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Maxillaria ciliata. Fringe-lipped 

 Maxillaria. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^;. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 

 cum basi producta column® connata. Petala subconformia. 

 Labellum trilobum, eucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 

 columnae articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anthera 

 subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia vel integra, caudi- 

 cula brevi, glandula transversa. — Epiphytae (Americana), 

 pseudobulbosce , acaules vel caulescentes. Folia plicata vel 

 coriacea. Pedunculi vadicales, axillares vel terminates, uni- 

 vel multiflori. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Maxillaria ciliata; pseudo-bulbis ovatis compressis laeviter 

 sulcatis, foliis lanceolatis, scapis unifloris bracteatis de- 

 flexis, labelli lobis lateralibus oblongis intermediomax- 

 imo longissime fimbriato apice appendiculo saccato, 

 calcare brevi conico. 



Maxillaria ciliata. " Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. Si/st. p. 

 221" Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1206. 



Dendrobium ciliatum. C! Sw." 



That this is the Maxillaria ciliata of Lindlev, in the Bo- 

 tanical Register, there can, I think, be no doubt ; and 

 probably that author is correct in referring it to the M. 

 ciliata of Ruiz and Pa von, Peruvian Plant, for it suffi- 

 ciently accords with their brief character : but the Epiden- 

 drum Barringtoniai of Smith's Ic. Picta, (Dendrobium, Sw., 



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