1811 



^ MAXILLARIA cristata. 



Crested Maxillaria. 



GYNANDRIA ^WNA^BRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § VANDEiE. {Introduction to the Natural 

 Systeni of Botany, p. 262.) 



MAXILLARIA.-Siqm), vol. W.fol. 897. 



M. cristata ; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis monophyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 plicatis, scapo pendulo bifloro squamis laxiusculis vaginato, floribus expla- 

 natis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis aequalibus, labello multo minore 

 tripartito carnoso : laciniis lateralibus falcatis intermedia rotundata cristato- 

 fimbriata utrinque unidentata, ungue subcristato disco bidentato. 



Sepala 1| unciam longa, alba, sanguineo interrupts striata etfasciata* 

 Petala ctqualia et conformia, apice sanguinea basi macidata dorso alba. 

 Labellum purpureum, ungue viridi cristd dentibusque albis ; crista laciniae 

 mtexmQ(\\?B fimbriata pilis submoniliformibus: unguis e cirrhulis 4-6 rcctis 

 submo7iiliformibus coristans; denies disci compressi divaricati margine crenati 

 posteriore duplo majore. Columna basi viridis, apice lutea, et utrinque 

 subalata, rostello loyigissimo subulato. Caudicula polliniorum longissima, 

 glanduld parvd subtriangulari. 



For the opportunity of publishing this remarkably 

 beautiful epiphyte, we are obliged to Mr. Knight, of the 

 King's Road Nursery, with whom it flowered in the stove in 

 July last. 



It is a native of Trinidad, growing on old decayed 

 branches of trees near the Mud Lake. We have seen a 

 drawing of it taken on the spot, and it was in no degree 

 superior in beauty to the present specimen. 



The lip is a most curious organ. It is of a firm fleshy 

 texture, and is deeply divided into three parts ; of these the 



* See folio 1206. 



