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* STENIA pallida. 



Pale Stenia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OrchiDacEjE, § Vande^;. 



STENIA. Lindl. Perianthium explanatum, subsequale, sepalis laterali- 

 bus basi obliquis. Labellum cum basi columns continuum (indivisum), conca- 

 vum, disco appendiculatum. Columna semiteres, basi producta, apice rotundata, 

 mutica. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, linearia, geminata, basi sejuncta, 



dorsalia minima. Caudicula subquadrata acuta (pubescens). Herba acaulis, 



ebulbis. Folia ohlonga, basi angustata, apice recurva. Flores solitarii, 

 radicales, basi ovarii bracteolati. Bot. reg. fol. 1991. in textu. 



S. pallida. Bot. reg. I. c. 



Caulis nullus, nee rhizoma conspicuum, nee pseudobulbus. Folia 2-3, 

 oblonga, acuta, avenia, basipaulb angustata et carinata, e squamis spathaceis 

 brunneis vaginantibus erumpentia ; texturd rigido-chartacea. Scapi radi' 

 cales, prostrati, uniflori, apice bracteis duabus oppositis ovatis instructi, 

 ovario breviores, saltern haud longiores. Perianthium explanatum, pallide 

 citrinum, diametro sesquiunciali et ultra ; sepalis petalisque cequalibus, 

 ovatis, lineatis, acictis. Labellum saccatum, integrum, carnosum, ovatum, 

 cum pede producto columnce continuum, pallide citrinum, rubro-punctatum, 

 crisld transversd dentatd. Columna semiteres, clinandrio proclivi, facie 

 pubescens. Pollinia 4, linearia, ohtusa, dorsalia minima, caudiculce brevi vil- 

 losce adnata, glandulce rhomboidece cartilaginece medio insertae. 



A rather pretty epiphyte, imported from Demerara by 

 Mr. Barker of Birmingham, in whose very extensive collec- 

 tion of Orchidaceous plants, this drawing was made last 

 August. It differs essentially from Maxillaria, which it re- 

 sembles in habit, in the labellum not being articulated with 

 the foot of the column, a distinction, the importance of 

 which there is at present no cause to suspect. In general 

 appearance it is more like Maxillaria Rollissoni than any 

 plant I am acquainted with, but it wants the pseudo-bulbs of 

 that species. 



* From (jtivoq narrow, in allusion to the form of the pollen-masses. 



