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* CORYANTHES maculata. 



Spotted Corijanthes. 



GYNANDRIA MONA-NDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^, § Vande^, Lindl. (^Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany , p. 262.) 



CORYANTHES, Hooker. Perianthium patentissimum. 5epa/a dila- 

 tata, flexuosa, conduplicata ; lateralibus maximis, basi distinctis. Petala multo 

 minora, erecta. Lahellum unguiculatum, maximum, galeatum, cmn basi colum- 

 nae continuum, nullo modo articulatum, tridentatum, in medio unguis appcndice 

 poculiformi circumdatum. Columna teres, basi bicornis, elongata, apice recurva, 

 bialata. »S'^{^ ma rim a transversa, ^4 ?i ^/iera bilocularis. PoZ/mm 2, compressa, 

 postice sulcata, caudicula lineari arcuata, glandula lunata apicibus approximato- 



recurvis. Herbae epiphytes, pseudo-bulbosce. Folia striata. Racemi pcn- 



duli. Flores maxirni. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 159. 



C. maculata ; foliis lato-lanceolatis, sepalis lateralibus semicordatis rectis, labello 



intils purpureo maculato cornubus elongatis. 

 C. maculata. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3102. Lindl. L c. 



Sepala membranacea, tenuia, cito Jiaccida, supremum lanceolatum acu- 

 minatum undulatum, lateralia maxima {2^-pollicaria) libera, basi angusta^ 

 semicordata, -primum explanata vespertilionis alarum more, dein Jiaccida. 

 Petala lanceolata undulata jiexuosa in lahelli galeam prona. Labellum car- 

 nosum, 11 poll, long um, unguiculatum, luteo parpureoque variegatum ; hypo- 

 chilio dilatato lateribus injiexis galeato extus rotundato, in mesochilio 

 angusto canaliculato transeunta ; epichilio maxima minus carnoso galeato 

 apice ovato infiexo. 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 foiry 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 

 liypochilium and epichilium. 



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