( 3981 ) 



Maxillaria decolor. Pale-yellow 

 Maxillaria. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — OrchidejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 

 cum basi producta columnar. Petala subconformia. La- 

 bellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 

 columnar articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. An- 

 thera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, 

 caudicula brevi, glandula transversa. — Epiphytae (Ameri- 

 cance) pseudo-bulbosce, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia pli- 

 cata v. coriacea. Pedunculi radicates, axillares v. termi- 

 nates, uni- v. multiflori. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Maxillaria decolor; pseudo-bulbis oblongis compressis, 

 foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis utrinque 

 acuminatis, scapo radicali multifloro vaginato foliis 

 breviore, sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis patentibus, 

 petalis duplo minoribus conniventibus, labello postico 

 obsolete trilobo obtuso cucullato, callis 5 elevatis 

 parallelis aequilongis ultra medium procurrentibus. 

 Lindl. 



Maxillaria decolor. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1549. 



A native of Jamaica; drawn from a specimen which flow- 

 ered in the stove of the Botanic Garden of Glasgow, in the 

 spring of 1840. It possesses little beauty to recommend it, 

 in comparison with other epiphytal Orchideous plants, and 

 very much resembles our M. pallidiflora, figured at Tab 



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