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3. P. graminea, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 248.—Habit of P. Banksii, but smaller and much more slender, 4–10 in. high. Leaves overtopping the flower or shorter than it, 1–5 in. long, ⅛–¼ in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Flower small, ½–¾ in. long, including the points of the sepals. Galea as in P. Banksii, but the upper sepal and petals, although acuminate, are not produced into filiform points or into very short ones. Lower lip with the free lobes narrowed into subulate or shortly filiform erect points almost equalling the galea. Lip and column as in P. Banksii.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 268.

4. P. micromega, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 248.—Slender, glabrous, 4–12 in. high. Lower leaves ½–1½ in. long, ¼–½ in. broad, ovate-oblong to linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, sessile or petiolate; cauline 2–5, smaller and narrower, sessile, flat, sheathing at the base, acute or acuminate. Flower large, solitary, erect, ¾–1½ in. long. Galea erect at the base, then incurved, tip horizontal or nearly so; upper sepal narrow, acuminate; petals slightly shorter, broad, falcate, acuminate. Lower lip with the entire part cuneate, the free lobes very gradually narrowed into long filiform points embracing the galea, often quite 1 in. long. Lip narrow-linear, its tip exserted; basal appendage curved, penicillate. Column about half as long asthe galea, upper lobe of wing with an erect subulate tooth, lower lobe oblong, obtuse.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 268. P. polyphylla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii. (1890) 489.

5. P. Oliveri, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. (1894) 270.—Stout or slender, leafy, glabrous, 6–12 in. high. Lower leaves