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MAXILLARIA Hencumanni. Mr. HeEnch- 
MANS MAXILLARIA. 
LEK KKK KKK KE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 
cum basi producta columne connata. Petala subconformia. 
Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 
columne articulatum. Coluwmna semiteres, aptera. Anthera 
subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, caudi- 
cula brevi, glandula transversa—Epiphyte ( Americané ) 
pseudo-bulbose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia plicata v. 
coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terminales, uni- 
v. multiflori. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Maxintarta Henchmanni ; pusilla, caulibus elongatis squa- 
mosis pseudo-bulbiferis, pseudo-bulbis ovali-oblongis 
compressis levibus, folio solitario lineari-ligulato, pe- 
dunculis unifloris pseudo-bulbo longioribus, petalis 
sepalisque erectis oblongis acutis, labello erecto ob- 
longo obscure trilobo, lobo terminali integerrimo. 
Obligingly communicated by Mr. Hencuman, from the 
Clapton Nursery. It was by that gentleman imported 
from Mexico, and I am anxious this very pretty species 
should bear the name of one who has distinguished himself 
by collecting, in climates the most inimical to the human 
constitution and introducing to our collections, so many 
fine species of this favorite family. It is certainly allied to, 
though quite distinct from, our preceding species, M. pens, 
