GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
536. MAXILLARIA ELONGATA. A hothouse: terrestrial Orchid from Central America. Flowers 
pale yellow and brown. Introduced by Mr. Skinner. (Fig. 264; a, a flower magnified.) 
. elongata, (Racemosee) ; d cylindraceis elongatis diphyllis, foliis msn cm 3-costatis circiter dupló 
longioribus, scapo erecto bivaginato, racemo denso oblongo pseudobulbis equali, b: setaceis ovario Ó— 
sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, labello ovato-oblongo carnosissimo utrinque ewm utrique facie densé vi 
cosa, ad medium hypochilium usque. 
Pale yellow flowers, as large as those of Mazillaria supina, with a purplish-brown lip, singularly studded within 
almost cylindrical or ee 
full six inches e mark this 
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