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Lippe von Dicrypta Baueri Lindl. Dicrypta densifolia P6pp. et Kndl. weicht vorziig- 

 lich ab durch die an der Basis gesackten , ausseren , seillichen Kelchblatler. Di- 

 crypta discolor Lodd. hat eine aul der Mitlellinie der Lippe verlaufende Haarlinie. 



Huc: Maxillaria triangularis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845. XXXL Misc. p. 9: 

 Caulescens , pseiidobulbis ovalibus ancipilibus utrinque corrugato 

 sulcalis , foliis ligulalis. apice obliquis , floribus solilariis axillaribus 

 ebractealis, sepalis subaeqnalibus patentissimis mar.cine in formam Iri- 

 angularem recurvis, laleralibus paulo majoribus , petalis conformibus 

 minoribus erectis, labello oblongo ciliato puberulo cum columna paral- 

 lelo emarginato concavo medio verruca solilaria polita auclo, anlhera 

 conico scabra. 



In ihe village of Ouezallenango in Gualemala Hartweg. Its leaves are very much 

 larger ihan in lenuifolia (10 by IV^ intes), the flowcrs are formed singly in the axils 

 of Ihe imperfect leaves , which precede ihe appearence of ihe perfect leaves and 

 terminal pseudobulbs of such plonis. They are of a rich cinnamomon brown gaily 

 mouled wiih crimson flecks. The sepals which spreed widely apart , are folded 

 back at their edges into a triangular form. 



Cf. Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 16. Est „Qor del Canele" Mexicanorum. 

 91. MAXILLARIA PANTHERINA Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. HL 237 : 



Affinis M. triangulari Lindl. mullo minor, foliis oblongis abbreviatis, 

 labello cuneafo apice retuso, subcarnoso, medio gibbere retuso signalo; 

 gynostemio clavato. 



Caulis slrictus vaginis dislichis lanceis arctis arpophyllaceis apice hinc purpureis 

 vestitus. Pseudobulbi distantes ligulati duos pollices longi, dimidium pollicem lali. 

 Folia non nisi in ipsis pseudobulbis , ac in folio slipanti unico seu duobus, oblonga, 

 apicera versus uti hasi attenuata , apice retusa cum apiculo nunc valde insigni , sub- 

 pergamenea, quatuor ad quinque pollices longa, plus unum lata. Flores in axillis 

 oranium vaginarura surculi juvenis Lockhnrtiam iudenlis; omnes clausi in specimine, 

 quod praesto est , illis Maxillariae variabilis Bat. (== revolutae Klotzsch) paulo ma- 

 jores illo staiu. Pedunculi vaginas paulo cxcedentes vaginis distichis onusti. Bractea 

 cucullata dorsura alabastri attingens. Perigonium videlur sanguineum ; sepala ob- 

 longo-trinngula. Tepala ligulaia obtuse acuta. Gynostemium gracile. — Maxillariam 

 platypetalam nisi Ruizianam tamen Lindleyanam non novi, qune nonnullis nobis qua- 

 drare videtur. Cum lamen cel. auctor procurreniem dicat similliraara platypelalae, 

 haec longe cerie disiat. Forests of the Andes at 6000'. 1849. 761. Jamieson ! 



92. MAXILLARIA FLORIBUNDA Lindl. in Benth. Pl. Hartweg. p. 154, Aug. 1845: 



Caule erecto ramoso prolifero, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis petiolis 

 dupfo longioribus, scapis numerosis aequalibus, vaginis scapi adpressis, 

 acuminalis , suprema ovario longiore, sepalis acuminalissimis, labello 

 oblongo Irilobo callo oblongo excavato in medio, laciniis obtusis, inter- 

 media carnosa longiore. 



Folia 4—8" longa. Scapi tripollicares. Sepala fere 3" longa. Rami annotini ini- 

 bricati. — In monlibus Chuquirabambae. 



93. MAXILLARIA MI-RIDENSIS Lindl. Orch. Lind. p. 19. N. 100. 1846: 



Caulescens ebulbis; vaginis foliorum scabris, loliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutissimis , floribus axillaribus subsessilibus , bractea suprema flore 

 duplo brevjore, pelalis acuminatis, labelli oblongi trilubi laciniis latera- 

 libus brevibus, intermedia tereli carnosa, appendice ovata concava. 



,,0n irees at the grounds near Merida, at ihe heighl of 6000 above tbe see. July. 

 Flowers yellow.'' Nr. — ) 



