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MAXILLARIA AUREO-FULVA. GOLDEN-BROWN. 
MAXILLARIA. 
Class and Order. 
GynANDRIA MonaAnpDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia 
cum basi producta column connata. Petalasubconformia. 
Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta 
columne articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. An- 
thera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, 
caudicula brevi, glandula transversa——Epiphyte (Ameri- 
cane) pseudo-bulbose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia pli- 
cata, v. cortacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. termi- 
nales, uni- v. multiflori. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Maxitiaria aureo-fulva ; pseudo-bulbis rotundato-ovatis 
3—4-angulatis rugosis monophyllis, folio elliptico-ob- 
longo striato petiolato acuto, scapo radicali folio lon- 
giori, floribus racemosis, sepalis oblongis acuminatis 
lateralibus basi in calcar spurium obtusum connatis, 
petalis labelloque conformibus. 
Not having seen the plant from which this very beautiful 
drawing is made, I am unable to describe its flowers,and 
especially the labellum, so accurately as I could wish. It | 
exists in the collection of Mr. Attcarp, who received it fro 
Rio. Its nearest affinity is assuredly with M. rac 
(Bot. Mag. t. 2789): but the pseudo-bulb and le: 
very different ; the flowers larger, of a fall golden 
colour, the spur shorter, more obtuse, and more closely 
applied to the germen; and the lip is narrower, and 
different in form. eee 
