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MAXILLARIA CUCULLATA. HoopeEp 
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MAXILLARIA, 
SERRE KEK KEK KKK EKER EEK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipEa. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia, 
cum basi columnz connata. Petala subconformia. La- 
bellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 
columne articulatum. Colwmna semiteres aptera. Anthera 
subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, caudi- 
cula brevi glandula transversa.—Epiphyte (Americane) 
pseudo-bulbose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia spicata v. 
coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terminales, uni- 
v. multiflort. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Maxitraria cucullata ; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus compressis 
monophylilis, folio lato scapis longiore, vaginis imbri- 
catis inflatis, bractea cucullata ovario longiore, sepalis 
ovatis acuminatis erectis, petalis conformibus paulo 
minoribus, labello oblongo carnoso trilobo petalorum 
longitudine, lobis lateralibus nanis intermedio elon- 
ato obtuso apice incrassato apiculato, callo disci 
spathulato loborum lateralium longitudine. Lind. 
Maxitraria cucullata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, ¢. 12. 
Said to be introduced to our gardens by Mr. Hencuman, 
from tropical America. It seems to have first flowered with 
His Grace the Duke of Devonsuire. Our specimen blos- 
somed at Kew, in September, 1841; the plant having been 
received from Messrs. Loppices of Hackney. It presents 
some 
