PAPHINIA. 



ORCHIDES. 615 



minute subtriangulari ; rostello suhulato. — Herba pseudobulbosa, scapo 

 pendulo paucifloro. 



1, PAPHINIA CRISTATA Lindl. I. c. Maxillana cristata Lindl, in Bot. Reg." XXI. 

 (1836). 1811: 



Flores pulcherrimi exlus albi , inius purpureo interrupte fasciati ; petalis apice 

 omnino purpureis. — Trinidad and Guayana. — Bol. Mag. 4836. — V. H. Flore des 

 Serres IV. 338. 



1425«/. naVlAJilElTlA A. Brogn. 

 Ann. Sc. nat. sec. Ser. XV. 1841. 36. - Bot. Reg. XXVL (1841.) Misc. 99: 



Perianthium membranaceum patens (non reflexum), Sepala concava, 

 libera , inferioribus vix basi columnae connatis. Pelala basi angustata, 

 unguiculata, apice rotundata. Labellum cum basi incurvata columnae arlicu- 

 latum liberum carnosum, medio constrictum, articulntum, parte basilari 

 (hypochilio) oblonga plana, lobis seu processubus lateralibus membra- 

 naceis angustis retrorsum arcuatis corniformibus , parte apicilari (epi- 

 chilio) infra basilarem articulata integra. — Columna perianthio brevior 

 arcuata semiteres , antice plana, vix superne alato-marginata. Stigma 

 transverse excavaturn. Anthera opercularis depressa; pollinia duo ob- 

 longa angusta , externe sulcata, caudicula m.embranacea oblonga basi 

 connata, glanduia angusta lanceolala. 



Epipliyta , pseudobulbis ovato cor.icis, monophyliis , foliis longissime peliolatis, 

 plicatis , membranaceis, scapo radicali ascendente , floribus racemosis nutantibus, 

 ovario plus minusve contorto , perianthio membranaceo paliide maculato, fragranie, 

 labello, carnoso macuiis atro-violaceis insperso, levem odorem stercoreum oiente. 



Mr. A. Brogniart considers ii near Stanhopea from which it difTers in its sepals 

 not being reflexed, its lip articulated in ibe middle , the lower half bearing itwo 

 membranous horns directed bacliwards and upwards towards the column , by the 

 column being shorl and not membranous at the edge, by the petals having a stalk, 

 by ihe lanceolate form of the gland of the pollenmasses , and by ihe Uowering 

 stem being erect , not pendulous. Upon considering these characters it is evi- 

 dent thai Houlletia is eilher the same as Maxillaria? Brocklehurstiana , already men- 

 lioned in ihis vol. p. 10. n. 28, or a plant very nearly relaied to it. As ihe genus 

 is no doUbt a good one, it wili be necessary to change the name "of my species 

 10 Houlletia Brocklehurstiana. 



Sert. 43: Perianihium patens, sepalis subliberis , petalis paulo minoribus unguicu- 

 i^tis. Labellum basi columnae continuum, patens; hypochilio angusto. basi excavato. 

 quasi bilabialo, apice utrinque in laciniam producto, lobulo nano interjecto ; meta- 

 chilio nullo; epichiiio angulari dilatato cum hypochilio articulato. Columna erecla, 

 arcuala, clavata, semiieres , labello paulo brevior. Anthera bilocularis depressa. Pol- 

 linia 2, posiice flssa, caudicula lineari-lanceolata in glandulam acutam elongala nec 

 inflxa. — Herbae epiphyiae, pseudol)ulbosae , Anjericae aequinoclialis , foliis solilariis 

 plicaiis. Sca|)i radicales, erecti, apice racemosi. Flores speciosi, luleo-fusci; bracleis 

 parvis nec spathaceis. 



a. Pedunculus ereclus. 



\. HODLLETIA BROCKLEHURSTIANA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVil. (1841.) Misc. 99. Huc 

 Maxillaria? Bruchlehxtrsliana Lindl. Boi. Reg. 1. c. p. 10. Misc. 28: 



Foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis longipeliolalis plicatis scapo multi- 

 floro brevioribns, sepalis patentibus oblorigis, inferioribus paulo connatis, 

 apice rolundatis, petalis anguslioribus basi angustalis, labello membra- 



