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MAXILLARIA PUMILA. Dwarr MAXILLARIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA MonanprIiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuineEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens raro patens. Sepala lateralia cum 
basi producta column connata. Petala subconformia. 
Labellum 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 ». caulescentes. Folia plicata v. 
coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terminales, uni- 
v. multiflori. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Maxiniaria pumila; nana, caulibus brevibus squamosis 
pseudo-bulbiferis, bulbis aggregatis oblongis sulcatis, 
folio solitario lanceolato, pedunculis pseudo-bulbo 
brevioribus unifloris, petalis sepalisque erectis oblon- 
gis obtusis, labello erecto oblongo obscure trilobo 
disco ealloso, lobo terminali bifido. 
Sent from Demerara to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by 
Mr. Inverarity, to whom we are indebted for many other 
choice Orchideous plants. It is the smallest of the species 
with which I am acquainted. It flowers in April and May. 
Descr. Stems short, not exceeding two or three inches, 
bearing many aggregated, small, pseudo-bulbs, half to three 
quarters of an inch long, which are oblong, deeply furrow- 
ed, and partially clothed with brown, sheathing scales. 
Leaf solitary, terminal, an inch, scarcely more, in length. 
Peduncle arising from the scales at the base of the bulb, 
shorter 
