EARINA. 



ORCHIDES. 221 



B. J. Hookeriana. Fl. of New Zeeland, 239. 



Earina Lindl. Perianthii foliola patentia . subcarnosa , .siibaequalia. LabeUum po- 

 sticum , cucullatum , trilobum , columnae subparalellura , basi subtuberculaium , disco 

 nudo. Columna nana , stigmatis labio inferiore prominulo. Anthera bilocularis. PoIIi- 

 nia 4 ceracea , collateralia, per paria c ohaerentia. — Herbae epiphytae, caulescentes ; 

 rhizomate articulato , repente ; foliis rigidis, distichis; floribus racemosis paniculatisve ; 

 bracteis cucullatis. — Rigid epiphytical plants, growing in great tufts on the branches ol 

 trecs etc. Rhizoma creaping, sending out long white simple flashy or hard roots. Stems 

 compressed , single , erect , covered with disiichous , linear. coriaceous green leaves. 

 Flowers in terminal simple or branched bracteate racemes, small, white. Perianth of 

 six nearly equal pieces , all spreading ; sepals equal, oblong. subacute ; petals ovate, 

 more (leshy; blunt; lip three lobed, retuse, laieral lobes curved inwards. Column short. 

 Pollen masses four , uniied , in pairs , to a very smail strap shaped caudicle . powdery. 

 — This genus is confined to New Zeeland. (Narae from ^apivos, spring flowering.) 



1. EARINA MDCRONATA Lindl. ; caule gracili ancipiti . foliis longe lineari - ligulatis 

 acuminatis , panicula gracili , sepalis lineari-oblongis , labeilo profunde trilobo. Lindl. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orchid. A. Cunn. Prodr. Epidendrum raucronatum Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 



Hab. Throughout the Islands, as far south ac Otago , Banks et Solander etc. 

 Sieras slender, 1 — 3 feet long , two edged. Leaves 4 — 6 inches long. Vs broad, 

 acuminate. Panicle slender . sparingly branched. Bracts remote , obtuse. Flowers 'A 

 inch diameier; sepals and petais linear oblong ; labellura deeply lobed, spotted. 



2. EARINA AUTUMNALIS Hook. fil. ; caule robusio lente compresso . foliis linearibus 

 rigidis subacutis acuminatisve panicula subdisticha ramosa , sepalis late oblongis , pe- 

 talis late ovatis , labello obtuse trilobo subquadraio. Epidendrum autumnale Banks 

 et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 



Hab. Throughout ihe Islands, to Stewarts Islands, Banks et Solander etc. 



A shorter. more robust plant than E. mucronata. Stem IVa fooi high , slightly 

 compressed. Leaves 2V2 — SVa inches longs, Vs broad, rigid, nerved 5nd striated, 

 sharp or acuminate. Panicle rigid , rarely simple , usually with many diverging many 

 flowered distichous branches. Bracts crowded, imbricated. Flowers white. speckled. 

 Sepals broadly oblong. Petals ovate. Labellum broad, obscurely tbree lobed. retuse. 



Obs. Ex illis, quae attuli, apparet, cl. Hooker fll. ei Lindley de ..Epidendro auium- 

 nali" Forstcri (Florul. ins. austr. Prodr. auct. Georgo Forster p. 60) dissentire. Ex 

 descriptione praecedentis, Epidendri biflori. apparet , cL Forster bene discernere folia 

 lineari - lanceolata et lanceolata . ex 323, Epidendro Clyneolo apparet, eundem 

 bene discernere labellum apice emarginatum . dum in 319 retusum diciiur. Cum jam 

 folia linearia et labellum emarginatum in Earina mucronata, folia linenari-lanceolata, 

 et labellum apice retusum , in Earina suaveolenti occurrant , paiet , cl. Hooker fil. 

 bene Eerinara autumnalem dixisse illam plantam , quam ci. Lindley suaveoleniera 

 dixit. 



Quod autera attinet ad charactcres Earinae , totum genus Coelogyni certe valde 

 afflne. Coluranara taraen habei Liparidis, ea taraen lege, ut margo androclinii utrin- 

 quc descendat in lineam , ex qua surgit parva auricula. Pollinia in E. aulumnali re- 

 perio quaterna et in unura fasciculura conferruminata apiculo pulvereo ; in E. raucro- 

 nata autera tela illa non apiculata, sed laxior. Haec omnia non bene sufficiunt. An- 

 thera aulem sat videtur egregia ad condendum genus. Loculamenta enim septulum 

 habent, quod prope rectangule imminet in septa loculorum. Pollinia inde rainime 

 collateralia! Quod autera raajus, utrinqne extus juxta septulum emergit uncus parvus. 

 Haec si colligis , genus servari potest. Charactercs hucdnm nemo dcderat. 



