Tas. 4235. 
MAXILLARIA Warreana. 
Mr. Warre’s Mazillaria. 
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Nat. Ord. OncHIDEZ.—GyNanpria MonaANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4228.) 
MaxiILLaRta Warreana; pseudo-bulbis oblongis attenuatis articulatis, foliis 
sub-4 lanceolatis basi longe attenuatis nervosis plicatis, scapo radicali erecto 
elongato vaginato multifloro, floribus subglobosis sepalis petalisque sub- 
eequalibus rotundato-ovatis concavis acutis, labello obovato basi cucullato 
intus medio jugis tribus elevatis carnosis, apice dilatata sublobata supra plu- 
rilamellata, columna inclusa. , 
MaxitLarta Warreana. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t.2884. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p.148. 
This is a very distinct and very lovely species of Maaillaria, 
first detected, as it would appear, in Brazil, at least it was, ac- 
cording to Mr. Loddiges, cultivated there by Mr. Warre, after 
whom it is named. Our plants were sent from St. Martha, New 
Grenada, by our collector, Mr. Purdie, and flowered in the Royal 
Gardens, and at Syon, in August, 1845. The delicate and 
almost snowy or yellow white of the ground of the flowers 
is beautifully contrasted with the rich purple of the inside of 
the lip. 
ae. Pseudo-bulbs, in age, four to five inches long, oblong, 
terete, attenuated, jointed, the articulations partly sheathed by 
the withered bases of the leaves. In the flowering state the /eaves 
do not spring from any apparent pseudo-bulbs, but directly from 
a cormus or short rootstock; these leaves are long, much at- 
tenuated at the base, and gradually expand into a lanceolate 
acuminated, striated and plaited blade. Scape arising from the 
same rootstock at the outer base of the leaves, one and a half or 
two feet high, rounded, jointed, purple, sheathed with close- 
pressed scales or dracteas. Racemes of eight, or ten, or more 
Jlowers, which are drooping and subglobose, rather large. Sepals 
and petals nearly similar (the latter rather smaller) roundish 
ovate, very concave, acute, white tinged externally with yellow, 
the two lateral sepals below ending in a kind of obtuse spur. 
JUNE Ist, 1846, 
