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A P PEND! X . [ Botany of Terra Australis, 
CORYSANTHES. 
Ord. Nat. Orchideae. 
Syst. Linn. Gynandria Monandria. 
Perianthkim ringens : Galea m agna: Labium inferius 4-partitum, 11 a- 
>™m, occultatum LabeUo maximo cuetillato vel tubuloso. Anthera 
terminals, nnilocuiaris, semibivalvis, persistent : Mass ae Pollinis 4, 
pulvere*. 
CORYSANTHES FIMBRIATA. Tab. 10. 
Corysanthes fimbriata. Prodr. fl. nov. holt. 328. 
Jn shady places, especially under rocks and large stones, near Sydney, and in other 
parts of the colony of Port Jackson. 
DESC. Bulbus soliiarius pisiformis radicem longam teretem films nonnullis al- 
ternis simplicissimis instructam terminans. 
Folium unicum, quasi radicale, sed caulem brevissimum demersum, basi squama 
unica semivaginanti subovata acuta instructum terminans, subrotunduin muerone 
brevissimo, basi alt6 cordata, lobis postieis rotundatis altero alterum equitante, expla- 
natum liorizontale, viride subtus dilutius, diainetro subunciali, venosum venis di- 
chotomis crebre anastomozantibus in nervum margin! approximatum et parallelum 
desinentibus. Flos solitarius, pro ratione plant® magnus, purpureus ; ovario intra folium 
subsessili postice bractea semilanceolata creeta subtenso. Perianthium petaloideum 
scxpartitum ringens : Foliola tria exteriora, quorum Galea hyalinacum maculis crebris 
purpureis insequalibus, e basi erectiuscula arcuata angustiore, superne dilutata obovata 
magis concava por recta, apice incurvo, marginibus longitudinaliter nudis; duo antica curn 
lateralibus interiorum labium inferius descendenti-porrectuin efformantia, subulata plana 
alba iinmaculata, ipsis basibus invicem connatis : tria interiora, quorum duo lateralia 
anticis exteriorum similia, e basi brevi porrecta adscendentia. Labe/lum maximum 
unguiculatum indivisum-: ungue brevissimo erecto albo: laminae dimidio inferiorc 
adscendenti galeae basi appresso, marginibus nudis inflexis tubum eompletum efformante, 
intus nigro sarrguineo sursum dilutiore, paulo infra apicem albo virescenti rugoso subglan- 
duloso ; superiore dilatato ovato concavo deflexo, dilute purpureo maculis numerosis con- 
fluentibus rufo-sangubieis, disco intus paulo infra apicem glandulis sessilibus sparsis ornato 
marginibus inflexis fimbriatis lacinulis subularis sequalibus. 
Columna fructjicationis inclusa, brevissima, adscendens, alba carnosa, basi parum 
coarctata, apice posticb trifido dentibus lateralibus erectis subulatis intermedio adtheri- 
