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MAX ILL ARIA* viridis. 



Green Mauoillaria 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRJA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidex Juss. Sect. Vandeae Lindl. {Introduction to 

 the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 



MAXILLARIA.—Suprct, vol. U.fol. 897. 



M. viridis ; pseudo-bulbis nullis, foliis lanceolatis undulatis plicatis, floribus 



solitariis radicalibus globosis, sepalis petalisque subrotundis obtusis, la- 



bello brevi : lobo medio transversa rhomboideo unguiculato medio refracto. 



Flos radicalis, solitarius, globosus. Sepala subrotunda, ovata, obtusa, 



vtridia, immaculata. Petala minora, conformia, purpureo intus confertissimi! 



punctata. Labellum cum basi parum productd columnce elastic^ articulatum, 



unguiculatum , trilobum, medio refractum, lilacinum, lobis lateralibus mi- 



noribus erectis, intermedio transverse rhomboideo piano. Columna libera, 



semiteres, basi producta. Stigma subrotundum, excavatum. Anthera car- 



nosa, bilocularis; loculorum valvulis transverse dehiscentibus. Pollinia 4, 



albida, geminata, caudiculd sulcatd, fused !, titrinque alatd, dorso purpu- 



rascente, viscido, prominulo. 



A native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was sent by the 



Sir Henry Chamberlai 



O 



drawing 



ade in the 



of the Horticultural Society's Garden in May 1831. 



It is rather a weak-growing plant, requiring shade, 

 much moisture to its leaves, and little to its roots, together 

 with a high temperature and decayed vegetable mould. 

 It seems to have no tendency to form those pseudo-bulbs 

 which are generally so characteristic of the genus. 



J. L. 



oorae oi tne species nave nowers me s 

 open jaws, maxilla, of some grinning animal. 



gape 



