in length, arising from the base of the bulb, at first thrown 

 out in a horizontal direction, at length from the weight of 

 the flowers quite pendulous. Bracteas membranaceous, 

 ovato-lanceolate, large, two or three upon the scape, where 

 they are sheathing, and one at the base of each of the 

 flowers. The two larger petals, as soon as the flowers 

 expand, spread out in an horizontal direction, and then 

 from their size and texture, they resemble a bat's wings, 

 soon becoming reflex ed and withering. The colour of the 

 petals is a pale ochraceous yellow, that of the lip and its 

 appendage more inclining to yellow, the latter tinged at 

 the margin, and spotted inside with purple. The struc- 

 ture of all the parts of the flower is so similar to that of 

 Gongora (Coryanthes) speciosa, figured at t. 2755 of this 

 work, that it is scarcely necessary to repeat the description. 



Although in the vegetation of this plant, and also in 

 some degree in its flowers too, there exists a considerable 

 affinity with the Genus Gongora of Ruiz and Pavon ; (and 

 of Exotic Flora, t. 178;) yet there are few who will not 

 allow, that it might well form a distinct Genus, in its 

 labellum very unlike all other known Orchideae. Hence I 

 have been led to distinguish it under the appellation of 

 Coryanthes; which I am the more disposed to do, now 

 that I have seen three species belonging to the same Genus, 

 all agreeing in general habit and essential character. 



The first of these is the Gongora speciosa above referred 

 to; the second, Gongora macrantha (Bot. Miscellany, t. 80,) 

 remarkable for its plaited margin to the stalk of the galeate 

 appendage ; and our present plant is the third, which cer- 

 tainly approaches very near to the first of those now men- 

 tioned. It differs in the much greater breadth of its leaves, 

 in its more numerous and pendulous racemes, and espe- 

 cially in the colour of its flowers, which are here of a pale 

 and dingy yellow more or less approaching to tawny, and 

 in having the inside of the appendage to its labellum spot- 

 ted and blotched with purple. It is a native of the trunks 

 of trees in the forests of Demerara, where it was discovered 

 by James Ankers, Esq. and communicated to C. S. Parker, 

 Esq. of Liverpool, who presented it with many rarities from 

 the same fertile country, to the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



It blossomed in the stove of that collection in the month 

 of June, 1831, and was sent to us by our often-mentioned 

 friends, the Messrs. Shepherds. 



A. Column and Lip, with its Helmet-shaped Appendage : nat. size. ** 

 1. Summit of the Column with the Anther. 2, Inner view of the Antn«- 

 case. 3. Pollen-Mass.— Magnified. 



