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Bucculina
Lindley , in Hooker , Comp. Bot. Mag. 2 (1836) ,209.
Platanthereae . VII . Lat .buccula (little cheek).Alluding to the " fleshy broad-toothed concave petals ,which stand erect,and apparently adhere by their edges into a sort of vaulted pointed arch , giving tthe flower the apperance of having two little cheeks (bucculae)."
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