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CorRYANTHES MACULATA; var. Parkeri. Spor- 
TED-LIPPED CoryYANTHES; Mr. Parker’s var. 
SRI ISH 
Class and Order. 
GynanprRIA MonaAnpDrRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuivEs. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium patentissimum. Sepala dilatata, flexuosa, 
conduplicata: lateralibus maximis, basi distinctis. Petala 
multo minora erecta. _Labellum unguiculatum, maximum, 
galeatum, cum basi columne continuum, nullo modo arti- 
culatum, tridentatum, in medio unguis appendice poculi- 
formi circumdatum. Colwmna teres, basi bicornis, elongata, 
apice recurva, bialata. Stigma rima transversa. Anthera 
bilocularis. Pollinia 2, compressa, postice sulcata, caudi- 
cula lineari arcuata, glandula lunata apicibus approximato- 
recurvis.—Herbex epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose. Yolia striata. 
Racemi penduli. Flores maximi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Coryantues maculata; bulbo elongato, foliis lato-lanceo- 
latis, racemis multifloris nutantibus, labello intus pur- 
pureo-maculato. \ 
Coryanrnes maculata. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3102. Lindl. 
Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 159, et in Bot. Reg. t. 1793. 
(8.) appendice purpureo-fusco. (Tab. nostr. 3756.) 
My excellent friend, C. S. Parker, Esq., kindly sent me 
the beautiful specimen here figured, which he imported 
from Demerara, hoping that it might prove a_ species 
distinct from that figured at t. 3102 of this work. The 
marking of the flower is indeed very different : but not 
more so than Dr. Linptey’s figure of the same species ; nor 
than we find to exist in many other genera of Meco 
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