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74. MAXILLARIA madida. 



M. madida ; caulescens, pseudobulbis ovatis elongatis subteretibus sulcatis 

 dipbyllis secus caulem imbricatis, foliis lanceolatis linearibusque acutis sub- 

 plicatis canaliculatis, floribus solitariis intra spatham siccam squamosam 

 subsessilibus, sepalis subparallelis acutis lateralibus basi parum productis, 

 petalis conformibus; labelli trilobi medio callosi lobis lateralibus inconspi- 

 cuis intermedio rotundato piano obtuso recurvo disco madido et discolore, 

 columna clavata arcuata labello longiore. 



The species now described is one of the least showy of 

 the large genus to which it belongs ; it is nearly related to 

 M . acicularis, which, with some others in the possession of 

 Messrs. Loddiges, forms a well marked group. The flowers 

 are a dull dirty yellow, spotted obscurely with yellowish 

 brown. The labellum has a broad chocolate-brown blotch 

 at the end, where it is so shining as to look as if wetted ; this 

 circumstance has suggested the specific name. It is a native 

 of Brazil. 



75. CCELOGYNE proliiera. Gen. fr Sp. Orch. 40. 



This plant has flowered at Chatsworth, among the nu- 

 merous species brought to the Duke of Devonshire by Mr. 

 Gibson, from the East Indies. Its flowers are small, pale, 

 brownish yellow green, with brown veins. It corresponds 

 very well with the character assigned it in the above work, 

 except that the pseudobulbs are not angular, but quite terete, 

 or only slightly compressed when old. 



76. EPIDENDRUM equitans. 



E. equitans ; caule folioso ancipiti, foliis equitantibus ancipitibus lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, flore solitario terminali pendulo, pedunculo ancipiti, spatha 

 diphylla foliolo inferiore erecto foliaceo flore longiore, sepalis linearibus 

 acuminatis patulis, petalis conformibus paul6 brevioribus, labello ovato-lan- 

 ceolato complicato cum columna basi connato medio trilamellato; lobo medio 

 carnoso semitereti recurvo lateralibus erectis membranaceis integris. 



A very curious species in its habit, which resembles Fer- 

 nandezia so much that no one could have doubted its be- 

 longing to that genus, until it flowered. It, however, proves 

 a genuine Epidendrum. The single flow r er is of a dull 

 chocolate brown. Mr. Hartweg sent it to the Horticultural 

 Society from near Vera Cruz in 1836. 



