Earina.] ORCHIDACEAE. ys), 
9 EARINA Lindl. (O34 
Epiphytes. Stems tufted, simple, compressed ; pseudobulbs wanting. 
Leaves distichous, alternate, narrow-linear. Flowers rather small, in ter- 
minal simple or branched bracteate racemiform panicles. Sepals about 
equal, spreading, free. Petals similar to the sepals. Lip affixed to the 
base of the column or its slightly produced foot, 3-lobed; lateral lobes 
small or large; middle lobe broad, entire or emarginate or 2-lobed. Column 
short, stout, sometimes produced at the base. Anther terminal, lid-like, 
2-celled ; pollinia 4, waxy, aggregated in pairs in each cell, free or cohering 
at the base by a short viscid appendage. Capsule oblong. 
Besides the three species found in New Zealand, which are endemic, there are five 
or six species in the Pacific islands, ranging from New Caledonia to Tahiti. 
Slender. Leaves 4-4in. broad. Flowers remote, fin. diam. Lip 
deeply 3-lobed, disc eglandular ee NE gi ta .. LL. #. mucronata. 
More rigid. Leaves 4-4in. broad. Flowers remote, $in. diam. 
Lip deeply 3-lobed, lobes more acute, disc eglandular .. .. 2. HE. aestivales. 
Stout, rigid. Panicle stiff, flowers close. Lip very obscurely 3-lobed, 
disc with 2 ridges .. e = a 3. FE. autumnalis. 
1. E. mueronata Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1835) sub. t. 1699.—Rhizomie creep- 
ing. Stems numerous, 1-3 ft. long, slender, simple, pendulous or rarely 
erect, smooth, compressed and 2-edged, spotted. Leaves 3-6in. long, §-} 1m. 
broad, narrow-linear, acuminate, flat, smooth, thin but coriaceous, very 
finely striate. Panicle terminal, slender, sparingly branched, 2—5 in. long, 
many-flowered ; bracts clasping, striate. Flowers rather distant, sessile, 
lin. diam. Sepals and petals linear-oblong, spreading, obtuse, pale-yellow. 
Lip darker yellow with a brownish-orange spot at the base, deeply 3-lobed ; 
middle lobe broader than long, again divaricately 2-lobed ; disc eglandular. 
Column short, stout. Pollinia attached at the base to a short caudicle. 
Capsule oblong, }in. long.—A. Cunn. Precur, (1836) n. 315; Raoul Chore 
(1846) 41; Hook. Ic. Plant. (1842) t. 431; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 
939: Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 262; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 665. 
E. quadrilobata Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv (1883) 325. 
Nortu AND Sours IsLaANnps, STEWART IsLAND, CHATHAM [sLANDS: Not uncommon 
in lowland forests throughout, epiphytic on the trunks and limbs of trees, more rarely 
on rocks. Sea-level to 2009 ft. October—December. 
2. E. aestivalis Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. li (1919) 93.—Rhizome 
creeping, much as in H. mucronata. Stems numerous, 9-18 in. long, 
suberect or drooping, smooth, compressed, rather broader and stouter than 
in E. mucronata, and firmer. Leaves 3-6 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, flat, stiff, 
erect, narrow-linear, acute or acuminate; midrib and veins conspicuous 
on the under-surface, not so evident above. Panicle terminal, 2-5 in. 
long; branches or racemes 3-7, rarely more, 1-1} in. long, 4-7-flowered ; 
bracts short and broad, clasping, many-striate. Flowers larger than in 
E. mucronata, }in. diam. or more. Sepals and petals similar in size and 
shape, linear-oblong, subacute. Lip longer than in &. mucronata, and 
brighter in colour; lateral lobes wider and more acute. Column short, 
stouter. 
Nortu Istanp: Mongonui County, in forest near Ahipara, H. B. Matthews ! and 
at Kaiaka, H. Carse! In forest near Muriwai, and near the mouth of the Waitakere 
River, 7. F. C. Forest by the Waikanae River, Wellington, B. H. Morison / Sea- 
level to 1500 ft. January—lebruary. 
15% 
1699. 
