Tas. 4434. 
MAXILLARIA .LeprosEPata. 
Narrow-sepaled Mazillaria. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pE®.—GYNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4228.) 
MAXILLARIA Jeptosepala; pseudo-bulbis ovato-rotundatis ancipiti-compressis 
unifoliatis, folio lato-lanceolato coriaceo obtuso inferne angustato, scapis 
radicalibus folio triplo brevioribus vaginatis, sepalis petalisque (brevioribus) _ 
patentissimis anguste lanceolatis acuminatis margine revolutis, labello 
obovato-oblongo 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus obtusis intermedio maximo revoluto - 
obtuso marginibus dentato-fimbriatis disco pulvinato hirsuto. 
From New Grenada, whence it was sent by Mr. Purdie in 
1846. It bore its large and really handsome flowers in the 
Stove of the Royal Gardens in July, 1849. 
Drscr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, about two inches long, ovato- 
rotundate, compressed, with acute edges, partially surrounded 
by membranous scales, and bearing, articulated upon the summit, 
a solitary /ea/, nearly a foot long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 
coriaceous, nerveless, tapering at the base into a kind of foot- 
stalk. Scapes two or three from the base of the bulb, much | 
‘Shorter than the leaf, clothed, almost completely, with pale 
yellowish membranaceous sheathing Sracteas, the upper one the 
largest and sheathing the ovary. Flowers solitary, large. Sepals 
very spreading, two inches and a half long, yellowish-white, 
narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, the margins revolute ; petals 
resembling these both in form and colour, but rather smaller. 
Lip moderately sized, oblong-obovate, three-lobed, with a 
cushion-like swelling at the base of the disk: side lobes involute, 
white, beautifully veined with purple: middle lobe long, obtuse, 
waved, toothed and fringed and crisped at the margin, white ; 
the disk yellow, villous. Column rather short. Anther-case large, 
Crested. W.J.H. : 
Cunt. This epiphyte, being a native of the temperate region 
of New Grenada, should be kept in the cool division of the 
APRIL Ist, 1849. E 
