1 OA IDACTRAR. 
(364 LH arennee. [Corysanthes. 
large. Capsule din. long, linear-oblong, elevated on the greatly elongated 
peduncle, which is sometimes over 6in. long.—Hook. Ic. Plant. (1872) 
t. 1120; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 693. 
Nortu Isnanp: Auckland—Kaitaia, R. H. Matthews! H. Carse! Helena Bay, | 
Mrs. EH. Bradney! vicinity of Auckland, 7. F. C. Sours Istanp: Near Westport, 
W. Townson !\. -June—July. Aan Seinen ioe na ee face. lar 
A very curious little plant, probably not uncommon, but easily overlooked, from 
its small size and early flowering-period. It is very closely allied to the Australian 
C. bicalcarata, and may prove identical with it. 
Comybomco ) , Hekelk 19 :367. 
- 2.4. Carsei (Cheesem,) wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1911) 162.—A small 
delicate species, 3-3in. high when in flower. Leaf sessile, 4 in. long, 
ovate-cordate, acute, membranous. Flower sessile or very shortly peduncu- 
late, about 31in. long, horizontal or deflexed, dull-purplish. Upper sepal 
very narrow at the base, then suddenly expanded, so that the upper 
two-thirds is broadly oblong and hood-shaped, extreme tip incurved and. 
emarginate and slightly thickened and papillose. Lateral sepals placed 
under the lip, small, narrow-linear, 4-5mm. long. Lateral petals still 
smaller, 3mm. long. Lip large, tubular, the margins involute, meeting 
behind the column and enclosing it, orbicular or broader than long when 
spread out, extreme tip produced into a minute projecting lamina, between 
which and the overhanging emarginate tip of the upper sepal is the only 
entrance to the front of the flower. Immediately inside the entrance the 
surface of the lip is furnished with a broad patch of stiff papillae all 
pointing towards the interior of the flower, and which is continued as a 
narrow band down the median line of the lip. At the base of the lip the 
margins on each side are rolled up on themselves, thus forming two 
minute circular openings leading to the base of the flower. Column short, 
stout, curved. Capsule not seen. 
NortH Isuanp: Peaty swamps between Lake Tongonge and the coast, Mongo- 
nui County, H. Carse and H. B. Matthews / 
A very curious little plant, closely allied to the Australian C. wnguiculata. But, 
judging from Mr. Fitzgera!d’s beautiful drawing, that species has a much broader flower, 
the upper sepal is wider and not incurved or emarginate at the tip, the projecting lamina 
at the apex of the lip is much smaller, and the papillae within the lip are confined to 
the median line, whereas they also form a broad patch to the right and left of the 
median line in C. Carsei. There is also a relationship to C. Matthewsii ; but, among 
other differences, that plant has a much narrower dorsal sepal, and the lip wants the 
projecting lamina of C. Carsev. 
= Coshoare cnet Ch Ba 4.) Revob § Acke, 
3. C atthewsii Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi (1899) 351.— mt 
Small, delicate, ?-1$in. high. Leaf sessile, 4-1 in. long, ovate-cordate or 
orbicular-cordate, acute or obtuse, membranous when dry, showing 1 or 2 
circular veins on each side of the midrib connected by transverse veinlets. ; 
Flower shortly peduncled, about 4 in. long, horizontal or drooping, purplish- 
green ; bract small, erect. Upper sepal very narrow at the base, broadened 
above and hood-shaped, arched over the lip. Lateral sepals and petals 
small, linear-subulate, seldom more than } as long as the lip. Lip large, 
involute, the margins meeting behind the column and enclosing it, orbicular- 
cordate when spread out; base with a rounded auricle on each side; apex 
truncate, entire or very slightly denticulate ; disc with a thickened patch 
covered with deflexed hairs. Column short, stout, curved, swollen in front 
at the base.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 693; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ui (1914) 
t. 199. 
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