The Anatomy of the Six Epiphytic Species of the 
New Zealand Orchidaceae. 
BY 
K. M. CURTIS, M.A. 
With Plates VII— XII. 
HE following is an enumeration of the six epiphytic species of 
X New Zealand Orchids dealt with in the present paper, with notes on 
their geographical distribution. 1 
Earina , Lindl. Besides the two species found in New Zealand, which 
are endemic, there are four others from the Pacific Islands. 
E. mucronata : not uncommon in lowland districts throughout North 
and South Islands, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands ; ranges from 
sea-level to 2.000 ft. 
E. suaveolens : North and South Islands and Stewart Island ; sea- 
level to 2,000 ft. 
Dendrobium , Swartz. A large genus of about 300 species, most 
abundant in the Malay Archipelago, but extending as far north as Japan, 
and southward through Australia and Polynesia to New Zealand. The 
single species found in New Zealand is endemic, but is closely allied to the 
Polynesian D. biflorum , Swartz. 
D . Cunninghamii : North and South Islands, and Stewart Island ; 
sea-level to 2,000 ft. 
Bulbophyllum , Thouars. A genus of nearly 100 species with its chief 
centre of distribution in tropical Asia, but also found in tropical Africa, 
Australia, New Zealand, and sparingly in South America. 
B. pygmaeum : North and South Islands, in the South chiefly on the 
western side ; sea-level to 1,500 ft. 
B . tuberculatum : rather restricted in range. Has been seen in the 
Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington districts in the North Island, and 
in the Nelson district in the South Island. 
Sarcochilus , R. Br, A genus of about thirty species, most of them 
from India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia ; a few from the Pacific 
Islands, and one from New Zealand. 
1 Distribution and morphological descriptions, excerpts from Cheeseman (3). 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. XXXI. No. CXXI. January, 1917.] 
