CORALLORRHIZA INNATA. SPURLESS CORAL-
ROOT.
CORALLORRHIZA innata ; calcare abbreviato oinnino adnato.
CORALLORRHIZA innata. Brownin H ort. Kew. ed.2. m l.5 . p .W 9. Hook. FI. Scot P i n 25S
CORALLORRHIZA Hallen. Richard in Mém. du Mus. ml. lp . 61. ««■
CYMBIDIUM CoraJlorhizon. Swartz ie Orchid, .p. 77. m ild . Sp. PI. ml. 1 . p. 109. Decani
W M B M M I S6S- m Gau-p .5 1 7 . Wahl. FI. Lapp. p . 220. H P- M Bl. ml. 2 .
OPHRYS Corallorrhizsc Linn. Sp PI. p. 1 339. Huis. Angl.p. 388. Light/. Scot. p. 533. t 23 Ml W B « L * .p . 32. M l Germ. M 1 . A II. p. 178!
Smith Ft. Brit, p.9 3 3 . Engl. Rot. f. 15-17. (E d . Ft. Dan. t. 4,51 1
CORALLORRHIZA. Hall. Heb. n. 1301. t. 44.
Dut. Koraalwortel. Germ. Die Korahmrzel. Russ. Pefrrai krest.
Ccass AND Order. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.
[N aturae Ord er . ORCHIDEÆ, Joss., D ecani., Brown, Hoot.]
Gen. Cuar. Labéllum basi productum, calcare adnato vel libero. Colamna libera. Massa, pollinis quatuor
obliquæ (nec parallel®). Br. 5
GEN. Char. Zip produced behind, adnate will, thespur, or free. Column free. Masses o f pollen four, oblique
(not parallel). ^
Radix e fi bris numerosis, crassis, carnosis, pallide-fuscis,
brevibus, insigniter ramosis atque anastomosan-
tibus.
SCAPU6 spithamæus ad pedalem, ereetus, teres, striatus
pallide fusco-Iuteus, squamis çylindraceis, elon-
gatis, concoloribus, vaginantibus subtribus.
Flores pauci, in spicam, vel racemum, laxam dispositi,
primum notantes, fusco-virides.
Bracteæ minutæ, ovato-laneeolatæ, virides.
Pedunüuli brevissimi, curvati, démuni erecti.
Per'ia n t h ii Foliola : tria superiora conniventia,
oyato-lanceolata, convexa; duo lateralia longitu-
• dine labelli, defiexa, incurva, ut et supremum,
apice fusca : Labellum oblongum, decurvum, album,
punctatum, lateribus sublobatis, incurvatis,
mtus ad basin sanguineo-maculatum, ecalcara-
tum (calcare abbreviato omnino adnato. B}'.'). '
Colomna elongata, linearis, dorso convexa, intus plana,
marginata, pallide viridi-fusca, maculis sanguineis
notata.
Antheua terminalis, operculata, mobilis, decidua, ses-
silis, margini posteriori stigmatis affixa, hemi-
sph®nca, bilocularis, loculis longitudinaliter de-
hiscentibus, subbilocellatis: Mass® pollinis bin®
m singulo loculo, ovat®, pallide virides, obliqu®,
subcereace®.
Stigma subquadratum, anthera tectum.
uermen magnum, oblongum, basi attenuatum, viride,
tortum.
Root formed of many thick, fleshy, pale-brown, short
fibres, which are much branched, and anastomosing.
Scape from a span to a foot in height, erect, round, striated,
of a pale brownish yellow colour, furnished
with about three cylindrical, elongated, sheathing
scales of the same hue.
Flowers few in number, arranged into a lax spike or
raceme, drooping at first, of a brownish green
colour. 6
Bracteas small, ovato-lanceolate, green.
Peduncles very short, curved, finally erect.
L eaflets of t h e P e r ia n th : of these the three
uppermost are connivent, ovato-lanceolate, convex;
the two lateral ones are of the same length
as the lip, deflexed, incurved, all are brown at
their points: Lip oblong, curved downwards,
white, dotted, its edges somewhat lobed, incurved,
at the base within marked with red, destitute
o f a spur (the spur short, altogether adnate with
the lip. Br.).
Column elongated, linear, convex behind, plane within,
marginated, of a pale greenish brown colour,
marked with red spots.
An t h e r terminal, resembling an operculum, moveable
deciduous, sessile, fixed to the posterior margin
of the stigma, hemispherical, two-celled, the cells
opening lengthwise, and again imperfectly two-
celled: Masses of pollen two in each cell, ovate,
pale green, placed obliquely, of a waxy consistency.
3
Stigma almost square, covered by the anther.
Ge rm en large, oblong, attenuated a t the base, green
twisted.
present individual^ndi'ich ^ ^ o m lh e r e ^ o ^ eM ^ n™ « < * 0^ S* T Sr “!’ tmay be em,merated the
'"til great propriety formfd into a n e T «™ r S f c , T P m Scotland, and which has by Mr. Brown been
o l M e S c i T T S h t 1' bnE F ’tle,nn"- j “iiishSophaas
erdent thirst for the pursuit of I H H H h B hid ? ,.er‘lle’.Es') ’ a gentleman whose high attainments in, and
Pared a great number of exquisite L w in S t r f j f f i l ? St P° rl T ° f h*Yat.tentlon- He has, in this view, p?e-
1S The rted l° l f | S f in January next. § I d B number of hls W01‘k>in an 8vo size with coloured plates,
mul sub°tance^wMclTt^eir^s^ilhndlaoere °f * T * rema.rltable structure, and unlike any thing except the ani- •
» « . being, as wel™ ■ ■ ■ ■ i T I H I B The stem B H S S 9 of Listera i v £ -
tbose of any of its conL4nera and th > * , d 0,1ly ?J“ hed wltl‘ a fa»' sheathing scales. The flowers are unlike
! . This species is found in H R S j M “Wea,s “ flbly beautiful both in colour and form,
individuals of the same genus aim mow o f " t “ 1 Eu^ope- but rarelJ- According to Nuttall, two other
can plants. & ® 011 tbat extenslve continent, as mentioned in his Genera of North Ameri