband-like projection from the foot 
of the column, mobile, oblong, acute, truncate at the base, not ciliate, disc 
almost wholly occupied by a thick adnate plate, which is obscurely 
3-grooved towards the base. Column short, the lateral lobes broad, 
obliquely truncate and irregularly 2-3-notched at the tip. Anther large, 
apiculate, overtopping the small rostelluam.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 273 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 675; Til. N.Z. Fl. nu (1914) t. 1944. 
Nortu [stanp: Auckland—Dry hills from the North Cape to the Middle Waikato, 
not commen. April-June. 
4. P rufum ?. Br. Prodr. (1810) 319.--Very similar in size and habit 
to P. pumilum, and like it with the leaf reduced to a sheathing bract just 
below the spike, the lamina very short and subulate. Spike few- or many- 
flowered, 4-3 in. long. Flowers still more minute than in P. pumilum, 
the perianth about ;;1in. long, horizontal, reddish or yellowish. Upper 
sepal ovate, acuminate, concave; the lateral much longer, quite free, 
lanceolate, acuminate, the points tipped with a small gland. Petals small, 
lanceolate, shorter than the upper sepal. Labellum articulate on a flat 
ribband-like projection from the foot of the column, mobile, lanceolate, 
acute, truncate at the base, adnate plate occupying most of the dise, thickest 
along the margins. Column very short, the lobes rather narrow, 2-toothed 
at the tip. Anther large, apiculate, overtopping the small rostellum.— 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vi (1873) 344; Fotzgerald Austral. Orch. 11 (1891) pt. 4; 
Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 676. P. nudum Hook. f. £l. Nov. Zel. i 
(1853) 242; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 272. P. tunicatum Hook. 7. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 242. (2) P. variegatum Col. an Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx (1888) 208. 
NortH Istanp: Auckland—Birkdale, a few specimens only, H. B. Matthews / 
Waimarino Plains, #. Phillips Turner! Paeroa Range, K. W. Allison! “Hawke’s Bay— 
Lake Tutira, H. Guthrie-Smith ' Wellington—Lake Taupo, Te Hawara, Port Nicholson, 
Colenso (Handbook); Kaitoke; Day’s Bay, B. C. Aston. Sourn Istanp: Marl- 
borough—Port Underwood and Kenepuru, J. H. Macmahon! Nelson—Westport, 
J. E. Holloway / 
This corresponds fairly well with the plate of P. rufum given by Mr. Fitzgerald in 
his ‘‘ Australian Orchids.” It is distinguished from the preceding species by the 
smaller horizontal usually reddish flowers, narrower lateral sepals tipped by a minute 
gland, much narrower lip, the adnate plate on which is thickest on the edges, and in 
the narrower lateral lobes of the column. 
