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CORYANTHES. 
Hooker, Bot. Mag., t. 3102. LO. 159. 
SEPALA patentissima, membranacea, libera, flex xuosa, condu- 
dia, column basi obliqué inserta, lateralibus maximis, 
PrraLa multd minora, angusta, erecta, torta, pariter obliqué 
inserta. 
LaseLtum cum basi columne continuum, ab apice brachii 
(unguis) validi horizontalis pendulum ; epichilium maximun, 
galeatum, deorsiim (aseniekikion) involutum ; basi supra brachium 
hypochilio poculiformi subtrilobo instructum, 
oLUMNA elongata, teres, clavata, abrupté recurva, apice 
utrinque alata, basi cornubus 2 melliferis (staminodiis ”) aucta. 
Stigma vima transversa. 
PoLLINtIa 2, compressa, posticé sulcata; caudiculd lineari, 
_ sigmoidea ; glandulé unaté.  Anthera carnosa, bilocularis ; 
valvulis triangularibus a 
Herbs epiphyta, Americe tropice, eee: Folia 
— Eacem rade e3, paucyflori, 
Orchid it is, perhaps, 
ian soul unetisenag tee Saas All the species are epiphyte with log 
wers 
pair of stumps or fingers constantly distil a sweetish colourless fluid, which, 
ngers are processes (p 
abortive stamens m the base of the eh: =e bucket is 
Sage that the 
i 
hone be spilt. The column itself turns back as to keep its head 
out of tig a9 si the drops. The use of this singular a) alr unknown. 
Hooker, lt. c. Paxton’s Flower Garden, ee os 
C. speciosa. 
no. et Fig. 284. _ Morren, Ann. Gand., IT. 15, t. 50. 
C. hy hilio | 
. Hooker, in Bot. Mag., t. ee 
wis ee on trees on »Vietorin Hil, nent Baia, (. a 
‘Oct. 1, 1852. 
