drawing in Brande's Journal, as above quoted, may have been 

 intended for the other. 



The drawing was made in October, 1837, from a plant 

 that flowered in the collection of John Rogers, Esq. Jun., at 

 Streatham. It is, as far as I know, the first instance of a 

 Corycium having blossomed in Europe. 



The dissections in the accompanying plate will serve to 

 shew the nature of the very unusual organization found in 

 this genus. Fig. 1. is a flower seen in profile, with none of 

 the parts removed. Fig. 2. is a front view of the same, the 

 petals and upper sepal having been cut off; the principal 

 part of the figure represents the lip, with the point of the 

 lower double sepal just visible at the base. Fig. 3. shews the 

 column in profile with the lip adhering to it, and one lobe of 

 the purple anther. Fig. 4. is a front view of the column, the 

 lip having been cut off, as is shewn by the scar represented 

 on the upper edge ; the glands of the pollen masses are seen 

 lying in the cavities of the rostellum. Fig. 5. is a sketch of 

 a pollen mass sticking to the rostellum, and pulled out of the 

 anther. Fig. 6. are the same parts seen in a different 

 direction, with the pollen in its cell. 



