n. 315; Raoul, Choix, 41; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 431; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 239; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 262. E. quadrilobata, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 325.
North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Not uncommon in lowland districts throughout. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October–December.
2. E. suaveolens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1843) Misc. 61.—Stems stout, erect or pendulous, slightly compressed, 6–18 in. high. Leaves 2–4 in. long, ⅓–½ in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linearlanceolate, acute, rigid, coriaceous, striate, midrib evident. Panicle terminal, stiff, 2–4 in. long, many-flowered; branches numerous, close-set; bracts sheathing, striate. Flowers sessile, much closer together than in E. mucronata, ¼–⅓ in. 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.—E. autumnalis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 239; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 262. E. alba, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 267. Epidendrum autumnale, Forst. Prodr. n. 319. Cymbidium autumnale, Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. (1799) 72; A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. 169.
North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Not uncommon in lowland forests from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2000 ft. March–June.
A handsome species, easily distinguished from E. mucronata by the shorter and stouter habit, more rigid leaves, denser panicles, waxy-white flowers, and almost entire lip, which has two raised ridges near the base. Mr. Colenso apparently published his E. alba under the supposition that E. suaveolens has no glands on the lip, but they are always present. Some notes on the fertilisation are given by Mr. G. M. Thomson in the Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi. 418.
4. SARCOCHILUS, R. Br.
Epiphytes. 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.
