ORCHIDACEAE. 
Calochilus.] ideale. oot 
except the narrow flexuous tip densely fringed with long hairs. Column 
short, broadly winged; stigma broad, placed under the erect rostellum. 
Anther large, terminal, erect or incumbent, obtuse or pointed, 2-celled ; 
pollinia granular. ; 
A genus of. 3 very closely related species, all natives of Australia, 2 of them 
extending to New Zealand as well. | 
Anther long, rostrate. Column-wing with a gland on each side 
near the base just within the front margin A .. Ll. C. campestris. 
Anther short, obtuse. Column-wing without any gland, but 2 
small erect lamellae on each side of the base of the lip .. 2. C. paludosus. 
1. C. campestris R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 320.—Stem stout, 6-18 in. high. 
Leaf usually solitary, rarely 2, much shorter than the stem, narrow-linear, 
thick, channelled ; cauline leaves or bracts 1 or 2, sheathing. Flowers 
2-8, greenish-purple ; pedicels 4-lin. long; bracts acuminate. Upper 
sepal 4-4 in. long, broadly ovate, acute, concave; lateral narrower. Petals ~ 
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shorter, broadly oblong, falcate, veined. Lip }-3in. long; margins and _ 
upper surface except the slender flexuous tip covered with long reddish- 
purple hairs or fimbriae, which are longest on the upper part of the lip, - 
and shortest near. the base, where they are reduced to clavate calli; 
usually there is a narrow strip across the very base of the lip which is— 
smooth and bare. Column-wings dilated in front and produced into a. 
rounded lobe on each side, on the inner face of which is a conspicuous 
gland. Anther long, triangular, rostrate-——Benth. Fl. Austral. vi (1873) -< 
315; Fitzgerald Austral. Orch. 1 (1877) pt. 4; T. Kirk wo Trans. N.Z. | 
Inst. xxiv (1892) 427; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 686. 
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en EQ. 
Nortru Istanp : Auckland—Rotorua, Spencer / Petrie ! Paeroa Range, near Waio- ae ateo 
tapu, K. W. Allison / Novem ber—December. 
Cc, 
This doubtless has as wide a range as the following species, but so far I have*sdefl \ 
no specimens except from Rotorua. These exactly match the plate in Fitzgerald’s 
Australian Orchids, with the exception that the fimbriae on the lip never show any 
trace of blue, but are always red. 
2. C. paludosus f#. Br. Prodr. (1810) 320.—Very similar in habit and 
appearance to C. campestris, but usually (though not always) more slender, 
with a rather longer and narrower leaf. Flowers seldom more than 4. 
Sepals and petals much as in C. campestris. Lip longer, the surface and 
margins with long red fimbriae, the linear bare tip longer, and the base 
with a thin longitudinal raised plate on each side. Column-wing dilated 
in front and produced into a rounded lobe on each side, not furnished with 
a gland on the inner face. Anther short, as broad as long, obtuse, neither 
acuminate nor rostrate-——Benth. Fl. Austral. vi (1873) 316; Fitzgerald 
Austral. Orch. 1 (1877) pt. 4; Bueh. m Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv (1883) 240; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 686. 
Nortu Istanp: Auckland—Kaitaia, Rk. H. Matthews! Aponga (near Whangarei), 
A. Thompson! Rotorua, Petrie! Soutru Istanp: Nelson—Vicinity of Collingwood, 
H. H. Travers! near Westport, W. Townson / 
15. LYPERANTHUS R. Br, | =’ ©. 32S 
Terrestrial herbs, often black when dry. Stems rather stout. Leaves 
1-3, sheathing at the base, broad or narrow. Flowers in a terminal raceme 
or spike, sometimes solitary ; bracts large, sheathing. Upper sepal erect 
ncurved, broad, concave; lateral narrow, spreading or deflexed, Petals 
