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MAXILLARIA STAPELIOIDES. STAPELIA-LIKE 
MAXILLARIA. 
Class and Order. | 
GynNAnprRiA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuipex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 
cum basi columne connata. Petala subconformia. La- 
bellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 
column articulatum. Colwmna semiteres aptera. <Anthera 
subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, caudi- 
cula brevi, glandula transversa.—Epiphyte (Americana) 
pseudo-bulbose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia spicata v. 
coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terininales, uni- 
v. multiflort. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Maxitiaria stapelioides ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis tetragonis 
1—2-phyllis, foliis tenuibus lanceolatis patentibus 
pallide glaucis reticulatis, pedunculo diffuso bifloro, 
sepalis petalisque subrotundo-ovatis acutis patulis sub- 
equalibus, labello oblongo trilobo, laciniis lateralibus 
erectis linearibus obliquis obtusis intermedia ovato- 
oblonga basi cucullata, crista flexuosa carnosa intus 
dente carnoso ovato aucta. Lindl. 
Maxitzaria stapelioides, Link et Otto, Abbild. 111. t. 52. 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 146. Bot. Reg. v. 25. 
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This species of Maxittaria well deserves the name of 
stapelioides given to it by Messrs. Livx and Orto : it is 
spotted very much after the same manner as many species 
of Carrion-flower, and the colours are also very peor 
