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1. B. atropurpurea (L. no. 1. Maxillaria atropurpurea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 



18/7.) ; pseudobulbis ovatis obtusis tetragonis foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 plicatis solitariis, racemis radicalibus 3-floris pseudobulbis paulo longio- 

 ribus, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus divergentibus, intermedio trans- 

 verso sub-3-lobo revoluto suberoso ; callo in medio antice tridentato. 

 Brazil. Flowers dark purple, very sweet-scented. 



2. B. inodora (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 63.) ; pseudobulbis tetragonis, 



folio oblongo acuto plicato margine crispo basi in petiolum brevem cana- 

 liculatum angustato, pedunculis unifloris pseudobulbis brevioribus, sepa- 

 lis oblongo-obtusis, cornu elongato clavato, petalis subconformibus 

 paulo undulatis, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis rotundatis undulatis subden- 



tatis intermedio piloso, callo disci cuneato carnoso emarginato. 



Brazil. Flowers as large as those of Maxillaria Harrisonise, green, 



with a bright violet lip. 



3. B. racemosa (Maxillaria racemosa, Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2/89. Lodd. 



Bot. Cab. t. 1318.); pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis mono- 

 phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis 

 multifloris brevioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis ; lateralibus basi valde 

 elongatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis triplo minoribus, labello oblongo 

 cucullato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, columna pube- 



scente. Brazil. Flowers pale, dirty straw-colour, with a white 



lip, slightly speckled with pale crimson. It is well figured in the Bota- 

 nical Cabinet ; the representation in the Botanical Magazine appears to 

 have been taken from a withered specimen. 



4. B. aureo-fulva (Maxillaria aureo-fulva, Knowles and Westcott Floral Cab. 



t. 83. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3629. M. stenopetala, Knowles fy Westcott, 

 2. p. 112.?); pseudobulbis rotundato- ovatis angulatis rugosis monophyl- 

 lis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis costatis acutis scapo radicali multifloro 

 brevioribus, floribus ionge pedicellatis, 3epalis lanceolatis acuminatis la- 

 teralibus apice reflexis, petalis striatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, la- 

 bello unguiculato trilobo in medio striato : lobis lateralibus acutis inter- 

 medio lanceolato acuminato. Brazil. Very pretty. Flowers 



orange-coloured. It is the " Epidendre Limodore" of Descourtilz, and 

 was found by that traveller in great abundance upon fallen trees encum- 

 bering the sandy plain through which the great public road passes from 

 Bananal to Ilha Grande. 



5. H.vitellina (Maxillaria vitellina, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 116. 



1839, t. 12. M. barbata, Westcott in Phytologist, p. 7.) ; pseudobulbis 

 ovatis obtuse angulatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis in petiolum cana- 

 liculatum angustatis, racemo cernuo foliorum longitudine, labelli cuneati 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis antice crenulatis intermedio bilobo rotun- 

 dato cordato crenulato, tuberculo disci trilobo obtusissimo, ungue pube- 



scente. Brazil. Flowers bright yellow, with a purple spot in the 



middle of the labellum. 



6. B. aurantiaca (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1836, t. 1875.); pseudobulbis subro- 



tundis compressis diphyllis, foliis oblongis plicatis racemi erecti longi- 

 tudine, sepalo dorsali fornicato lateralibus oblongis acutis, petalis linea- 

 ribus, labelli unguiculati lobis lateralibus semicordatis intermedio majore 



transverso ovali subcrenulato basi bicalloso, columna pubescente.- 



Demerara. Pseudobulbs and leaves beneath spotted with crimson. 



Flowers orange-yellow, spotted with crimson. 



