CORYAN'THES MACULA'TA 
SPOTTED CORYANTHES. 
ENDOGEN®. 
OR 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACE^. 
GrXANDROS.Il 
OF 
LINDLEr. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
GYXANDRIA, 
MONANDRIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 228. 
GENUS. CoRYANTHES. HooKER. Perigonii patentissimi foliola exteri- 
ora dilatata, flexuosa, conduplicata, lateralia maxima, basi distincta, interiora 
multo minora, erecta. Labellem calumnse basi continuum; ungniculatum, 
maximum, galeatum, tridentatum, in medio unguis appendice poculiformi cir- 
cumdatum. Coleaina elongata, teres, basi bieornis, apice recurva, bialata; 
stigmate transverse rimaeformi. Anthera biloeularis. Pollinia duo, com- 
pressa, postice sulcata, candicula lineari arcuata, glandulaj lunatae apicibus re- 
curvato-approximatis.—HERB^ Americanae tropicae, epiphytae, pseudobulbosae; 
foliis striatis, racemis pendulis, floribus maximis. Endlicher Genera Plan- 
tarum, p. 199. 
SPECIES. CoRYANTHES MACL'LATA (ilooAER) Bulbo eloiigato, foliis lato- 
lanceolatis, racemis multifloris nutantibus, (labello intus purpureo-maculato.) 
Character of the Genus, Cory^anthes. The Perigone very 
greatly spread out, having the external folioles (sepals) dilated, flexu- 
ose, conduplicate, the lateral ones largest, distinct at the base ;^’the 
interior folioles (petals) much smaller, erect. Labellum continuous 
with the base of the column, unguiculate, very large, helmet-shaped, 
three-toothed, in the middle of the claw surrounded by a cup-shaped 
appendix. Column elongated, round, two-horned at the base, the 
apex recurved, and two-winged, the stigma transverse resembling an 
opening. Anther tw^o-celled. Pollen masses two, compressed, 
furrowed behind; the little tail linear, curved; the little glands cres¬ 
cent-shaped, with the points recurved and approximating. 
Description of the Species, Coryanthes maculata. Pseu¬ 
do-bulbs crowded, each about six inches long, striated, broad at the 
base, and tapering to a point whence spring two expanding^broadly 
lanceolate striated leaves, of rather a membranous consistence. SCxAPE 
nearly two feet long, springing from the base of the bulbs, at first 
taking a horizontal direction, ultimately pendulous, furnished with two 
or three remote scales. Inflorescence racemose. Pedicels sup¬ 
ported by lanceolate bracts, Avhich partially embrace them. Sepals 
membranous, thin, soon becoming flaccid, the upper one lanceolate. 
