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sepalis late ovatis acutis, petalis minoribus obtusis, labelli lamina ovata obtusa, disco sublamellato. Zind. 
Gen. et Sp. Orchid. A. Cunn. Prodr. Epidendrum, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, as far south as Dusky Bay, Banks and Solander, ete. Nat. name, 
= Bir Bin, Col 
Gen. IV. SARCOCHILUS, Br. 
Perianthium carnosum; sepala subzequalia, obtusa, lateralia basi cum labelli basi connata; petala 
minora, obtusa; Zabellum columna continuum, ecalearatum, calceiforme, lobo intermedio carnoso solido. 
Columna brevis, erecta, semiteres. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, ceracea, per paria arcte coheerentia, in 
caudicula latiuscula, glandule stigmatis affixa, sessilia.—Epiphytice ; caule drevi ; foliis distichis. 
À small genus of New Holland and Malayan epiphytical plants, of which one species inhabits New Zealand.— 
S. parviflorus is a short-stemmed herb, with. very long fibrous aerial roots, running along the trunks of trees. 
Leaves three to five, distichous, shortly sheathing at the base, coriaceous, linear-oblong, blunt, 13-23 inches long. 
Flowers very small, fleshy, rather crowded in axillary pedunculate racemes, which are shorter than the leaves, white 
speckled with purple. Bractee membranous, shorter than the germen. Sepals broadly oblong, blunt, lower broadest, 
united below to the base of the lip. Petals smaller, oblong, blunt. Zip continuous with the base of the column, 
very thick and fleshy, orbicular, very concave, margins recurved, blunt, with a thick, lobed callus at the lower 
end; disc concave, with thickened ridges. Column short. Anther two-celled. Pollens four, waxy, globular, closely 
united in pairs, seated on a flat broad caudicle, which is fixed by a broad gland to the stigma. (Name from capé, 
flesh, and xeıXos, a lip.) 
1. Sarcochilus adversus, Hook. fil.; caule brevissimo, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis, racemis multifloris, 
floribus minimis, sepalis petalisque late oblongis obtusis, labello concavo, disco lineis incrassatis aucto apice 
calloso. Epidendrum adversum, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern Island. Opuragi, Banks and Solander. Bay of Islands and Wairarapa, Edyerley, 
Colenso. 
Gen. V. PRASOPHYLLUM, Br. 
Perianthium ringens; sepala distincta v. basi coheerentia ; petala insequilateralia; Zabellum posticum 
unguiculatum, indivisum, ecalearatum. Columna trifida, laciniis lateralibus (staminodiis) membranaceis 
integris bifidisve. Anthera dorsalis; loculis 9 approximatis. Pollinia 2, apice stigmatis affixa, pulverea. 
—Herbe terrestres monophylla v. aphylle ; floribus parvis ; caule vaginato ; foliis fistulosis ; radice tuberosa. 
"Terrestrial Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand plants, with fleshy round tuberous roots and simple stems : 
leafless, or with one fistular leaf. Flowers spiked, green, small, spreading. Sepals distinct, or the two lower united 
below. Petals smaller, with the nerves nearer one margin. Lip superior, clawed; lamina thick and fleshy, without 
lobes, appendices, or spur. Column trifid; lateral lobes erect, large, membranous, entire or divided. Anther 
placed behind the column, two-celled. Pollens two, granular, two-lobed. (Name from pacos, green, and $vAXov, 
a leaf.) 
1. Prasophyllum Colensoi, Hook. fil.; caule supra medium foliato, folio racemum superante, ovariis 
obovatis tumidis, bractea parva obtusa pedicellum «equante, sepalis obtusis posticis basi connatis, labello 
breviter unguiculato trulliformi apice incrassato subacuto, anthera obtusa, columnze lobis lateralibus brevis- 
simis ineequaliter 2-lobis. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, common. East Coast and interior, Colenso. Canterbury, Lyall. 
Root a round tuber, with thick fibres at the crown. Stem erect, a span to a foot long, slender or robust, with 
a membranous sheath at the base, and one long leaf, sheathing half-way up. Raceme many-flowered. Flowers small, 
sweet-scented ; bract as short as the pedicel, blunt; ovary obovate, gibbous. Perianth 1— inch long. Lower 
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