1802 



* MAXILLARIA picta. 



Painted Maxlllaria. 



6YNANDRIA WOAMNDRi^. 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDEiE, § Vande^e, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botamj, p. 262.) 



MAXILLARIA.—Supr^, vol. 11. fol. 897. 



§. 2. ScapigercB. Pedunculi radlcales. Labellum anticum. Scapi uniflori. 



M.. picta; pseudobulbis ovatis subsulcatis 1-2-pbyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 planis, scapis erectis unifloris distanter vaginatis foliis duplo brevioribus, 

 sepalis petalisque lanceolatis (abrupte acutis) sub-coniiiventibus, labello tri- 

 lobo medio unituberculato lobis oblongis obtusis lateralibus brevioribus. 



M. picta. Hooker in Bot. May. t. 3154. Lindl. yen. Sfsp. Orch. p. 146. 



A truly beautiful plant found wild in the Organ moun- 

 tains of Brazil, and originally introduced by the late 

 lamented Mrs. Arnold Harrison. When well managed it 

 throws up a profusion of its gay speckled flowers, which 

 remain perfect for some time. 



Our drawing was made in the stove of the Messrs. 

 Loddiges in November 1834. 



There are two other unpublished species of Maxillaria, 

 belonging to this section, which we take this opportunity of 

 naming. 



1. M. riifescens ; pseudobulbis ovatis subtetragoiiis monophyllis, foliis lanceo- 

 latis utrinque acuminatis, scapis unifloris prostratis vaginis minimis distanti- 

 bus, sepalis petalisque oblongis conformibus obtusis, labello oblongo trilobo 

 etuberculato laciniis lateralibus minimis acutis intermedia elongatu cmar- 

 ginata. 



A native of Trinidad, whence it was imported by Mr. 

 Lowe of Clapton. Our description is taken from a drawing 

 and flower transmitted from Chatsworth in December 1834. 



See folio 1428. 



