MAXILLA'RIA CRISTATA. 
CRESTED MAXILLARIA. 
ENDOGEN x, 
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Pigg ORDER, ORCHIDACES. 
crmuwpnoas. ee I GYNANDRIA, 
to which MONANDRIA, 
ieee. hid Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No. 75, 
GENUS, Maximsaria. Roz and Parvo. Pericont patentis vel conni- 
ventis foliola exteriora lateralia cum basi producta column in saccum conna- 
tri 
incomplete bilocularis, opercularis, Portrnra 2, bipartibilia vel integra, caudi- 
age: = brevibus glandule transverse a. EnpuicHer. Genera P. Plantarum, 
p, I 
PECI MAXInbLaRia CRISTATA. LINDLEY. ‘Pseudo-bulbis apes sul- 
catis monophyllis, foliis oblongo-lancevlatis plicatis, ‘Scapo pe — 
tanical Register, folio 1811. 
perigone ad 
suberistato disco bidentate. Linprey 
vaettoren OF THE Rane, Maxsananta, _ 
NTHER 
» Operculate. PoLLEN Masses 2, separable into two or united, 
affixed by little tails to the transverse gland. 
DESCRIPTION oF THE Species, MAXILLARIA CRISTATA. PsEvDo- 
BULBS ovate, furrowed, producing each one leaf. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, plaited, scape pendulous, two-flowered, vaginating with 
Erase (external folioles) nearly 
marked with red lines and 
equal and uniform, blood-red at 
», white on the back. Lip purple, claw 
green, crest and teeth white ; the crest of the intermediate segment 
fimbriated with moniliform hairs: the claw formed of 4-6 little claspers 
19 : 
loose scales. FLOweERs spreading. 
two inches long, whitish inte: 
