688 ORCHIDEZ. | Caladema. 
About 30 species are known, all confined to Australia except the three fol- 
lowing, which are endemic in New Zealand. 
Slender. Leaf solitary, linear, ;4.-4in. broad. Scape 
slender. Flower}4+in. diam. Lip 3-lobed .. 1. C. minor. 
Rather stout. Leaf solitary, linear, 44 in. broad. Scape 
stout. Flower 4-1lin. diam. Lip 3-lobed .. 2. C. Lyall. 
Rather stout. Leaves 2, oblong or lanceolate. Flower 
3in. diam. Lip undivided .. 3h Bie .. 3. C. bifolia. 
1. C. minor, Hook. f. Fi. Nov. Zel. i. 247, t. 568.—Stems very 
slender, 3-10in. high, rarely more, glandular-pilose with spread- 
ing hairs. Leaf from near ibe base of the stem and always 
shorter than it, 1-8in. long, 4-4 in. broad, very narrow-linear, flat, 
striate, ciliate or pilose. Flower solitary or rarely 2, pink, about 
din. diam. Sepals subequal, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse or 
subacute ; upper sepal erect; lateral spreading or deflexed. Petals 
similar to the sepals. spreading. Lip shorter than the sepals, 
broad, 3-lobed; lateral lobes large, oblong, obtuse, erect, usually 
marked with transverse purplish bands; middle lobe lanceolate- 
deltoid, acuminate, reflexed, margins fringed with linear calli; disc 
with 2 continuous rows of bright-yellow stipitate calli. Column 
elongate, as long as the lip, incurved, broadly winged. Anther 
apiculate.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 267. OC. variegata, Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xvii. (1885) 248. 
Var. exigua,—Stem shorter and still more slender, almost filiform, 24in. 
high. Sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate. Middle lobe of lip with a 
single marginal gland on each side; disc with 2 rows of calli as in the type. 
Perhaps a distinct species. 
NorrtH anp SourH Is~taAnps: From the North Cape to Otago, not un- 
common. Sea-level to 2000 ft. September — December. Var. exigua: 
K xitaia (Mongonui County), R. H. Matthews ! 
2. C. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 247.— Rather stout, 
4-12 in. high, pilose with long soft hairs. Leaf from near the base 
of the stem and much shorter than it, }1+in. broad, narrow-linear, 
rather thick, channelled, sparingly pilose on the margins and under- 
surface. Scape stout, with a sheathing bract about the muddle, 
1-2-flowered. Flower large, }-lin. diam. Upper sepal 4-3in. 
long, obovate-oblong, erect or incurved, concave; lateral elliptic- 
oblong. Petals similar to the lateral sepals. Lip about half as 
long as the lateral sepals, 3-lobed; lateral lobes broad, jagged at 
the tip, often banded with purple; middle lobe small, recurved ; 
disc with 4 rows of stipitate calli. Column rather long, broadly 
winged, incurved; anther shortly apiculate-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 267. 
SoutH IsLAnp, Stewart IsLaAnpD, AUCKLAND IsLANDS.—Not uncommon in 
subalpine localities. Usually from 2500 ft. to 5000 ft., but descends to sea- 
level in the Auckland Islands. December—January. 
A handsome little plant, much more robust than C. minor, and with much 
larger flowers. 
