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* MAXILLARIA cristáta. 
Crested Maxillaria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcurpacrm, $ VANDEZ. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) 
MAXILLARIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. 
M. cristata; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis monophyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 
plicatis, scapo pendulo bifloro squamis laxiusculis vaginato, floribus expla- 
natis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis eegualibus, labello multo minore 
tripartito carnoso : laciniis lateralibus falcatis intermediá rotundatá cristato- 
fimbriatá utrinque unidentatá, ungue subcristato disco bidentato. 
Sepala 13 unciam longa, alba, sanguineo interrupt? striata et fasciata, 
Petala equalia et conformia, apice sanguinea basi maculata dorso alba. 
Labellum purpureum, ungue viridi cristd dentibusque albis ; crista laciniee 
intermedize fimbriata pilis submoniliformibus : unguis e cirrhulis 4-6 rectis 
submoniliformibus constans; dentes disci compressi divaricati margine crenatt 
posteriore dupló majore. Columna basi viridis, apice lutea, et utrinque 
subalata, rostello longissimo subulato. Caudicula polliniorum longissima, 
glandulá parvá subtriangulari. 
For the opportunity of publishing this remarkably 
beautiful epiphyte, we are obliged to Mr. Knight, of the 
King's Road Nursery, with whom it flowered in the stove in 
July last. 
It is a native of Trinidad, growing on old decayed 
branches of trees near the Mud Lake. We have seen a 
drawing of it taken on the spot, and it was in no degree 
superior in beauty to the present specimen. 
The lip is a-most curious organ. It is of a firm fleshy 
texture, and is deeply divided into three parts; of these the 
* See folio 1206. 
