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Maxillaria gruminea , grass-leaved. This species has small 
ovate pseudo-bulbs and very small leaves, which are very 
linear; the bulbs and leaves are of a dark green; the flower 
comes out from the sheathing at the base of the pseudo-bulbs; 
the flowers are not very large, but they are very beautiful; the 
sepals and petals are yellow, with a few purple spots; the lip 
is nearly all purple; the flowers are on very short peduncles, 
rising very little above the sheathing. A native of Demerara, 
introduced in 1835. 
Maxillaria citrina , a rather pretty species; the flower is 
citron-coloured. This species is rather scarce ; was introduced 
in 1839. A native of Brazil. 
Maxillaria Parkeri . The pseudo-bulbs are somewhat com¬ 
pressed on both sides; the leaves are long, lance-shaped, one 
to each bulb, of a glossy green, and pointed, without any foot¬ 
stalk ; the flower is of a pale yellow, on single footstalks. A 
very free-flowering plant, and very handsome. A native of 
Demerara, introduced in 1835. 
Maxillaria clonantha. This species is very like Parkeri in 
habit, but the pseudo-bulbs are more round and much smaller, 
and also the leaves; the bulb is of a dull green, and the leaves 
of a glossy green ; the flowers are very numerous, of a pale 
greenish colour, which are very pretty. A native of Brazil, 
introduced in 1835. 
Maxillaria ochnoleuca. This is a large-growing species ; 
the pseudo-bulbs are compressed, ovate, furrowed, of a brownish 
green; the leaves are long, lance-shaped, and pointed, smooth, 
of a dull green. This species flowers at the beginning of the 
growing season ; the flowers come out from the base of the 
pseudo-bulbs; they are numerous with single footstalks; the 
flowers are not large, of a pale yellow; the sepals and petals 
are small, linear, pointed; the lip is shorter than the sepals 
and petals. Native of Brazil, introduced 1836. 
Maxillaria viridis. This is a beautiful species, and also very 
rare. The leaves are ovate, lance-shaped, and pointed, of a 
pale green colour; the pseudo-bulbs are of pale green, trans¬ 
parent and beautifully veined ; the flowers are on pendant 
spikes; the sepals are green, the petals are of a pale green 
colour; the lip is white, with little purple spots. Native of 
Rio Janeiro, introduced in 1834. 
