264 ORCHIDE.E. 
59. MORMOLYCE. 
Mormolyce, Fenzl, Nov. Gen. et Sp. p. 1, t. 2; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 554. 
A Mexican monotype. 
1. Mormolyce lineolata, Fenzl, Nov. Gen. et Sp. p. 1, t. 2, et in Denkschr. 
Akad. Wiss. Wien, i. p. 253, t. 29. 
Trigonidium ringens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. p. 57; Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. p. 541, et vi. 
p. 504. 
Sour Mexico, Barranca de Tioselo (Schiede), without locality (Hartweg), Mirador 
(Sartorius). Hb. Kew. 
60. MAXILLARIA. 
Masxillaria, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Chil. et Peruv. Prodr. p. 116, t. 25; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. it. 
p. 555. 
An exclusively Tropical American genus, of which about 120 species have been 
enumerated. They abound from Mexico to Peru, but are less numerous in the West 
Indies, Guiana, and Brazil. 
1. Maxillaria acervata, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 217; Walp. Ann. 
vi. p. 536, et Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. pp. 49 et 77. 
Costa Rica, Auraguas (@rsted), Naranjo (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
2. Maxillaria aciantha, Rchb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 858; Walp. Ann. vi. 
p- 512, et Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. pp. 30, 50 et 78. 
Lycaste aciantha, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 216. 
GuaTEMALA, Orataria (Wendland) ; Costa Rica, without locality (Warscewicz), Agua 
Caliente (Eirsted). Hb. Kew. 
3. Maxillaria acutipetala, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3966; Walp. Ann. vi. p. 520. 
CrentraL America (Barclay). 
4, Maxillaria atrata, Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 31, t. 6. 
Psittacoglossum atratum, Llav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. ii., Orch. Opuse. p. 30? 
GuaTeMALa (Warscewicz). 
5. Maxillaria aurantiaca, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, iii, p. 25; 
Walp. Ann. vi. p. 928. 
MExico (Galeotti). 
6. Maxillaria brachyglossa, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, iii. 
p. 24; Walp. Ann. vi. p. 528. 
Mexico (Galeotti). 
7. Maxillaria cespitifica, Rchb. f. in Linnea, xli. p. 73. 
Costa Rica (Endres). 
