Tas. 6144, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM MAXILLARE. 
Native of Mexico. 
Nat. Ord. OrcnoipE®.—Tribe VANDE. 
Genus Opontociossum, H. B. § K.; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid, Odontoglossum). 
ODONTOGLOssuM mawillare ; pseudobulbis anguste oblongis 3-pollicaribus, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis subacutis carinatis, pedunculo brevi cum racemo 
4—6-flore folio breviore nutante, bracteis membranaceis pedicello 
eequilongis, floribus 14—2-poll. diam., sepalis lanceolatis aristato-acumi- 
natis albis basi macula fusco-rubra notatis, petalis equilongis latioribus 
oblongis apiculatis albis basi purpureo-maculatis, labello parvo breviter 
unguiculato 3-lobo inter lobos laterales parvos retrorsum auctatos 2- 
calloso, lobo intermedio multo majore trulliformi recurvo margine 
undulato albo, disco basim versus macula 2-loba aurantiaca notato, 
columna brevi aptera. 
OponToGLossuM makxillare, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 62; Fol. Orchid. 
Odontoglossum, no. 23; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann., vol. vi. p. 834; 
Lemaire Ill. Hortic. t. 200. ’ 
Dr. Lindley first described this beautiful plant under the 
name it bears, from a single flower procured from Mr. C. B. 
‘Warner in 1847. Its native county was then unknown; 
but from its resemblance to O. Cervantesii and other species 
of Mexico, it was supposed, correctly as it has proved, to 
come from that country. A reference to Lindley’s figure of 
O. Cervantesii (Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 36) shows that O. Mazillare 
is indeed closely allied to that plant, but differs essentially in 
the much longer oblong pseudobulbs, less petioled leaves, nar- 
rower sepals, much shorter wingless column, obtuse anther- 
case, different shaped lip, and in the colouring of the whole 
flower. 
Tam indebted to Messrs. Veitch for the use of a beautiful oil- 
painting of this plant by Mrs. E. G. Wrigley, from which the 
engraving here given has been made; the specimen which 
accompanied it was flowered by Mr. Wrigley at Broadoaks, 
JANUARY Ist, 1875. 
