Colensoane. N. O. Orchidee. 
TAB. CDXXXI. 
Karina. Lindl. 
Gen. CHAR Se l ta, equalia, acuta, i ,carinata. 
Petala carnosa, obtusata. Labellum carnosum, posticum, cucul- 
latum, trilobum, disco nudo, cum columna continuum et sub- 
parallelum. Colwmna teres, nana, stigmatis obliqui labio inferiore 
prominulo. Clinandrium proclive. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- 
linia 4, preparia coherentia, collateralia.—Herba caulescens ; 
rhizomate articulato, repente. Folia linearia, disticha, vaginan- 
tia. Flores parvi, paniculati, bracteis cartilagineis, striatis, 
auriculatis. Lindl. 
Karina mucronata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1699. 
Epidendrum autumnale. Forst. Prodr. n. 319. 
Cymbidium autumnale. Sw. Nov. Act. Ups. p.72. Rich. Fl. 
N. Zel. p. 169. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island, Sir Jos. Banks. Moist 
woods, on rocks and trees, Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. — 
A. and R. Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq. Dusky Bay. 
Forster. 
I believe the general structure of the flower, as here repre- 
sented, is correct ; but the specimens did not allow of so accu- 
rate an analysis as I could have wished. Professor Lindley 
refers the genus to the group of Malazidee. . 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Labellum. f. 3. Column :—magnified. 
