516 ORCHIDES. 



MAXILLARIA. 



maie marginaio. Anihera goleaeformis , loteribus compressis medio concava , inius 

 biloculaiis. Pollinis massae qualuor cereaceae. bigeminae, altera majore et exteriore 

 inleriorem minorem intra foveam in ipsius facie e.icavatom recipiente. Caudiculae 

 elasiice repiicatae duae. Operculum reniforrai trinngulare, convexura, solura mar- 

 ginera glandulae globosae stigmatis superiorem obtegens, 



Crescit inprimis in traciu montium a praedio Pampayaco meridiem versus siio. 

 Florct Februario. 



27. MAXILLARIA LONGISSIMA Lindl. Orch. Lind. 1846. Nr. 104. pg. 20 : 



Acaulis, scapigera, folio oblongo ligulato basi angustalo, bracteaacula 

 ovano longiore, sepalis longissime acuminatis, petalis conformibus, mi- 

 noribus , labello oblongo subrotundo triiobo, laciniis rotundatis, inter- 

 inedia oblonga. crispis, appendice pilosa apice ovata. 



..Epiphyte. wiih oval (lattened pseudobulbs. Flowers deep red. Forests ofMerida. 

 at the height of 6000'. Juli. .N 2215. The long narrow strap-shoped sepals are bet- 

 ween three and four incbes long. 



28. MAXILLARIA GRANDIFLORA L. 0. 147. Orch. Linden. p. 19: 



„An epiphyte, wiih oval flottened pseudobulbs, petals vvhite as snow. and a pow- 

 dery yeliow lip. Forests of Jaji, in ihe province of Merida , at ihe height of 5000 lo 

 7010 feet;.August." (Nr. 631.) 



Rchb. ei. Bpl. IL 280. Ocanna. Juli. 5000'. Nr. 35. Schlim. 



Rchb. fll. BonpL IIL 67. Ocanna. 6000'. Bluthe weiss. Wagener. 



29. MAXILLARIA LUTEO-ALBA LindL Orch. Lind. 1846. N. 106. p. 20: 



Acaulis, scapigera, foliis oblongis obtu%is basi complicatis, scapo se- 

 palis oblongo linearibus, elongalis petalisque obtusis, labello trilobo basi 

 concavo piloso margine undulato , laciniis obtusis intermedia obovata 

 emarginala medio convexa, appendice ovato subcordato concavo. 



,,An epiphyte, with oval, obtuse compressed pseudobulbs, and a yellow flower 

 spotted with while. Forests of Mcrida, at the heighl of 5000—6000'. June and Sept." 

 Nr. 678. Leaves nearly two inches broad ; sepals two and a half inches long; and 

 three-eights wide. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 18. 8000'. December. Wagener. Steht der M. leplosepala 

 Hook. in ihren Merkmalen ausserordentlich nohe, nur die Seitenlappen der Lippe 

 bieten einen etwos wesenilichen Anbaltepunkt. Dogegen sind Dimensionen und Farbe 

 himmelweit verschieden und diese Pflanze gehort unter die prachtigsten Maxillarien. 

 Aeussersl nabe sieht M. Dalemani Endl. POpp. , w;elche ich noch nichl hinreichend 

 untersucht hobe. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 67. Ocanna. Marz. 5 — 6000'. Mit ganz schmalen Scpalen, 

 wo sie hochst verschieden aussiehl von der Hauplform. VVagener. 



Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. IL 260. Ocanna. 6—7000'. Wiilder. Januar. Schlim. N. 401. 

 402. Mai. Nr. 444. Diese Art isi unendlich wandelbar in der Gesialt ihrer Sepala. 



30. MAXILLARIA BATEMANI Popp. Endl. Gen. et Sp. I. 38. Tab. LXV: 



M. bulbis ovalibus, cylindricis; foliis linearibus, elongalis, basi longe 

 atlenualis, apice bidenlatis; scapis solilariis unifloris, labello subrotundo, 

 concavo, apice bilobo, margine uiululato, sepalis triplo breviore. 



Ilerba acaulis, perennis; parasitica in arborura juniorum rarais a lerra haud raul- 

 lum reniotis, florum pulchritudine in sylvis istis densissimis lucens. Rhizoma nullum 

 Radices plurimae repenles. undique divergcntes, ramosae, tereles, uti reliquarum 

 spccierum c subere albo. crasso . glabro, filum lignosum, vestiente conflatae , penna 

 corvina toneriores digitales oui breviores , infra liulborum basin in nodura vel acer- 

 vum, rhizoma nientientcm collectae, flbris squamulii;(|uc vetustis et emarcidis solutis. 

 nigrescentibus inlcrstiiictae. Buli>i plurcs in variis evolutionis suae stadiis nunc per- 



