508 ORCnmES. 



MAXILLARIA 



scariosis rnaximis ovaria pedicellata abscondentibus; floribiis vulgo pos- 

 ticis, perigonii phyllis externis ligulatis acutis , lateralibus jnternis sub- 

 aequalibus cuneatis, labello anguslo cunealo , dein in laminam ovatam 

 acutiusculam repandulo-undulatam dilatato, lineis 2 elevatis in ungue 

 labelli ceterum Jaevis. — 



Dluihen etv.as grosser, als die der Maxillaria sqmUens Hook. Guatemala. Wscwz. 



3. MAXILLARIA CORRUGATA Lindi. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 14 : 



Pseudobulbis ovatis subimbricatis, foliis lanceolatis solitariis breviter 

 petiolatis, racemis paucifloris peliolo multo longioribus, bracteis minimis, 

 sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis , labello oblongo utrinque emarginato 

 (ideoque obsolete trilobo) ramis elevatis flexuosis corrugato, tuberculo 

 mediano obtuse tricarinato. 



Found by Linden beiween Maracaibo and Bogota and Uowered jusl in Mr, Barkers 

 coiieciion. It lias pale brownisli purple flowers of no beauty; and a lip with nume- 

 rous purple elevaled zigzag veins on a paie yellow ground. The long tubercle in the 

 middle, which in iliese plants is usually undivided, or inerely 3-Iobed al the extremity 

 is here broken up into 3 distinct contiguous elevated ribs. 



b. Wageneri : tuberculo mediano evanido. Huc: 



Maxillaria Wagcneri Rchb. fll. in v. Schldl. B. Z. 1852. 734 : 



Pseudobulbis — . foliis — , pedunculis pendulis paucifloris . bracteis 

 lanceis acutis ovariorum pedicellatorum paitem tertiam vix aequanlibus, 

 perigonii conniventis phyllis oblongis acutiusculis subaequalibus, labello 

 unguiculato oblongo subpandurato, margine anteriori denticulalo , venis 

 omnibus antice lacinulas dentiformes gerentibus. 



Bliilhen braungeib. Caracas. Wagener. 



Id. Bonpl. II. 17: Merida. Wagener I. c, 11.26. vr.ginae juniores a<ropurpureo 

 punctaiae. L. c. IH. 67. Ocanna. Wagenerl 



4. MAXILLARIA ELONGATA Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. HL p. 69. c. XyL 264: 



Pseudobulbis cylindraceis elongatis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis 3cos- 

 talis circiter duplo longioribns , scapo erecto bivaginato, racemo denso 

 oblongo , pseudobulbis aequali, bractcis setaceis ovario longioriijus, se- 

 palis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, labello ovato-oblongo carnosissimo 

 ulrinque lobalo utraque facie densc verrucosa ad medium hypochilium 

 usque. 



Pallid (lowers as iarge as these of Maxillaria supina wiib a purpiish brown lip, 

 singularly sludiled wilhin and withoul with well dellned dislinct warts, combined with 

 a short close raceme . and alniost cylindiical pseudobulbs. tall , six inches long, mark 

 tiiis new species of Maxillaria clearly. The only spccies like it in the pseudobulbg is 

 M. pallidiflora, a onc haved plant. wiih a diflerent lip. 



4. MAXILLARIA SCABRILINGUIS Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 66. {Cyrtopera 

 scabrilinguis LO. Nr. 3 ) : 



Pseudobulbis ovatis elongatis sulcatis , foliis basi anguslatis scapo 

 erecto muliifloro longioribus, bracteis acutissimis ovaiio brevioribus, se- 

 palis petalisque lineaiioblongis acutis lateralibus falcatis, labelli trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus rolundalis, intermedio ovalo carnosissimo subtereti ob- 

 tuso longiore, utraque facie papillis densissimis versus callum oblon- 

 gum tricostatum decrescertlibus obsila, anthera pubescente. 



By an error resulting from Ihe exnniinalion of insufflcient specimens, ihis plant, 

 which is neariy allied lo M. squalcns, was referred to Cyriopera in ihe ,,Gcn. and 

 Spec. of Orchitl. PI.'* It js a native of the neigbliourhood of Loxa , where Mr. Ilart- 

 weg found it, and has llowored iu llie Ganleii of Ilortic. Soc. Thc flowcrs are duli 



