MAXILLARIA® cilidta. 
Pringed-lipped Maxillaria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcuipex. § Vande Lindley. 
MAXILLARIA.— Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. 
M. ciliata; pseudo-bulbis ovatis ancipitibus, foliis lanceolatis 3-pluricos- 
tatis, scapo unifloro, labio abbreviato fimbriato. 
Dendrobium ciliatum. Swartz. Pers. syn. 2. 523. 
Maxillaria ciliata. Flor. peruv. syst. p. 221. 
Caules bulbiformes, ovati, sub-ancipites, diphylli. Folia lanceolata, 
3-pluricostata, acuminata. Scapi radicales, uniflori, flexuosi, vaginati, 
pseudo-bulbis pauld longiores. Flores magni, herbacet. Sepala ovato-lan- 
ceolata, subequalia ; inferiora cum processu elongato columne connata; 
petala conformia, minora. Labellum cum columnd articulatum, disco lobi 
medii fimbriati cristd latd sulcatd abrupte terminato. 
Columna marginata, 
clavata. Pollinia 4, per retinaculum glandule affixa. 
A native of woods in South America, flowering in the 
autumn. It is among the most curious of the Maxillaria 
tribe, and is readily distinguished by its short, fringed lip. 
With us it is a tender epiphyte, requiring the heat of a 
good stove. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Lee’s Nursery, in 
May 1828. 
The stems are short, ovate, compressed, and bulb-like, 
each bearing two lanceolate, plaited, sharp-pointed eaves, 
which have from three to a greater number of ribs. The 
scapes arise from the root, each bearing one flower, flexu- 
ose, sheathed with convolute, obtuse scales, a little 
longer than the bulb-like stems. Jowers large, green. 
* From the maxille or jaws of an insect, to which some resemblance 
has been found in the column and lip of the genus. 
