MAXILLAUIA. 



ORCIIIhES. 525 



59. MAXILI.AIUA LYOMI LiiulL nm. Heg. XXXI. 1841. iN. ;^6: 



Acaiilis, psciiduijuibis ovatis compressis laevibus nec angulatis corru- 

 .i.'alisve, foliis lineari-Ianceolatis apice oblique emarginatis, floribus soli- 

 lariis, sepalis petalisque oblongis, obtusis, striatis , labello oblongo re- 

 tuso emarginalo, infra apicem scabro tuberculo oblongo in medio prope 

 basin. 



Litile species from Mexico. Ft has very narrow grassy lea%es and ovate smooih 

 giaucous pseuclobnlbs. Flowers are dull purplish brown , very slighlly bordered witli 

 a yellow tint. 



60 MAXILLARLA PORRECTA Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838. XXIX. Misc. 173 : 



Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis Irinerviis, pedunculo erecto unifloro vagi- 

 nalo, sepalis linearibus apice concavis oblusis lateralibus incurvis, pe- 

 talis conformibus, labello angusto apice trilobo medio calloso pubescenle, 

 lobo medio convexo rotundato margine crispo revoluto. 



Loildiges obiained it froni Rin Jaiiciro. Flowers are about the size ef those of 

 Maxilkiria picta, of a pale buff, wiih ihe sepals and petals tipped with dull red. La- 

 bellum is the same coiour on the ouisjde below ihe point. 



61. MAXILLARIA LEPIDOTA Lindl. Ann Nat. Hist. XV. 1845. p. 38 : 



Acaulis , foliis solitariis ligulatis acutissimis in petiolum angustatis, 

 pedunculis unifloris acute vaginatis erectis dimidium folii aequantibus, 

 sepalis elongatis linearibus acuminatis, petalis setaceo acuminatis duplo 

 brevioribus , labeilo carnoso obovato trilobo apice carinato et utrinque 

 lepidoto lacinia intermedia ovata lateraliumque apice margine anteriore cre- 

 natis, tuberculo angusto vix medium labelli attingente. 

 Popayan (Hartweg). 



62. MAXILLARIA MATHEWSII Lindl. in Beiiih. Pl. Ilartwg. p. 155. Ang. 1845: 



Pseudobulbis obovatis, foliis ensiformibus oblique emarginatis, scapis 

 duplo longioribus , vaginis scapi angustis appressis, sepalis linearibus 

 obtusiusculis , labelli oblongi obtusiusculi trilobi lobis lateralibus parvis 

 rotundatis intermedio oblongo carnosissimo ; callo oblongo medio ca- 

 naliculato. 



Peru. Maih»'vvs. 



63. MAXILLARIA RUFK.SCEiNS LindL Bot. Reg. XXIL.1836. 1848. .1/. fuscata Hort.: 

 Pseudobulbis ovatis subtetragonis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis utrin- 



que emarginatis, scapis unifloris (prostratis) vaginis distantibus, sepalis 

 petalisque oblongis conformibus obtusis, labello oblongo trilobo tuber- 

 culato laciniis lateralibus minimis acutis intermedia elongata emarginata. 

 Supra fol. XXI. 1802 in textu. 



Perigonii phylla 3 externa flavo rufescentia, columna et labellum et petala flava, 

 columna ei labelllum purpurco punctata. Trinidad. 



Rchb. fil. Bonjil. II. 16. 6000'. November. Caracas. Wagener. Diese Ai t trug 

 lici Herrn Kefer.siein ofters Frucbt , ohne aich zu offnen. Es ist eine kleine Form, 

 die Bliiihe nur Vs der gewohnlichen Grosse. 



Huc : Maxillaria aculifoliu Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 148; 



Pseudobulbis angustis ovalibus compressis monophyllis, folio oblongo- 

 lanceolato acuminato, pedunculis unifloris radicalibus vaginatis , braclea 

 carinata ovario longiore, sepalis petalisque oblongis , labello lineari-ob- 

 longo retuso emarginato medio pubescenle apice glabro utrinque versus 

 basin lacinia brevi acnfa incurva auclo. 



A specie.s rcsenihling M. rufescens. and having brownish orange flowers with little 

 beauiy. In the collection of Loddiges from Demerara. 



