666 ORCHIDER. (Harima. 
n. 315; Raoul, Choiz, 41; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 481; Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i. 239; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 262. HE. quadrilobata, Col. m 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 325. 
NortH AND SoutH Isnanps, SrEwaRt IsuaND, CHaTHAM IsLANDS: Not 
uncommon in lowland districts throughout. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October- 
December. 
2. H. suaveolens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1843) Misc. 61.—Stems 
stout, erect or pendulous, slightly compressed, 6-18in. high. 
Leaves 2-4 in. long, 1-4 in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linear- 
lanceolate, acute, rigid, coriaceous, striate, midrib evident. Panicle 
terminal, stiff, 2-41n. long, many-flowered; branches numerous, 
close-set; bracts sheathing, striate. Flowers sessile, much closer 
together than in H. mucronata, }-4in. diam., waxy-white with a 
yellow centre, very fragrant. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals 
rather broader, obovate, narrowed at the base. lip erect at 
the base and then bent outwards, broad, concave, very obscurely 
8-lobed, disc with 2 crescent-shaped glands towards the base, 
margins undulate. Column short, stout. -Pollinia pyriform, at- 
tached to a short caudicle at the base.—H. autumnalis, Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i. 239; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 262. E. alba, Col. mm Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 267. Epidendrum autumnale, Forst. Prodr. 
n. 319. Cymbidium autumnale, Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 
(1799) 72; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 169. 
NortH anp SoutH Isnanps, STEWART IsLAND: Not uncommon in low- 
land forests from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2000 ft. March- 
June. 
A handsome species, easily distinguished from H. mucronata by the shorter 
and stouter habit, more rigid leaves, denser panicles, waxy-white flowers, and 
almost entire lip, which has two raised ridges near the base. Mr. Colenso 
apparently published his H. alba under the supposition that H. swaveolens has 
no glands on the lip, but they are always present. Some notes on the fertilisa- 
tion are given by Mr. G. M. Thomson in the Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi. 418. 
4. SARCOCHILUS, R. Br. 
Epiphytes. Stems short, rarely long; pseudobulbs wanting. 
Leaves distichous, flat, oblong or linear, coriaceous or fleshy. 
Flowers racemose or spicate ; peduncles lateral. Sepals spreading, 
almost equal, free; the lateral ones often broader at the base and 
adnate to the produced foot of the column. Petals similar to the 
sepals or narrower. Lip attached to the base of the column, usually 
3-lobed ; lateral lobes small or large, fleshy or petaloid ; middle lobe 
often greatly reduced; disc usually with callosities. Column erect, 
semiterete, not winged, produced at the base. Anther terminal, 
lid-like, 2-celled; pollinia 2, or 4 more or less connate in pairs, 
waxy, attached by a strap-shaped caudicle to the rostellum. 
‘Capsule linear or linear-oblong. 
