Coelia
(from koilos, hollow; in allusion to the pollen masses, which are convex outside and concave inside). ORD. Orchideae. Very curious and pretty stove epiphytal Orchids. Sepals distinct, equal, spreading; petals nearly equal, but a little smaller than the sepals; lip quite entire, unguiculate, continuous with the base of the column, which is short. For culture, &c., see Epidendrum.
C. Baueriana (Bauer's).* fl. white, fragrant; racemes many-flowered; bracts long. June. l. ensiform. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. h. 1ft. West Indies, &c., 1790. (B. R. 28, 36.) C. macrostachya (large-spiked).* fl. red; racemes many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, squarrose; lip lanceolate, bisaccate at base. April. l. ensiform, plicate. Pseudo-bulbs large, almost globose. h. 1 1/2ft. Guatemala, 1840. (B. M. 4712.)