8. A back view of the column and anther after the expansion of the 
flower. This represents the advanced state of fig. 5; the parts 
have all acquired a greater firmness ; the form of several is altered, 
and the case of the anther has contracted, leaving the pollen- 
masses exposed in their true position: that is, incumbent upon 
each other, not lying side by side ; magnified 30 times. 
9. A view of the parts represented at fig. 7, in the state in which they 
appear when the flower is expanded; the stigmatic cavity is 
enlarged, and the true stigma is smaller and more acute ; magni- 
fied 30 times. . 
10. A side view of the same ; answering to fig. 6; magnified 30 times. 
11. A back view of the column; the pollen-masses having fallen out ; 
this explains the figure of the clinandrium or cavity in which the 
anther lies, and shews the form of the anterior lip of the column 
after fecundation ; magnified 30 times. 
12. A view of the face of the anther after the pollen-masses have fallen 
out; the lobes are seen to be incompletely two-celled, and to be 
distinctly separated by the connectivum ; magnified 30 times. 
13. 14. Different views of the pollen-masses at the time they separate 
from the anther ; magnified 30 times. From this it is apparent 
that they are, at that time, destitute of all trace of caudicula, 
gland, or other process, and lie loose in thé cells of the anther ; 
thus constituting the principal distinctive character of Malaxidez 
among Orchideous plants with waxy pollen. 
