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MaLAXIS PALUDOfiA. 



(Partly copied from Bauer, but modified from living specimens.) 



a. anther. v. spiral vessels. 



p. pollen. r. rostellum. 



cl. clinandrum. s. stigma. 

 I. label lum. 



tt. the sepal which in most orchids 

 stands on the upper side of the 

 flower. 



k. Perfect flower viewed laterally, 

 with the labellum in its natu- 

 ral position, upwards. 



R, Column viewed in front, showing 

 the rostellum, the pocket-like 

 stigma, and the anterior late- 

 ral portions of tne clinandrum. 



C. Back view of the column in a 



flower-bud, showing the anther 

 with the included pear-shaped 

 polliuia dimly seen, and the 

 posterior edges of the clinan- 

 drum. 



D. Back view of an expanded flower, 



with the anther now contracted 

 and shrivelled, exposing the 

 pollinia. 



E. The two pollinia ati»ched to a 



little transverse mass of viscid 

 matter, hardened by spirits of 

 wine. 



