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- Maxinzaria squatens. Diney-riowerep 
MAXILLARIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcumes. ) 
Generic Character. _ 
Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum ecalcara- 
tum. JLabellum cum processu unguiformi columne articu- 
latum, trilobum. Foliola lateralia exteriora basibus cum 
processu column connata. Pollinia 4, basibus (vel dorso) 
connata, glandulosa.—Herbe parasitica, bulbose, Americe 
meridionalis: Racemi (vel scapi uniflori) radicales. Lindl. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
‘Maxitraria* squalens ; racemo multifloro, labello trilobo 
lobis lateralibus incurvis, terminali late ovali incras- 
Xyxosium squalens. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (sub Maxuiaria 
Harrisonia.) t. 897. 
Denpronium squalens. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 732. | 
sd ‘g 
Descr. Parasitic. Bulbs several, oblong, dark green, 
in part sheathed with brown lacerated scales. Leaves, two 
from the summit of each bulb, eight to ten inches to a foot 
long, tapering below into a footstalk, strongly five-ribbed, 
with many parallel veins, ribs-very prominent beneath. 
Scape from the base of the bulbs four to six inches high, 
clothed with ovate, concave, brown scales, and —— 
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* From a fancied resemblance to the mawille, or jaws of an insect. 
