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MAXILLARIA PARVULA. 
Small Maxillaria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA Nat. Ord. ORCHIDE.^ 
Gen. Char. — Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum processii 
unguiformi columnae articulatum, trilobum. Sepala lateralia exteriora 
basibus cum processu columnae connata. PoUinia 2, basibus connata, 
bipartita. — Lindl. 
Maxillaria parvula ; foliis binis linearibus obtusis, flore solitario, peri- 
anthii foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, labeUo obtuso trilobo venoso intus 
glandula longitudinali oblonga pilosa. 
Parasitic. The former year's bulb (represented at a and b), which has lost 
its leaves, is oblong, curved, obscurely marked with elevated lines : 
from its base springs a new bulb, or indeed a new plant, throwing up 
a solitary flower, however, before the leaves and bulb are perfected, 
and enveloped in several oblong sheathing scales. The young leaves 
are two in number, linear, obtuse. 
Peduncle of the flower, scarcely, together with the lengthened germen, 
rising so high as the top of the old bulb. The thin outer segments of 
the perianth are united at the base, the two lower ones even for half 
their length, and also with the lengthened base of the column : deep 
tawny yellow. Two inner ones nearly erect, linear-lanceolate, taller 
than the column. Lip very large, 3-lobed, the sides turned up, purplisli- 
tawny, marked with deep purple lines : in the centre is an elevated lon- 
gitudinal gland or ridge, which is pubescent. Column yellowish. An- 
ther terminal, operculiform. Pollen-masses 2, deeply cleft into 2 unequal 
roundish lobes, united at their base. 
The genus Maxillaria has been lately established by Mr 
LiNDLEY, and was mtended to include the Dendrobium pal- 
mifoliwn, D. Barringtonice, and Z). Harrisonice. To these 
I have now the pleasure of adding a fourth species, communi- 
cated by Mr H. Shepherd from the collection of Mrs Har- 
rison of Aegsburgh. It was discovered by Mr Harrison 
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