P yo : OXX. ORCHIDEÆ. 311 
lor 2 masses in each cell, with or without ? caudicle. Terrestrial 
ehs with simple — (excep t Corymbis) bearing = or more leaves or 
rarely leafless, and a simple spike raceme or roule 
the ch CHAT given ot the following genera I have rarely m d the number of 
pun "aeui Eu -- pollen- Cp DIS for the cohesion is brink i so slight that, in 
where I thes been sh A abas perro cesi S E oe Qu TI: 
23. CORYMBIS, Thou. 
(Corymborchis, Thou.) T 
Sepals and petals cma equal, linear and dilated above the middle, 
all spreading or the orsal one more erect. Labellum about as long, 
r, in 2m 
terrestrial herbs, with a fibrous rhizome. 
eaves large, stron ly ribbed. Flowers in short — somewhat 
. The genus extends oid ropical Asia and Africa, and appears also to be re Hots esented 
yam The Australian species extends over the Indian oy and perhaps 
The imi column in this genus is said to elongate on the itt 
Of this the dried specimens shew Rot Ihaven eoa seen the co doe a Uis T 
ger than the petals of the sa. aes [s or variety. Possibly | dir n dari dos have 
in some error derived from the comparison 
Mauritins s pation with ts cr iota of other species. 
1 ratrifolia, Reichb. f. in Flora 1865, 184. Stems erect or 
somewhat pian attaining 3 Š to 10 ft. Leaves distichous, oblong- 
u me ering ng as 
gated afterwards, persisting on the oblong capsule 
5 
after the sepals and peta tals have fallen. — Corymborchis venateijolio, 
Blume, fc 195, L vi 3. 
Queeen am AM Dallachy.—Certainly the er species as the 
me gathered b by "Cuminjel in iw Philippine inden which appears to extend over the 
: Indian. Archipelago, and even to be identical with one gathered by Frita Ms "Muell ient St. 
car 8 in Bravil, but well —— by Blume from Thouars’ o 
— species, which eiiis above 2 in. longe 
