262 l. onouiDEyE. [ Earina . 
A small genus, confined, as at present known, to New Zealand. The two species were 
confounded by Cunningham. 
Leaves 4-6 in. long, acuminate. Panicles slender \. E. mucronata. 
Leaves 2-3 in. long, obtuse or acute. Panicle stiff 2 . E. autumnalis. 
1. 32. irmcronata, Lindl. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 239. Stems slender, 1-3 ft. 
long, two-edged. Leaves narrow linear or strap-shaped, 4-6 in. long, ~ in. 
broad, acuminate. Panicle slender, sparingly branched. Flowers remote, 
i in. diam. ; bracts obtuse. Sepals and petals linear-oblong. Lip deeply 
3-lobed, spotted. — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 431. 
Common throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander, etc. 
2. 32. autumnalis, FLooJc.f. FI. N. Z. i. 239. Stems stout, 1-1 1 ft. 
high, slightly compressed. Leaves narrow linear, 2-3£ in. long, ^ in. broad, 
rigid, nerved and striated. Panicle short, stiff, usually distichously branched. 
Flowers as in E. mucronata , but crowded, white, speckled ; bracts short, ob- 
tuse, imbricated. Sepals broadly oblong. Petals ovate. Lip broad, ob- 
scurely 3-lobed, refuse. 
Throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, not uncommon, Banks and Solander , 
etc. 
2. DENDSOBIUM, Linn. 
Rigid, tufted, epiphytes. Stem stout or slender, leafy. Leaves distichous, 
numerous, usually narrow. Flowers panicled racemed or axillary and soli- 
tary, usually large and handsome. — Sepals spreading, the lateral adnate to the 
base of the column. Petals usually smaller. Lip inferior or superior, sessile 
and jointed on to the base of the column or adnate to it, usually large and 
3-lobed, disk often with ridges or plates. Column semiterete, usually pro- 
duced at the base. Pollen-masses 4, adhering in pairs to a strap-shaped 
caudicle. 
A very large Asiatic, Australian, and Pacific Island tropical and subtropical genus, con- 
taining many most beautiful species, cultivated extensively in England ; these differ greatly 
in habit, foliage, and inflorescence. 
1 . I>. Cnnnmghamii, Lindl. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 240. Stems tufted, pen- 
dulous, slender, rigid, polished, branched, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves numerous, 
1-1 -J- iu. long, i in. broad, linear, acuminate, pale green, striated, 3-nerved. 
Flowers in axillary slender 2- or many-flowered racemes, which are shorter 
than the leaves, f in. diam., pale rose-coloured; pedicels slender; bracts 
short. Sepals acute, upper narrow, lower broad produced into a short spur 
behind. Petals as long, oblong, obtuse. Lip with a short claw, adnate to the 
lateral sepals and column, 3-lobed, lateral lobes small, middle broader than 
long, wavy, retuse or truncate ; disk with 5 plates. — D. bijlorum, A. Rich, 
not Swartz. 
Throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. 
Very nearly related to the South Sea Island D. bijlorum. 
3. BOLBOPHYLLTJM, Thouars. 
Very coriaceous, tufted epiphytes, with running matted stems bearing fleshy 
green tubers (pseudobulbs), each crowned with 1 or 2 leaves. — Flowers soli- 
