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* MAXILLARIA Rollissonii. 



Messrs. HoUisson^s Maxillaria. 



GYNANDRIA MO'NAT!JD'RIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidaceje, § Vande^. 

 MAXILLARIA. Bot. Reg. vol. II. foL 897 



M. Rollissonii; acaulis, pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis subbifoliis, folils 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acutis apice recurvis, scapls subuniflons difFusis lax^ 

 vaginatis, sepalis carinatis lateralibus basi subaequalibus petallsque acutis- 

 simis, labelli lobis lateralibus ovatis angustis acutis intermedio oblongo 

 membranaceo apiculato margine deflexo : callo disci elevato carnoso antice 

 transverso lobos laterales labelli conjungente medio producto truncato triden- 

 tato et denticulis utrinque reflexis postic^ fornicato truncato bilobo. Bot. 

 Reg.fol. 1986. 



Planta omninb facie M. stapelioidis, colore minils pallido ccesio. Folia 

 nunc ohlonga apice acuta recurva, nunc magis lanceolata; semper sessilia. 

 Bracteae cucullatcEj acuminatce^ ovariis longiores. Sepala et petala pallid^ 

 Jlavay immaculata, conformia et suhcBqualia. Ytdh^xxxajiavescens, sanguineo 

 guttulatum; lobis lateralibus columnam utrinque aures adinstar adstanli^ 

 buSj margine posteriors crenulato. Crista labelli elevata, transversa^ antich 

 cornubus duobus clavatis armata altero minima interjectOj postici biloba 

 ' fornicata utrinque dentata^ denticulis quibusdam columnam respicienti- 

 bus in latera jugi. Pollinia 4 (§ §) per paria adhcerentia glandulce tenui 

 rhomboidecB. 



A curious little species inhabiting the woods of Brazil, 

 whence it was imported by Messrs, Rollissons, with whom it 

 flowered in August, 1837. In many respects it is very like 

 M. stapelioides, and when out of flower the two species may 

 be mistaken for each other : but the blossoms are strikingly 



See Bot. Reg. fol. 1428 

 Augnsty 1838. Q 



