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MAXILLAtllA* tctiai2;()iia. 

 Four-cornered AI axilla ria . 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OucninE/F, Juss. § Vandea? Lindl. — {Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 2(>2.) 



MAXILLARIA.—Suprd, vol. ll.fol. 897. 

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M. tetragona ; pseudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, f(jliis oblongo-lanceolatis pli- 

 catis solitariis, floribus radicalibus solitariis pseudobulbis brovioribus, 

 sepalis oblongis obtusis patulis, petalis confoiinibus paulo niinoril)us, 

 labello canioso ventricoso trilobo erecto : lobis latcralibus parvis acutis 

 intermedio ovato extils convcxo, disci appendicu caniuso tabulari incum- 

 bente. 



Pseudobulbi ovati, tetrarfoni, rinjosi, apice uvjri. Folia oblotigo-lanccolata , 

 plicata, acuta, pctiolata. Flores odorem violce spii-antcs, virides, solitarii, 

 radicales, injlati, pseudobulbis breviores. Sepala subglobosa, concava, apice 

 recurva, acuta, carnosu, purpurea leviter tincta ; lateralia basi in cornu pro- 

 ducta, cum basi producta columncc connata, fundo atropurpureo. Petaia 

 acuta, sepalis paulo minora. Labelluni sepalis minus, ventricosum, caniosum, 

 utrinque basi cordatum, apice trilobum : lobis latcralibus brcvibus, acutis, 

 intermedio ovato, mucronato ; crtiis subviride mai-ginibus maculatis, intus 

 atropurpureum,fasciatum, subpidjesccns ; appendix disci magna, carnosa, trun- 

 cata, incrunbens. Colunina carnosa, cuneata. Anthera unilocularis, loculo 

 marginato, anticc mcndiranacea. Polliiiia 4, oblifjuc collateralia, iufpcjualia, 

 caudiculu lineari, glanduld obovatd, cuspidatd. 



A native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was imported by 

 the Horticultural Society. Our drawing was made in the 

 Chiswick Garden in June 1830. 



This species is rather a shy grower, and is by no means 

 remarkable for beauty; the latter quality is compensated 

 for by its fragrance, which resembles fresh violets. The 



* So named in consequence of the resemblance between the column and 

 labelluni, and the jaws or maxillae of some animal. 



