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MAXILLARIA* racemdsa. 



Raceme-flowered Mascillaria 



GYNANDRIA M0NAND1UA. 





Nat. ord. OrciiidejE. § Vandeae. {Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 262.) 



MAXILLARIA.— Supra, vol. U.fol. 897. 



§ 2. Scapigerse. Pedunculi radicates. Labellum anticum (Colax). 

 Scapi 2-multiflori. 



M. racemosa ; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis monophyllis, foliis 

 $blongo-lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis multifloris breviori- 

 bus, sepalis oblongis acutis : lateralibus basi vald6 elongatis in calcar 

 spurium connatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis triplo minoribus, labello 

 oblongo cucullato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, columns! 

 pubescente. — Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. p. 149. ined. 

 M. racemosa. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2789. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1318. 



Pseudobulbi 2 poll, longi. Folia 4 poll, longa, basi in petiolum angus- 

 tata. Scapus pedalis. Flores sordide fiavi, membranacei. Sepala pa- 

 tentia : superius cum petalis parallelum Cymbidiorum more. Labellum 

 cum sinu sepalorum lateralium articulatum, album v. sordide Jlavum purpu- 

 reis maculis pallidis notatum. Anth. l-locularis. Pollinia/?os^c£ sulcata, 

 caudiculd brevi, glanduld parvd. 



This rare little Maxillaria was originally sent from woods 

 near Rio Janeiro by Mr. William Harrison, and afterwards 

 flowered in several collections. Tt has now become very 

 scarce, being apparently too delicate to bear the imperfect 

 cultivation that such plants receive even at the most skilful 

 hands. We have seen it thrive for a short time planted in 

 moss, and suspended in a pot from the rafter of a stove ; in 

 such a situation, in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 the plant flowered from which our drawing was taken in 

 October 1829. 



Its flowers are pale green, or greenish yellow, and have 

 not much beauty ; their lip is prettily marked with light 



dots in the insid 



J. L 



See fol. 1428. 



