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1. B, airopurpnrea (L. no. 1. Maxillaria atropiirpnrea, Lodd. Bot. Cah. t. 



1S77.) ; i^seudobulbis ovatis obtusis tetragonis foliis oblongo-lanceolatia 

 plicatis solitariis, racemis radicalibus 3-floris pseudobulbis paulo longio- 

 ribiis, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus divergentibus, intermedio trans- 

 verso sub-3-lobo revoluto suberoso ; callo in medio antice tridentato- 

 Brazil. Flowers dark purple, very sweet-scented. 



2. B. inodora (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 63.) ; pseudobulbis tetragonis, 



folio oblongo acuto plicate margine crispo basi in petiolum brevem cana- 

 liculatuni angustato, pedunculis unifloris pseudobulbis brevioribus, sepa- 

 lis oblongo-obtusis, corn a elongato clavato, petalis subconformibus 

 paulo undulatis, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis rotundatis undulatis subden- 



tatis intermedio piloso, callo disci cuneato carnoso emarginato. 



Brazil. Flowers as large as those of Maxillaria Harrisonise, green, 



with a bright violet hp. 



3. B. racemosa (Maxillaria racemosa, Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. '2/89. Lodd. 



Bot. Cab. t. 1318.); pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis mono- 

 phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis 

 multifloris brevioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis ; lateralibus basi valde 

 elongatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis triple miiioribus, labello oblongo 

 cucullato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, colurana pube- 



scente. Brazil. Flow^ers pale, dirty straw-colour, with a white 



lip, slightly speckled with pale crimson. It is well figured in the Bota- 

 nical Cabinet ; the representation in the Botanical Magazine appears to 

 have been taken from a withered specimen. 



4. B. aureo-fidva (Maxillaria aureo-fulva, Knowles and Westcott Floral Cab. 



t. 83, Hooker Bot. Mug. t. 3629. M. stenopetala, Knowles^ Westcott^ 

 2. p. 112.?); pseudobulbis rotundato- ovatis angulatis rugosis monophyl- 

 lis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis costatis acutis scapo radicali multifloro 

 brevioribus, floribus longe pedicellatis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis la- 

 teralibus apice reflexis, petalis striatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, la- 

 bello unguiculato trilobo in medio striate : lobis lateralibus acutis inter- 

 medio lanceolate acuminate. Brazil. Very pretty. Flowers 



orange-coloured. It is the " Epidendre Limodore" of Desceurtilz, and 

 was found by that traveller in great abundance upon fallen trees encum- 

 bering the sandy plain through which the great public road passes from 

 Bananal to Ilha Grande. 



5. H. vitellina (Maxillaria vitellina, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. tnisc. 116, 



1839, t. 12. M. barbata, Westcott in Fhytologist, p. 7.) ; pseudobulbis 

 ovatis obtuse angulatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis in petiolum cana- 

 liculatuni angustatis, raceme cernuo foliorum longitudine, labelli cuneati 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis antice crenulatis intermedio bilebe rotun- 

 dato cordate crenulato, tuberculo disci trilobo obtusissimo, ungue pube- 



scente. Brazil. Flowers bright yellow, with a purple spot in the 



middle of the labellum. 



6. B. aurantiaca (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1836, t. 18/0.); pseudobulbis subro- 



tundis compressis diphyllis, fohis oblongis plicatis racemi erecti longi- 

 tudine, sepalo dorsali fornicate lateralibus oblongis acutis, petalis linea- 

 ribus, labelli unguiculati lobis lateralibus semicordatis intermedio majore 



transverse ovali subcrenulate basi bicalloso, celumna pubescente.' 



Demerara. Pseudobulbs and leaves beneath spotted with crimson. 



Flowers orange -yellow, spotted with crimson. 



