2.2, 
228. 
20. 
PIE. CCOXEIN. 
CORYANTHES MACROCORYS rote. 
THE LONG-HELMETED CORYANTHES. 
CORYANTHES. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. II, p. 13. 
Coryanthes macrocorys. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, circa 6 cm. longi, 4 cm. lati. Folia late lanceolata, acuta, 
plicata, circa 25-30 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata. Scapi penduli, biflori. Bracteae ovato-oblongae, acutae, 3-4 cm. longae. 
Sepalum posticum suborbiculari-ellipticum, acutum, 3-2 cm. longum. Sepala lateralia obliqua, semiovato-oblonga, 
acuta, 8.5 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata. Petala falcata, lineari-oblonga, subacuta, 4 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata. Labelli unguis 
brevissima, suberecta; hypochilium erectum, elongatum, angustum, dorso compressum, carnosum, 2-7 cm. longum, 
I-4 cm. latum, 8 mm. crassum; mesochilium elongatum, subgracile, canaliculatum, elamellatum, 4 cm. longum; 
epichilium 3-3 cm. latum, 4 cm. altum, apice trilobum, lobo medio lineari-oblongo truncato 1-3 cm. longo, lobis 
lateralibus falcatis acutis 1 cm. longis. Columna 5-5 cm. longa; glandulae arcuatae, 2 cm. longae. 
Coryanthes macrocorys ROLFE, supra. 
ot long ago the beautiful Coryanthes leucocorys came as a great surprise, 
on account of its remarkable ivory-white hood, so different from 
anything which had previously appeared. But now comes a novelty of 
another kind. The usual shape of the helmet in this strange genus is that of a 
rounded hollow pouch, rather broader than long, the most notable exception 
being C. elegantium, in which it takes the form of a nearly flat, plate-like 
process. In the present species this organ is elongated, considerably longer than 
broad, placed close to and parallel with the ovary, and very fleshy, so that the 
cavity is very small, and only extends half way to the apex. It is also quite 
destitute of hairs, and bears a much smaller proportion to the rest of the flower 
than in most other species. The mesochil is also much longer than usual, as it 
Separates the helmet from the bucket by a distance of one and a half inch. The 
glands at the base of the column are also unusually long, and curved over 
at the apex. 
It is a native of Peru, and was introduced by Messrs Linpen, L’Horricut- 
TURE INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, with whom it flowered for the first time during 
March of the present year. 
As regards colour, the flowers bear some resemblance to those of Stanhopea. 
The ground-colour is of a pale semitranslucent greenish-yellow, with numerous 
small transverse spots and splashes of pale reddish brown on the sepals and 
petals. The helmet is lined and almost suffused with a similar colour, while on 
the mesochil and the outside of the bucket are many minute spots, and some 
small blotches on the inside of the latter. The face of the column is also spotted 
with reddish-brown. The specific name is given in allusion to the elongated 
shape of the helmet. R. A. Ro.re. 
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