OKCHIDS. 



Flowers large, perianth yellow, marked with purple; 

 basin lively purple outside, yellowish green, regularly 

 marked with purple inside. 



A. Coryanthes macrantha. Caracas . M. O. P., 29. 



Pax. Mag., 5, 31. 



Pes., 30. 



B. R., 1841. 



Flowers as large as the last ; perianth yellow, spotted 

 with brown ; lip ochre-yellow, inside of the basin marked 

 with pale crimson. Blooms in May, June, July, and is 

 the best of the genus. 



B. Coryanthes maculata. Demerara . B. R., 1793. 



Maund, Bot., 228. 



B. M., 3102, 3747. 



Perianth greenish yellow, spotted with brown ; basin of 

 the lip marked with dull crimson inside. Blooms in sum- 

 mer. 



B. Coryanthes Parkerii. Demerara . . . B. M., 3747. 

 This species differs little from the last, except in the 

 color of the spots, which are brownish purple. 



B. Coryanthes Fieldingii. Lindley . Fl. des Sen, 364-5. 



Flower brownish yellow, lightly spotted with cinnamon 

 yellow. 



The flowers of this plant are very large, and differ 

 from the other species in having a shaggy fringe which 

 surrounds the casque which conceals the column. 



B. Coryanthes spedosa. Demerara Bat, 36. 



SYN. Gongora spedosa. Hooker. 

 Flowers pale yellow, in April or May. 



