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* STENIA pallida 



Pale S tenia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidaceje, § Vandk®. 



STENIA. LindL Perianthium explanatum, subeequale, sepalis laterali- 



bus basi obliciuis. 



(indivisum) 



vum, disco appendiculatum. Columna semiteres, basi producta, apice rotundata, 

 mutica. Anthera bilocularis. " 



dorsalia minima. 



Pollinia 4, linearia^ geminata, basi sejuncta, 



) 



Herba acaulis. 



ebulbis. Folia ollonga^ basi angustata, apice recurva. Flores solitarii, 

 radicaleSf basi ovarii bracteolatu Bot. reg. fol. 1991. in textu. 



S. pallida. BoL reg. L c. 



Caulis nullusy nee rhizoma conspicuum, nee pseudobulbus. Folia 2-3, 

 oblongay acuta, avenia, basipaulo angustata et carinata, e squamis spathaceis 

 brunneis vaginantibus erumpentia ; texturd rigido-chartacea. Scapi radi* 

 caleSj prostratif unijlori, apice bracteis duabus oppositis ovatis instructi^ 

 ovario brevioreSj saltern haud longiores. Perianthium explanatum, pallidi 

 citrinuntj diametro sesquiunciali et ultrA ; sepalis petalisque cBqualibus^ 

 ovatis^ lineatisj acutis. Labellum saccatum^ integrum, camosum, ovatum, 

 cum pede producto columnce continuum , pallide citrinum, rubro-punctatum^ 

 cristd transversd dentatd. Columna semiteres^ clinandrio proclivi, facte 

 pubescens. Pollinia 4, linearia, ohtusa, dorsalia minima^ caudiculcB brevi vU* 

 losce adnata, glandulce rhomboidece cartilaginece medio inserts. 



A rather pretty epiphyte, imported from Demerara by 



Mr. Barker of Birmingham, in whose very 

 tion of Orchidaceous plants, this drawing 



made last 



Aug 



It differs essentially from Maxillaria, which 



sembles in habit, in the labellum 



being articulated with 



the foot of the column, a distinction, the importance of 

 which there is at present no cause to suspect. In general 

 appearance it is more like Maxillaria Rollissoni than any 

 plant I am acquainted with, but it wants the pseudo-bulbs of 

 that species. 



masses 



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