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74. MAXILLARIA madida. 



M. madida i caulescens, pseudobulbis ovatis elongatis subteretibus sulcati's 

 clij)liyllis secus caulem imbrlcatls, folus lanceolatis linearibusqUe acutis sub- 

 phcatis canahculatis, floribus solitariis intra spatham siccam squamosaM 

 subsessilibus, sepalls subparallelis acuds lateralibus basi pariim productis, 

 petahs confonnibus; labelli trilobi medio callosi lobis lateralibus inconspi- 

 cuis mtermedio rotundato piano obtuse recurve disco madido et discolore, 

 columna clavata arcuata labello lontnore. 



The species now described is one of the least showy of 

 the large genus to which it belongs ; it is nearly related to 

 M. aciculans, which, with som6 others in the possession of 

 Messrs. Loddiges, forms a well marked group. The jflowers 



are 



a dull dirty yellow, spotted obscurely with yellowish 

 brown. The labellum has a broad chocolate-brown blotch 

 at the end, where it is so shining as to look as if wetted ; this 



circumstance has suggested the specific name. It is a native 

 ot Brazil. 



75. CCELOGYNE prolifera. Gen. ^ Sp. OrchAO, 



This plant has flowered at Chatsworth, among the nu- 

 merous species brought to the Duke of Devonshire by Mr. 

 e^ibson from the East Indies. Its flowers are small, pale, 

 brownish yellow green, with brown veins. It corresponds 

 very well with the character assigned it in the above work, 

 except that the pseudobulbs are not angular, but quite terete, 

 or only slightly compressed when old. 



E. 



76. EPIDENDRUM equitans. 



IcnmLV*^"!' ^°"°r ^"''P"^' ^°^"« equitantibus ancipitibus lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, flore solitario terminal,' r.n^^„u „„j i^ ..-..:.: *t,» 



« 



dinbvli; fi.'r • r • ° 'e^n^nah pendulo, pedunculo ai.cipiti, spatha 

 Sat;! h r '""v ''''I'' ^°'^^^«° fl°'^ ^^^Siore, sepaUr linearibus 

 ceolT r ^r f' ^"^\ <=°nformibus paul6 brevioribus labello ovato-lan- 



can^!.?n r ^ ' r '™ '°^r"^ ^^«> *=°°"^to ^^edio trilamellato; lobo medio 

 camoso semUeret. recurve lateralibus erectis membranaceis integ;is. 



A very curious species in its habit, which resembles Fer- 

 uandezia so much that no one could have doubted its be- 

 longing to that genus, until it flowered. It, however, proves 

 a genuine Epidendnim. The single flower is of a dull 

 chocolate brown. Mr. Hartweg sent it to the Horticultural 

 bociety from near Vera Cruz in 1 8.Sfi 



