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MAXILLARIA STEELII. Mr. STEELE’s 
MAXILLARIA. 
KEKE KEKE KEE EERE ERERERE 
Class and Order. 
GynAnDRIA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 
cum basi producta columne connata. Petala subcon- 
_ formia. Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi 
__ Producta columne articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. 
ie Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, 
caudicula brevi, glandula transversa.—Epiphyte (Amert- 
cané) pseudo-bulbose, acaules, v. caulescentes. Folia pli- 
cala, v. coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares, v. termi- 
nales, uni- wv. multiflort. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Maxinaria Steelii ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis annulatis mo- 
nophylilis, folio longissimo tereti hinc canaliculato, 
Scapo radicali brevi unifloro, perianthio connivente, 
labello trilobo basi intus glandula oblonga, lateribus 
inflexis, lobo intermedio obtusissimo bifido. 
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This highly interesting Orchideous plant was obligingly 
communicated from the stove of Joan Moss, Esq., Otters- 
pool, near Liverpool, together with a drawing by Miss 
‘ 98s, from which the accompanying figure was made, It 
Mas introduced in July of last year (1836) by Marraew 
STEELE, E'sq., from Demerara. With the flower of Maxit- 
FARIA, it has a foliage quite at variance with any described 
a 5 ean’ of that Genus, attaining a height of two and even 
a “eng feet, and proves a most valuable addition to our 
Piphytes, 
Descr. 
