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~MAxI“iaria TETRAGONA. Four-corNERED 
| MAXILLARIA. | 
Class and Order. 
GyNnANpRIA Monoeynia. 
(Nat. Ord.—Orcuwex. Div—Vanvea. Lindl. ) 
Generic Character 
Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum pro- 
cess unguiformi columne articulatum trilobum. Foliola 
lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu columne connata. 
P ollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa, (vel 2, pedicellata, 
pedicello basi glutinoso).—Herbex parasitice, bulbose, 
Americe meridionalis. Racemi (vel scapi uniflori) radicales. 
andl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. — _ 
‘B Maxmarra * tetragona ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis tetragonis, 
| foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis solitariis, floribus 
radicalibus (vel racemosis), sepalis oblongis obtusis 
patulis, petalis conformibus paulo minoribus, labello. 
___ €arnoso ventricoso trilobo erecto, lobis lateralibus par- 
Vis acutis intermedio ovato extus convexo, disci appen- — 
if dice carnoso tabulari incumbente. Landl. 
_ Maxnrarr tetragona. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. V 
‘=e 
* For the derivation, see tab. 2927. 
