306 | ORCHIDACEAE, [ Harina, 
Although only recently described, I have been acquainted with this for many 
years, having gathered specimens at Muriwai as far back as 1895. It is doubtless a 
close relative of H. mucronata, but is separated without much difficulty by the stiffer 
and more robust habit, shorter firmer and broader leaves, larger flowers, and longer 
labellum, the lateral lobes of which are longer and more acute. 
3. E. autumnalis Hook. f. #l. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 239.—Stems stout, 
erect or pendulous, slightly compressed, 6-18in. high. Leaves 2-4 in, 
long, $-3 in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linear-lanceolate, acute, rigid, 
coriaceous, striate, midrib evident. Panicle terminal, stiff, 2—4 in, long, 
many-flowered ; branches numerous, close-set; bracts sheathing, striate, 
Fiowers sessile, much closer together than in #. mucronata, }-4in. diam., 
waxy-white with a yellow centre, very fragrant. Sepals ovate-oblong, 
obtuse. Petals rather broader, obovate, narrowed at the base. Lip erect 
at the base and then bent outwards, broad, concave, very obscurely 3-lobed, 
disc with 2 crescent-shaped glands towards the base, margins undulate. 
Column short, stout. Pollinia pyriform, attached to a short caudicle at 
the base.—Handb, N.Z. Fl. (1864) 262. EH. suaveolens Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 
(1843) Misc. 61; Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 666. . alba Col. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 267. Epidendrum autumnale Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) n. 319. Cymbidium autumnale Swariz in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi (1799) 
72; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 169. 
NortTH AND SoutH ISLANDS, STEWART IstAND: Not uncommon in lowland forests 
from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2009 ft. March—June, 
A handsome species, easily distinguished from H. mucronata by the shorter and 
stouter habit, more rigid leaves, denser panicles, waxy-white flowers, and almost entire 
Jip, which has two raised ridges near the base. Mr. Colenso apparently published his 
H. alba under the supposition that H. suaveolens has no glands on the lip, but they are 
always present. Some notes on the fertilization are given by Mr. G. M. Thomson in 
the Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi (1879) 418. 
4. SARCOCHILUS R. Br. 
Kpiphytes. Stems short, rarely long; pseudobulbs wanting. Leaves 
distichous, flat, oblong or linear, coriaceous or fleshy. Flowers racemose 
or spicate; peduncles lateral. Sepals spreading, almost equal, free; the 
lateral ones often broader at the base and adnate to the produced foot of 
the column. Petals similar to the sepals or narrower. Lip attached to the 
base of the column, usually 3-lobed; lateral lobes small or large, fleshy 
or petaloid ; middle lobe often greatly reduced ; disc usually with callosities. 
Column erect, semiterete, not winged, produced at the base. Anther 
terminal, lid-like, 2-celled; pollinia 2, or 4 more or less connate in pairs, 
waxy, attached by a strap-shaped caudicle to the rostellum. Capsule 
linear or linear-oblong. 
A genus of about 35 species, most. of ‘them from India, the Malay Archipelago 
and Australia ; a few from the Pacific islands, and one from New Zealand. 
1. §. adversus Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 241.—Roots numerous, 
long, wiry, terete. Stems short, 1-3in. long, concealed by the imbricated 
sheathing bases of the leaves. Leaves few, distichous, spreading, 1-2} in. 
long, 3-Zin. broad, linear-oblong to eliiptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
jointed above the sheathing base, thick and coriaceous, dark-green, often 
spotted with purple. Peduncles 1-4 from the axils of the lower leaves, 
slender, strict, 1-24 in, long, 5-15-flowered ; pedicels slender, erect ; bracts 
small, broadly ovate. Flowers small, }in. diam., green spotted with 
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