l-fg. 19. 



Malaxm paludosa. 

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



a. anther. v. spiral vessels. 



p. pollen. r, rostellum. 



cl. cliuandrum. s. stigma. 

 I, labellum. 



I., the Bepal which in most orchids 

 stands on the upper side of the 

 flower. 



.V. Perfect flower viewed laterally, 

 with the labellum in its natu- 

 ral position, upwards. 



S Column viewed in front, showing 

 the rostellum, the pocket-like 

 stigma, and the anterior late- 

 ral portions of the cliuandrum. 



C. Back view of the cohimn in a 



flower-bud, showing the-anthei 

 with the included pear-shappd 

 polliuia dimly seen, and th<! 

 posterior edges of the clinau' 

 drum. 



D. Back view of an expanded flower, 



with the anther now contracted 

 and shrivelled, exposing the 

 polliuia. 

 G. The two pollinia atlnched to a 

 little transverse mass of viscid 

 matter, hardened by spirits 0/ 



