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666 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.

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.

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.