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* CORYANTHES maculáta. 
Spotted Coryanthes. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipgz, $ VANDEZ, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) 
` CORYANTHES, Hooker. | Perianthium patentissimum. Sepala dila- 
tata, flexuosa, conduplicata ; lateralibus maximis, basi distinctis. Petala multd 
minora, erecta.  Labellum unguiculatum, maximum, galeatum, cum basi colum- 
ne continuum, nullo modo articulatum, tridentatum, in medio unguis appendice 
poculiformi circumdatum. Columna teres, basi bicornis, elongata, apice recurva, 
bialata. Stigma rima transversa, Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, compressa, 
posticé sulcata, caudiculá lineari arcuatá, glandulá lunatá apicibus approximato- 
recurvis, Herba epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose. Folia striata. Racemi pen- 
duli. Flores maximi. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 159. 
C. maculata ; foliis lato-lanceolatis, sepalis lateralibus semicordatis rectis, labello 
intús purpureo maculato cornubus elongatis. 
C. maculata. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3102. Lindl. l. c. 
Sepala membranacea, tenuia, citó flaccida, supremum lanceolatum acu- 
minatum undulatum, lateralia maxima (23-pollicaria) libera, basi angusta, 
semicordata, primüm explanata vespertilionis alarum more, dein flaccida. 
Petala lanceolata undulata flexuosa in labelli galeam prona. : Labellum car- 
nosum, 23 poll. longum, unguiculatum, luteo purpureoque variegatum ; hypo- 
chilio dilatato lateribus inflexis galeato extus rotundato, in mesochilio 
angusto canaliculato transeunta ; epichilio maximo minus carnoso galeato 
apice ovato inflexo. Columna libera, basi cornubus duobus elongatis succum 
stillantibus instructa, apice clavata et recurva marginibus in. alasproductis. 
Stigma rima transversa. ` 
A native of the woods in Demerara, where it is not 
uncommon hanging from the branches of trees, and suspend- 
ing in the air the singular lips of its flowers like fairy buckets, 
as if for the use of the birds and insects that inhabit the 
surrounding foliage. 
* Literally, Helmet-flower; in. allusion to the peculiar form of both the 
hypochilium and epichilium. 
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