GJEIEIA
Malaxis 1'aJudosa
G E N E R A .
TAB. I.
The parts of Fructification of MALAXIS PALUDOSA (Gen.
and Sp. of Orchid. PL p. 24); from a sketch made by
Mr. Bauer in July 1801.
1. A front view of the expanded flower, shewing the relative position of
the petals, sepals and column ; magnified 15 times.
2. A side view of the same; the bractea seen at the foot of the ovarium ;
magnified 15 times.
3. A back view of the same, shewing the form of the ovarium and the
twisted state of the peduncle; magnified 15 times.
4. A side view of the ovarium, column, and labellum of the unexpanded
flower, the sepals and lateral petals having been removed; the
anther is seen laterally, reposing upon the thin anterior lip of the
column; the pollen masses not yet visible; magnified 15 times.
5. A back view of the column of an unexpanded flower, shewing the
position of the anther with regard to the anterior lip of the column ;
magnified 30 times.
6. A side view of the same, shewing the relative proportion and position
of the anther, the anterior lip of the column, and the prominence
which occupies the face of the same p a r t ; magnified 30 times.
6* A transverse section of the anther of the same, shewing the existence
at this period of a separation in each cell in the middle of the
pollen, which finally causes it to appear in the form of four incumbent
masses, as seen at fig. 13 and 14; magnified 30 times.
A front view of the column in the same state; this shews that the true
form of the anterior lip of the column is two-lobed, with a marginal
tumour between the lobes ; this tumour is the true stigma. In front
is the same prominence as is seen laterally at fig. 6 ; from which it
appears that its superior extremity forms the anterior margin of
the stigmatic cavity, and that at its lower extremity it is continuous
with the labellum, the scar caused by the separation of which is
distinctly shewn; magnified 30 times.