ORCHIDACEAE 
354. ToT Prarepnaty, [ Pterostylis. 
at the tip. Column less than 4 the length of the galea; wings with a 
small triangular upper lobe or tooth; lower lobe oblong, obtuse. — Handb, 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 269; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 682; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii 
(1914) t. 1948. P. rubella Col. in Trans, N.Z. Inst. XVill (1886) 271. 
Var. gracilis Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1914) 46.— Taller and more 
slender than the type, sometimes 10in. high. Jadical leaves usually wanting in 
flowering specimens, and seldom more than 1 or 2 in barren plants. Cauline leaves 
narrower. Flowers smaller, 4-2 in. long; lateral sepals shorter in proportion.—JIl. N.Z 
Fl, lc. t. 1943, figt-hand figure. 
Nortu Istanp: Lowland districts from the North Cape to Wellington, apparently 
rare and local to the south of the Hast Cape. Sour Isnanp: Marlborough—Mount 
Peter, J. H. Macmahon!  Sea-level to 1500ft. Var. gracilis probably has the range 
of the type; but I have not seen specimens from the south of the Waikato River. 
oct tee MIRREN Vaan (wesw Suee Mho_cly 
ll. P. puberula Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 249. — Stem slender, 
puberulous, especially below, 2—-4in. high. Leaves all radical, crowded in 
_a rosette at the base of the stem, small, shortly petiolate, 1-} in. including 
the petiole, ovate or ovate-cordate, acute ; bracts on the stem above the 
leaves 2-4, sheathing, erect, lanceolate, acuminate. Flower solitary, erect, 
4in. long. Galea erect, shortly and abruptly incurved towards the tip, the 
upper sepal acute, the petals as long or rather longer, obtuse. Lateral 
sepals united for nearly 4 their length mto a narrow almost quadrangular 
lamina, the lobes filiform, erect, separated by a broad truncate sinus which 
bears a small inflexed tooth in the middle. Lip linear-oblong, obtuse, its 
tip barely exserted ; basal appendage linear, curved, penicillate at the tip. 
Column about 4 the length of the galea, the wings with a small erect 
triangular upper lobe or tooth, the lower lobe linear-oblong, obtuse.—Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 269: Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 682. 
Nort Istanp: Auckland—Clay hills from the Kaipara Harbour southwards to 
the Thames and Middle Waikato, not common. Soutru Istanp: Nelson—Vicinity of 
Westport, W. Townson / Septem ber—October. 
A distinct little plant, well marked by the puberulous stems, small rosulate leaves, 
the short blunt curved tip to the galea, and comparatively short filiform points to the 
| ateral sepals. 
12. P. barbata Lindl. Bot. Regist. xxv (1839) App. 53.—Stem stout or 
slender, glabrous, 4-8 in. high. Leaves radical, crowded at the base of the 
stem, often rosulate, erect, sessile, }-?in. long, ovate-lanceolate or ianceo- 
late, acute or acuminate. Stem above the leaves with 2-5 large loosely 
sheathing erect empty bracts. Flower solitary, 3-1 in. long. Galea erect, 
incurved at the tip, oblong; upper sepal and petals both produced ito 
short subulate points, the latter very narrow. Lower lip linear, deflexed, 
2-lobed about half-way down, the lobes very narrow, acute or obtuse. Lip 
3-7 in. long, filiform, terete, exserted, pendulous, fringed with long golden 
yellow hairs and terminated by a large capitate or irregularly lobed purple 
gland ; appendix very short, curved, penicillate at the tip. Column slender, 
erect ; the wings each with a long erect subulate tooth on the front angle, 
the lower lobe narrow, ciliate-——Benth. Fl. Austral. vi (1873) 362; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 683. P. squamata Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 249 ; 
Fl. Tasm. ii (1860) 20, t. 116; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 269 (not of R. Br.). 
NortH Istanp: Auckland—Exact locality not stated, Sinclair! near Kaitaia, 
h. H. Maithews ! Cowes, Waiheke Island, J. H. Harvey | Lower Thames Valley, from 
Kopu and Puriri to Kerikeri, Adams! T. F. C.; between Mercer and Miranda, 
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