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CORYANTIIES MACULATA. SPOTTED-LIPPED 

 CORYANTHES. 



Class and Order. 



GVNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — OrchidejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Coryanthes ; nov. gen. Petala 3 exteriora paten- 

 tissima reflexa, quorum lateralia maxima; 2 interiora multo 

 minora, erecta. Columna cylindracea, basi bidentata, apice 

 truncata bialata, alis dorso utrinque productis. Labellum 

 poculiforme stipitatum, appendicem maximam galeiformem 

 tridentatam pedunculatam, columnam in parte tegentem, 

 gerens. Anthera terminalis, operculiformis. Massa polli- 

 nis 2, ovata?, compressae, margine hinc rima longitudinal], 

 pedicello replicato. 



Herbae parasitica America meridionalis, intertropical. 

 Bulbus elongatus diphyllus. Flores inter maximos hujusve 

 ordinis 3 racemosi 3 jlam. 



Specific Character. 



Coryanthes* maculata; bulbo elongato, foliis lato-lan- 

 ceolatis, racemis multifloris nutantibus, (labello intus 

 purpureo-maculato. ) 



Descr. Bulbs clustered., five to six inches long, striated, 

 about an inch broad near the base and tapering upwards, 

 at the base throwing out tortuouse, fibrous roots ; at the 

 extremity bearing two broadly lanceolate, striated, and 

 somewhat membranaceous leaves. Scape a foot and a half 



in 



From KofVi, a helmet, and a»0o?, a flower ; from the large helmet-like 

 appendage to the lip of the flower. 



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