1871 



* MAXILLARIA aromatica. 



Aromatic Maxillaria. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, ^ Vande^. 

 MAXILLARIA.— Supra, vol. U.fol. 897. 



M. aromatica ; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis, foliis pluribus oblongo-lanceo- 

 latls plicatis scapis unifloris erectis longioribus, sepalis ovato-oblongis 

 petalisque conformibus acutis. labelli semicyhndracei laciniis lateralibus por- 

 rectis subulatis ; intermedia bilabiata ! labio superiore truncate nano Infe- 

 riore spathulato apice recurvo serrulate. Gen. &; Sp. Orch.pl. p. 146. 



M. aromatica. Graham in Hooker's Exot.Jl. 219. 



Colax aromaticus. Spreng. cur. post. 307. 



A fragrant stove plant, breathing cinnamon and sweet 

 spices, found in Mexico, whence it was sent by Lord Napier to 

 the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, previous to the year 1826. 

 The species is now not uncommon in good collections, 

 flowering abundantly in the month of May. 



The callosity of the disk of the lip of Orchideous plants, 

 which sometimes appears in the form of lamellae, following the 

 course of the veins, and sometimes is a thick tubercle, in the 

 present species is a truncated plate, occupying the base of the 

 middle segment of the lip, and looking like the half of a 

 petal laid over the true lip. What is the real nature of this 

 truncated plate? 



* See folio I4'28. 



