Tas. XXXV. 
MAXILLARIA SKINNERIT: 
UR. SKINNERS MAXILLARIA. 
Trinpus: VANDE.—LiInp-Ley. 
MAXILLARIA.* Flora. Perwv. Prodr. t.25.—Lycaste+ Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Misc. p. 10, 1843. 
Fores ringentes, petalis sepius dissimilibus, in mentum breve producti. 
Labellum medio appendice transyerso carnoso integro vy. emarginato auctum. 
Columna elongata, semiteres, sepius pilosa. Pollinia 4, per paria caudicule 
anguste elongate adnata; glandulé parva subrotunda ; rostello subulateo—Herbee 
pseudobulbosw, foliis plicatis. Scapi radicales, ereeti, uniflori. Flores semper 
speciosi bractea magna spathacea suffulti. 
M. Skinneri; pseudo-bulbis subrotundo-ovatis triphyllis foliis lanceolatis acutis plicatis scapo laxé 
vaginato ascendente duplo longioribus, bracte’ herbaceé acuta cucullaté ovario multd longiore sepalis 
patentibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, petalis 2-plo brevioribus ovalibus erectis supra columnam convolutis 
apicibus reflexis; labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus erectis truncatis, intermedio longiore ovato rotundato 
deflexo, appendice carnosd lingueformi inter lacinias laterales locaté ; column4 subtus pubescentc. 
Bateman in Bot. Reg. Misc. 13, 1842. 
Lycaste Skinneri, Bot. Reg. Misc. p. 10, 1843. 
Habitat in Guatemald.—Skinner. 
Description, 
PSEUDO-BULBS roundish ovate, deeply furrowed, frequently attaining a very large size; bearing 
two or three lanceolate, sharp-pointed, deeply plicated Leaves. Scape from six inches to a foot 
high, shorter than the leaves, invested, at its upper extremity, with a large inflated greenish Bracr, 
which is twice the length of the ovary. FLOWERS solitary, very large and beautiful. SEPALS often 
three inches long, pure white, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Pxrtats half the length of the sepals, oval, 
erect, rolled round the colin, reflexed at the points, of a delicate rosy hue, especially at the base. 
L1p 3-lobed, the lateral lobes erect and truncated; the central lobe longer than the others, ovate, 
rounded, and bent downwards ;—a curious fleshy tongue-like process is lodged between the lobes. 
Cotumn pure white at the apex, but mottled with crimson dots at the base, with a profusion of 
woolly hairs scattered on its under side. 
THE following notice of this admirable plant appeared in the “ Botanical Register,” for February, 1842. 
“ This, the facile princeps of all known Mazillarias, has at length flowered in the collection of the Rev. Joun CLowss, 
with a vigour and beauty that could not be exceeded in its native haunts. The flowers, which are very durable, actually 
measure upwards of six inches across, from the tips of the lateral sepals, while the latter are nearly an inch and half wide 
in the broadest part. The colours of this flower are peculiarly delicate, the sepals being pure white, faintly tinged with 
* So called by the authors of the Flora Peruviana, from the resemblance of the lip in many of the species to the jaws, or maaill@, of various insects. 
+ Ina recent number of the “ Botanical Register” (after the name on the plate was engraved), Professor Lixpixy published a re-arrangement of 
the unwieldy old genus Mavillaria, restricting the latter to such plants as M. picta and its allies, and referring the present subject to a new genus, which 
he terms Lycaste. Of this, and not Mazillaria proper, the generic characters are given above. 
