Tas. 4836. 
PAPHINIA cristata. 
Crested Paphinia. 
Nat. Ord. OrncutpEx%.—Gynanpria MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Flores subregulares, expansi petaloidei, parum in mentum pro- 
ducti. Labellum parvum, unguiculatum, tripartitum, glandulis filiformibus apice 
alibique obsitum. Colwmna clavata, elongata, semiteres, apice auriculata. Pol- 
linia 4, per paria caudicule elongate apice setacee afflixa, glandula minuta sub- 
ar dene 3 rostello subulato.—Herba pseudobulbosa, scapo pendulo paucifforo. 
indl. 
PaPHInta cristata ; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis mono-triphyllis, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis plicatis, seapo pendulo bifloro squamis laxiusculis vaginato, flori- 
bus explanatis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis zqualibus, labello multo 
minore tripartito carnoso, laciniis lateralibus faleatis intermedia rotundata 
Feber ag utrinque unidentata, ungue subcristato disco bidentato. 
PapHINIA cristata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. Miscell. p. 14. 
Maxinxaria cristata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1811. 
A very curious and really handsome Orchideous plant, native 
of Trinidad and New Granada, first published by Dr. Lindley 
as a Mazillaria, and then very justly raised by him to the rank 
of anew genus. In our plant the flowers are large, and the 
markings are of a deeper and more chocolate-brown colour ; and 
there is a slight difference in the form of the lip, but not enough 
to justify its being considered a new species. Our plant was 
received from Mr. Purdie. It flowers in the Orchideous stove 
in August. 2 
Descr. Pseudobulbs clustered, oblong-ovate, compressed, mo- 
derately furrowed ; one of the old bulbs is terminated by two_ 
leaves; the younger one with three, besides leafy scales at the 
base: these /eaves are four to six inches long, lanceolate, patent, 
submembranaceous, plicate. Peduncles solitary, single or two- 
flowered, pendent, emerging from the base of a pseudobulb, 
jointed and sheathed with loose, brown, membranaceous scales. 
Sepals and petals alike in shape, the latter smaller, all of them 
MARCH Ist, 1855. 
