510 ORCHIDES. 



MAXILLARIA. 



apice recnrvo obliiso venis omnibiis elevalis sinuosis rugosis, callo ele- 



vato rugoso apice subtrilobo. 



Habit of Maxillaria squalens. Tlie llowers are twice as large , from an incli to 

 V/i", of dull ycllow. wilh a reddish hrown lip. The scape bears 5—6 /lowers and is 

 y» high. The very long and curious narrow bracts readily distinguish it. Sent to the 

 Horl Soc. from Loxa by Mr. IJartweg. Art. 42. 



10. M.AXILLARI.\ SQUALENS Hook. R. M. N. S. \\\. 18'.>9. 2955 : Rchb. fll. Donpl. 

 II. 17. (.U. su\)\nu lindl. Popp.). Caracus. 4500'. Wagencr. Juni— August. Gemein. 



11. WAXILLARIA DECOLOR Lindl. Bot. V^eg. 1549: 



Pseudobulbis oblongis comprossis. foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 plicat]s utrinque acuminatis, scapo radicali multifloro vaginato foliis bre- 

 viore, sepalis ovato-oblongis oblusis patentibus, petalis duplo minoribus 

 conniventibus , labello postico obsolete trilobo obtuso cucullato , callis 

 5 elevatis parallelis aequilongis ultra medium procurrentibus. 



C. Mag. 3984; Jamaica. Febr. Giasgow vere 1840. Perig. sulphureum, labello 

 albido. Huc ex Lindl. et Paxt. Fl. G. 1. c. : Dcndrohium pahnifoliuin S\\. Maxil- 

 laria palmifutia Lindl. 



12. MAXILLARIA PALLIDIFLORA Hook. B. M. 2806. Huc : MaxiUaria {Xylobinm) sul. 

 furina Ch. Lem. in V. Hoult. IV. 3306. ex Rchb. in v. Schl. B. Z. 1852. 887. cf. 

 Walp. Ann. IH. 542. 



Rchb. fll. Bpl. II. 17. Caracas. 5000'. Nov. Wagener. 



Huc : Maxillaria (Xijlobiuni) stenobulbon Kloizsch Mss. Sem. H. Berol. 1853: 



Pseudobulbis dense aggregatis cylindricis elongatis leviter striafis, 

 apice in petiolum basi articulalum attenuatis; foliis oblongis acuminatis 

 coriaceis glabris nilidis tricostatis arcualo recurvis , in petiolum antice 

 sulcalumj attenuatis ; racemis basilaribus erectis 3 — Tfloris; peduncu- 

 lis versus basin vaginis tribus viridifuscentibus membranaceis amplexi- 

 caulibus brevi aculis, infra apicem ampullaceis instruclis ; floribus pedi- 

 cellalis , bractea longa lanceolata acuminata subdiaphana nervosa sufful- 

 tis ; peiigonii foliolis pallide sulphureis unicoslatis , exlerioribus ima 

 basi connatis, semipalentibus, margine recurvis, acutis, supremo recto 

 lanceolato subito acuto , inferioribus late falcatis , basi in gibbiim pro- 

 duclis; interioribus late lanceolalis obtusis connivenlibus paruni brevi- 

 oribus"; labello postico albido obsolete trilobo , superne reflexo , apice 

 subemarginato-lruncuto , basi cum pede gynostemii aurantiaco , callis 

 quinque elevalis parallelis aequilongis, ullra medium corrugatis, margine 

 recurvo-crenulalis inslructo. 



Pseudobulbi stricti. 6 — 7 pollices longi et pennae anserinoe crassitudine. Folia 8 

 — 10 pollices longa, IV2— 2 polliccs la/a. Petiolus 1 — 1'4 polliceni longus. Racemi 

 6—7 poilices longi crassiiudine pennae corvinae. Vaginae tot quot ariiculationes in 

 pedunculo. plcrumque tres. rarissime (luatuor, dimidium polliccm longae. in iiiferiore 

 parte scapo arcie appressae ct in superiore parte inflatae. Bracieae 7 lineas longae, 

 sesquilincnm lalae. Pedicelli 4 lineas loiigi. Germen iriqueu-um, acute angulatum, 

 5 lineas longum. Foliolum perigonii e.xterioris supremum 7 lineas longum , basi 2'/^ 

 lineas laium. inferiora 8 lincas longa, ad basiii 4 lineas lala. Foliola inleriora 6 lineas 

 loiiga. versus basin 2 lineas lata. Labellum 6 longum, SVa lincas lalum. Vcnezuela. 

 Wagener. Floruil M. Octob. 1853 in horto Berolinensi. 



13. MAXILLARIA FOVEATA LndL Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839: 



Foliis lanceolatis undulatis plicalis racemo triplo longioribus, bracteis 

 linearibus sphacelalis ovario longioribus , sepalis petalisque lineari-ob- 



