. Plants of New Zealand. ia, p. 125. Thelymitra, p. 12(5. 16Pterostylis, p. 126. *Chiloglottis.**, p. 127. Genus Earina. Epiphytic herbs. Leaves, narrow, leathery, numerous. Flowers in terminalspikes, white, lip touched with yellow. Sepals and petals almost equal inshape; lip 3-lobed. Pollen masses 4. Fruit a capsule. (Name from theGreek signifying SiJring-floioering). Earina mucronata (The Sharp-pointed Earina). Leaves strap-shaped, long, ^in. broad, marked with whitishlongitudinal lines. Flowers in slender panicles, white, jin. broad, lips spotted
. Plants of New Zealand. ia, p. 125. Thelymitra, p. 12(5. 16Pterostylis, p. 126. *Chiloglottis.**, p. 127. Genus Earina. Epiphytic herbs. Leaves, narrow, leathery, numerous. Flowers in terminalspikes, white, lip touched with yellow. Sepals and petals almost equal inshape; lip 3-lobed. Pollen masses 4. Fruit a capsule. (Name from theGreek signifying SiJring-floioering). Earina mucronata (The Sharp-pointed Earina). Leaves strap-shaped, long, ^in. broad, marked with whitishlongitudinal lines. Flowers in slender panicles, white, jin. broad, lips Root fibrous, fleshy. Both islands. Fl. 2 sp. Earina suaveolens {The Fragra^it Earina). Leaves linear, alternate, long, Jin. broad, rigid. Flowers inshort, stiff racemes, larger than in mucronata. Sepals oblong. Petals broad, 3-lobed, with two orange spots. Peduncle twisted, spotted withblack dots, as are the backs of the sepals. Both islands. Fl. April-June. THE OECHID FAMILY 123. Fig. 34. Dendrobium Cunninghamii (J nat. size) 124 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Genus Dendrohiuvi. Epiphytic herbs, rigid in habit. Leaves, narrow, numerous. Flowers large,usually racemed, rarely solitary. Petals smaller than the sepals. Lip large,5-lobed. Pollen-masses, 4. A large genus, many of whose plants are cultivatedfor the beauty of their flowers. (Name from the Greek, signifying tree-life, to the epiphytic habit). 1 sp. Dendrobium Cunninghamii {Cunninghams Dendrohium). stems shining, branched, pendulous, in length. Leaves |, ^in. broad, pale green, striped. Flowers in short racemes, fin. across, palerose-coloured. Petals as long as the sepals. Lip with a small claw. Bothislands. Fl. Genus Bolhopliyllum. Minute, leathery, epiphytic herbs. Stem matted, bearing small tubers orbulbs, each carrying one or two leaves. Flower solitary or spiked, very similarto Dendrohium. (Name from the Greek, signifying leaf-bulb). 1 sp
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