MAXILLARIA. 



ORCHIDES. 629 



MAXILLARL\ BOOTHII LindJ. Bot. Reg. 1838. XXIV. Misc. 93: 

 Rhizornale repente, pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis diphyUis, fo- 

 liis anguslalis oblusis', flore terminali infra bracteas caiinatas submem- 

 branaceas distanles basi incluso, sepalis petalisque conformibus erectis 

 angustis acutis, labello oblongo obtuso margine membranaceo. 



Gualemnla by Gporge Mr. Skinner Esq.. inlrod. in 1835 by Cnptain Stitton;, who 

 added it to Sir Charles Lemons coU. at Carclew. whpre it flowered in May 1838. 

 Scape oneflowered . about 2" high , Ihin and compresspd and having Iwo large, thin, 

 sheathing. acuminale bracts. It issues from ihc centre of an upright, keel-shaped, 

 narrow leaf, which is imbricated at ihe hase, and forms a sort of sheath, thal protects 

 Ihe flower until it is ready to e.xpand. Pedicels 1" long, dull green, wilh brownish 

 spols. Sepals greenish-yellow. Pelals of ihe same colour, as the sepals, hiit conniving and 

 abont a Ihird shorier with a blunter point. Labeilum the length of the petals, slighily 

 recurved, rounded at ihe point, and keeled below with ihe outer edge, very thin and more 

 delicate, than tlie rest. Towards the base are 2 lleshy processes of a deep yellow. 

 Obs. nerbarium illustris Lindley sistit specimen Epidendri aurili Lindl. {Dinematis 

 paleacei Llndl.). Additae sunt analyses cujusdam Maxillariae delineatae. 



75. MAXILLARIA FUNEREA LindL Hook. Lond. Bot. Journ. 1842. l p. 188: 

 Pseudobulbis oblongis sulcatis imbricatis diphyllis, foliis linearibus 



et lineari-lanceolatis strictis, floribus solitariis radicalibiis, sepalis ob- 

 longis acutis , labello obovato nudo leviter trilobo , laciniis lateralibus 

 dentiformibus, intermedia subcarnosa rolundata. 

 Hab. On dry rocks at Praga Vermelha. Gardener, 



Species pusilla, floribus pseudobulbisque purpureofuscis. M. uncatac (quae nana 

 Hook.) et aciculari affinis. Lindl. 



76. MAXILLARIA PUMILA Hook. Bot. Mag. 3613. (iN. S. XL): 



Nana, caulibus brevibus squamosis pseudo-bulbiferis , bulbis aggre- 

 gatis oblongis sulcatis, folio solitario lanceolato, pedunculis pseudobulbo 

 brevioribus unifloris, petalis sepalisque erectis oblongis obtusis, labello 

 erecto oblongo obscure trilobo disco calloso, lobo terminali bilido. Pe- 

 rigonium flaveolum et rubro violaceum. 



Demerara. Glasgow 4. 5. Inverarity. 



77. MAXILLARIA CRASSIFOLIA Rchb. fil. BonpL IL 16. Hetcrolaxis crassifulia Lindl. Ui- 

 crypta Baueri Lindl. Bluthen hrennender gelb, als bei der cultivirten Art, sonst in 

 allen Einzelheiien gleicii. Caracas. 5000.' Mai. Wagener. 



78. MAXILLARIA VIOLACEOPUNCTATA Rchh. fil. Bonpl. III. 216: 



Aff. Maxillariae crassifoliao Rchb. fil. (Dicryptae Baueri Lindl.) sepalis 

 oblongis apiculatis (nec triangulis), tepalis lineariligulalis acuminatis, 

 labelli lobo medio triangulo carnoso, lobis laleralibus semiovatis antice 

 angulatis, linea tomentosa a basi usque ante basin lobi medii. 



Biuthc so gross wie dic einer mittlern Maxillaria Parkeri , zusammengeneigt. Se- 

 palen und Tepalen hellgrun. Lippe und Saule ehenso , allein ersterc mit zahlreichen 

 violetten Querbandchen und Ictziere voll dergleichen Puncie. Anihere kegelformig; 

 an den beiden Vorderkanten beselzl mit leuchienden Papillen. Pollinia auf kurzer 

 Caudiculn und zu dicser eine quermondformige Glandula. Aus Demerara eingefuhrt 

 \on Herrn Scnalor Jenisch, cultivirt von Herrn Kramer, 



79. MAXILLARIA DISCOLOR. Huc : Dicrypta discolor G. Lodd. Mss. in B. R. XXV. 91: 

 Foliis latis papyraceis subtus discoloribus , labello linguaeformi linea 



media elevata villosa, antherae margine angulisque papillosis. 



Messrrs. Loddiges imporled il from Demerara. It is remarkahle for ihc deep 

 purplc colour of ihe undcrside of the leaves, and its lip has a thick villous line 

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