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MAXILLARIA* tetragóna. 
Four-cornered Mawillaria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncnipgx Juss. $ Vandew Lindl. — (Introduction to the 
natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 
MAXILLARIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. 
M. tetragona; pseudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis pli- 
catis solitariis, floribus radicalibus solitariis pseudobulbis brevioribus, 
sepalis oblongis obtusis patulis, petalis conformibus paulo minoribus, 
labello carnoso ventricoso trilobo erecto: lobis lateralibus parvis acutis 
intermedio ovato extüs convexo, disci appendice carnoso tabulari incum- 
bente. 
Pseudobulbi ovati, tetragoni, rugosi, apice nigri. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 
plicata, acuta, petiolata. Flores odorem viole spirantes, virides, solitarii, 
radicales, inflati, pseudobulbis breviores. Sepala subglobosa, concava, apice 
recurva, acuta, carnosu, purpureo leviter tincta ; lateralia basi in cornu pro- 
ducta, cum basi producta columne connata, fundo atropurpureo. Petala 
acuta, sepalis paulò minora. Labellum sepalis minus, ventricosum, carnosum, 
utrinque basi cordatum, apice trilobum: lobis lateralibus brevibus, acutis, 
intermedio ovato, mucronato ; extüs subviride t aye o maculatis, E. 
atropurpureum, fasciatum, subpubescens ; appendix isci magna, carnosa, trun- 
Re cb Columna carnosa, cuneata. Anthera unilocularis, loculo 
marginato, anticó membranacea. Pollinia 4, oblique collateralia, inequalia, 
caudiculá lineari, glandulá obovatá, cuspidatá. 
A native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was imported by 
the Horticultural Society. Our drawing was made in the 
Chiswick Garden in June 1830. 
This species is rather a shy grower, and is by no means 
remarkable for beauty; the latter quality is compensated 
for by its fragrance, which resembles fresh violets. The 
* So named in consequence of the resemblance between the column and 
labellum, and the jaws or mazille of some animal. 
