Corynostylis
(from koryne, a club, and stylos, a column; alluding to the club-shaped style). SYN. Calyptrion. ORD. Violarieoe. Elegant climbing stove shrubs. Flowers white, large; petals five, the lower one large drawn out behind into a large hollow pouch, which is compressed on the sides, and constricted in the middle, twisted, many-nerved. Leaves alternate. Increased by seeds; or by cuttings of the young wood, placed in sand, in bottom heat, and under a hand glass.
C. Aubletii (Aublet's). fl. white, large, in fascicled racemes. l. oblong-ovate, acuminated, serrated. Stem straited, covered with white spots. Guiana, 1823. SYN. C. Hybanthus.
C. A. albiflora (white-flowered). fl. white, horn or trumpet-shaped, about 2in. long; pedicels long, thread-like. l. ovate, acuminate. Para, 1870. Taken in profile, the flowers present the appearance of a long-spurred Tropaeolum, while on the front view they bear a resemblance to those of a gigantic Violet. C. Hybanthus (bent-flowered). A synonym of C. Aubletii.