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MAXILLARIA RACEMOSA. RACEME-FLOW- 
ERED MAXILLARIA. 
Class and Opiber. 
GYNANDRIA Monawprra. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. | 
Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum pro- 
cessu unguiformi column articulatum, trilobum. Sepala 
lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu columne con- 
nata. Pollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa. Herbe 
parasitice, bulbose, Americe meridionalis. Folia corracea 
plicata. Racemi radicales. Linpt. 
Specific Character. 
Maxixaria racemosa ; bulbo compresso tetragono, folio 
lanceolato trinervi, floribus racemosis, petalis ovalibus 
duobus inferioribus in cornu decurrentibus, interiori- 
bus minoribus, labello unguiculato obovato-spathu- 
lato subtrilobo cristato, lobis lateralibus incurvis, 
columna pubescente. ae 
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Descr. Bulb about two inches long, nearly oval, com- 
pressed, sharp at the edges, and with a longitudinal ele- 
vated line or angle on each side the base, with lacerated 
sheaths or scales: this bulb is terminated by a single, re- 
flexed, lanceolate, stiff, coriaceous, three-nerved leaf, acute 
at the point. From the very base of the plant arises a so- 
litary, bracteated, slender, rounded scape, having at the 
extremity a raceme of nine or ten flowers: these, when 
open, are erect, with the petals likewise erect, of an uniform, 
yellowish-brown colour, acute, the two inner ones, which 
spring from the back of the column, the smallest, the two 
lowermost and outer ones running down into a spur-shaped 
process. 
