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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A subtribe of plants of the natural order Orchideæ, the orchid family, belonging to the tribe Epidendreæ, and characterized by a terminal inflorescence and anthers which are usually persistent, and either erect or bent forward. It embraces 2 genera, Malaxis and Microstylis, and about 46 species.

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