ORCHIDACEAE, 
Caladenia. | SSR eM 359 
j;-}in. broad, very narrow-linear, flat, striate, ciliate or pilose. _ Flower 
solitary or rarely 2, pink, about din. diam. Sepals subequal, linear or 
linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute; upper sepal erect; lateral spreading 
or deflexed. Petals similar to the sepals, spreading. Lip shorter than 
the sepals, broad, 3-lobed ; lateral lobes large, oblong, obtuse, erect, usually 
marked with transverse purplish bands; middle lobe lanceolate-deltoid, 
acuminate, reflexed, margins fringed with linear calli; disc with 2 con- 
tinuous rows of bright-yellow stipitate calli. Column elongate, as long 
as the lip, incurved, broadly winged. Anther apiculate-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 267; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 688. C. variegata Col. a 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 248. 
North AND Souru Isnanps: From the North Cape to Otago, not uncommon. 
Sea-level to 2000 ft. Septem ber—December. | 
Ci. Cem ~aar aT (cRonea wr) Rua, (P~or bk SUS 
2. C. exigua Cheesem. in Trans. N<Z. Inst. xlv (1913) 96.—Closely allied 4 - bq 7 
to C. minor, but stems shorter and more slender and wiry, 2—5 in. high, 
sparingly glandular-pilose. Leaf solitary from the base of the stem, small, 
very narrow linear, ?-24 in. long, very sparingly pilose or almost glabrate. 
Flowers seldom more than one; sepals and petals subequal, all narrow- 
lanceolate and acuminate, upper sepal erect, the rest spreading or deflexed. 
Lip broad, 3-lobed; disc with two continuous rows of bright-yellow 
stipitate glands as in C. minor; intermediate lobe with only one marginal 
stipitate gland on each side; lateral lobes with transverse purplish bands. 
—C. minor var. exigua Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 688. 
Nort Istanp: Auckland—Leptospermum scrub near Kaitaia, Mongonui County, 
R. H. Matthews and H. B. Matthews ! Cowes, Waiheke Island, J. H. Harvey ! Sep- 
tember. A | ATI | 
In the first edition of this work I treated this as a variety of C. minor, to which 
it is certainly closely allied. Since then Mr. H. B. Matthews has supplied me with 
an extensive series of fresh specimens, proving that the differences are constant and 
of more importance than I previously supposed. I now willingly accept it as a distinct 
species, differing from C. minor in its much smaller size and more slender habit; in 
the smaller flowers; in the sepals and petals being narrow-lanceolate and acuminate, 
instead of linear and obtuse as in C. minor ; and in the middle lobe of the lip having 
only one stipitate gland on each side, whereas C. minor has several. 
3. C. Lyallii Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 247.—Rather stout, 4-12 in. 
high, pilose with long soft hairs. Leaf from near the base of the stem 
and much shorter than it, §-{in. broad, narrow-linear, rather thick, chan- 
nelled, sparingly pilose on the margins and under-surface. Scape stout, 
with a sheathing bract about the middle, 1—2-flowered. Flower large, 
4-lin. diam. Upper sepal 4-$in. long, obovate-oblong, erect or incurved, 
concave ; lateral elliptic-oblong. Petals similar to the lateral sepals. Lip 
about 3 as long as the lateral sepals, 3-lobed ; lateral lobes broad, jagged 
at the tip, often banded with purple; middle lobe small, recurved: disc 
with 4 rows of stipitate calli. Column rather long, broadly winged, 
incurved ; anther shortly apiculate.-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 267 ; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 688. . 
SoutH IsLAND, STEWART ISLAND, AUCKLAND IsLANDs.—Not uncommon in sub- 
alpine localities. Usually from 2500 to 5000 ft., but descends to sea-level in the 
Auckland Islands. December—January. 
A handsome little plant, much more robust than C. minor, and with much larger 
flowers. 
