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I. ORCHIDEA!. 
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stature, robustness, and number of flowers, 6-24 in. high. Leaf solitary, 
terete, tubular. Spike 1-6 in. long, 2 0-80- flowered. Flowers ^ in. long; 
bracts very short. Upper sepal broadly ovate. Lip oblong, obtuse, crenate 
or crisped, rounded or obscurely 2-lobed at the tip, with 2 glandular lumps 
at the base and 1 towards the tip. — M. Ban/csii, A. Gunn. ; Epipactis porri- 
folia, Swartz ; Ophrys unifolia, Forst. 
Throughout the Northern and Middle Islands: abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. 
11. CALADEKTA, Br. 
Slender, small, pubescent pilose or villous herbs. Roots of small tubers 
terminating underground caulicles. Leaf solitary (rarely 2), radical or cau- 
line, sheathed at its base. Scape 1-4-flowered ; bract 1 or 0. — Perianth 
open, suberect, 2-lipped, glandular. Upper sepal erect or arched, lateral 
placed under the lip. Petals erect or spreading. Lip clawed, concave, 
3-lobed, obovate or trowel-shaped ; disk with rows of stipitate glands. 
Column slender, curved, winged above. Anther terminal, exposed, mucronate. 
Pollen-masses 4. 
A large extratropical Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand genus. 
Leaf solitary, linear. Scape very slender. Flower i-J in. : .... 1. C. minor. 
Leaf solitary, linear. Scape stout. Flower -§-1 in 2. C. Lyallii. 
Leaves 2, obloug. Scape stout. Lip undivided 3. C. ? bifolia. 
1. O. minor, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 247- t. 56 B. A small, very slender 
herb, 2-8 in. high, pilose with spreading hairs. Leaf very narrow, linear, at 
the very base of the stem. Flower 1, rarely 2, pink, in. diam. Sepals 
linear, obtuse, narrower than the petals. Lip broad, 3-lobed ; lateral lobes 
broad, banded with purple ; middle subulate, glandular at the margin ; disk 
with 2 series of stipitate glands. 
Northern Island : dry clay hills, abundant. Middle Island : Otago, Lyall. 
2. G. Lyallii, Hoo/c.f. FI. N. Z. i. 247. Much stouter than C. minor, with 
longer spreading hairs, 4-8 in. high. Leaf narrow linear, sometimes £ in. 
broad. Scape stout, curved, 1-2-flowered. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals 
obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse and apiculate ; upper shorter, arched. Pe- 
tals narrower. Middle lobe of lip subulate, recurved. Other characters as in 
C. minor. 
Middle Island: Gordon’s Nob, Munro ; swampy places, Hurumui mountains, Lake 
Tennyson, and Mount Brewster, alt. 4-5000 ft., Haast, Travers; Otago, grassy places, 
Lyall. Lord Auckland’s group, immature, J. L>. H. Very closely allied indeed to the 
Tasmanian 0. carnea. 
3. C. (?) bifolia. Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 247. Glandular-pubescent, 
3-5 in. high, rather stout. Leaves 2, radical, oblong, spreading, f-1^ in. 
long, pubescent or ciliated. Scape stout, 1 -flowered, ebracteate. Flower 
erect, f-1 in. broad. Sepals obtuse ; upper linear-oblong, obtuse, suberect ; 
lateral and petals linear, nearly equal. Lip broad, almost sessile, orbicular- 
obovate, membranous, quite entire, with 2 short narrow lines of glands near 
the base. 
Northern Island, Colenso. Middle Island: Lake Tennyson, alt. 4400 ft., Travers; 
Mouut Brewster, alt. 4-5000 ft., Haast; grassy hills, Otago, Lyall. Lord Auckland's 
