the two Genera is this, (which indeed is considered charac- 
teristic of the respective Tribes to which they are referred, ) 
that in Mataxipez (including Vanpa,) there is no real cau- 
dicula to the pollen-masses, while VanpEx, (where Maxit- 
LARIA is placed) is furnished with an elastic or transparent 
strap or caudicula to the pollen-masses. But Maxiiiaria 
squalens, (Bot. Mag. t. 2955) M. racemosa (t. 2789), and 
M. Parkeri (t. 2729), and other acknowledged Maxinzariaz, 
are quite destitute of this caudicula. To whatever Genus, 
however, the present plant is referred, it is a very distinct 
and a very interesting one, a native of Sierra Leone, whence 
it was imported by our valued friend, Joun Attcarp, Esq. 
In October, 1838, it flowered in the stove of that gentleman, 
who obligingly sent us the accompanying drawing by Mrs. 
Wiruners, Botanical Painter to Her Majesty the Dowager 
Queen Adelaide, together with a specimen, from which the 
following account is drawn up. 
Descr. Stems, or pseudo-bulbs, slender, cylindrical, tufted ; 
bearing a single linear-oblong, fleshy, dark green leaf at the 
extremity: from the base of this leaf and from the summit 
of the pseudo-bulb arises the flower-stalk, about equal in 
length with the leaf, sheathed with scales, and having a 
single erect (not resupinate), moderately large, greenish 
flower, with purple blotches : sometimes there are the rudi- 
ments of a second blossom. Every part of the flower, but 
especially the lip, is singularly firm, and between fleshy and 
coriaceous. Sepals slightly spreading : the lowest one the 
smallest : all concave, almost cucullate and mucronate at the 
point. Petals very small, oblongo-spathulate. Column very 
short, at least the free part, the rest remarkably decurrent 
with the lateral sepals. Lip obovato-oblong, three-lobed, 
the disk, with a large slightly elevated gland ; the side-lobes 
incurved ; the middle one cordate. Anther-case conico- 
obtuse, two-celled. Pollen-masses yellow, globose, two- 
lobed, fixed by a short, yellow stalk to an oblong, trans- 
verse, dark-brown gland. 
i 1, Front view of an inverted Flower, that is, in the usual position of 
the Flowers of an OrcHIDEa. 2. Lip. 3. Anther-case 4, Pollen-masses: 
—magnified. 
