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MAXILLARIA parwona:) 
Small Maxillaria. | | 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nar. Orv. ORCHIDEZ. 
Gen. Cuar.—Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum processu 
unguiformi columne articulatum, trilobum. Sepala lateralia exteriora — 
basibus cum processu columne connata. Pollinia 2, basibus conmpta, 
bipartita.—LinbL. 
Maxillaria parvula ; foliis binis linearibus obtusis, flore solitario, peri- 
anthii foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, labello obtuso trilobo venoso intus 
glandula longitudinali oblonga pilosa. 
Parasitic. The former year’s bulb (represented at a and b), 1 whch has ik ee 
its leaves, is oblong, curved, obscurely marked with elevated lines: 
from its base springs a new bulb, or i lant, throwing ane e 
a solitary flower, however, before. the leaves and bulb are perfected, = 
and enveloped in several oblong EEG scales. The = — ae 
are two in number, linear, obtuse. ue 
Peduncle of the flower, scarcely, together w ned germen, 
rising so high as the top of the old bulb. ‘Cis thin Gates wap ifs of © 
the perianth are united at the base, the two lower ones even for il 
their length, and also with the lengthened base of of the -olum “s 
Te genus Mazillaria has jes eas ¢ es abl pe eae 
: Linpiey, and \ was snteaies * to include Ste 3 De Jendrobium } 
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