MAXILLARIA. 



ORCHIDES. 537 



Mexico , in various colleclions. Flowers smdll , deep iiurple. Known in ihe gar- 

 dens under Uie nauies of M. airopurpurea nnd M. concinna. Near M. plaiypetala. 



Huc : Maxillnria Henchmanni B. M. 3614. (XI. N. S). 

 Pusilla, caulibus elongatis squamosis pseudobulbiferis, pseudobulbis 

 ovali-oblongis compressis laevibus, folio solilario lineari-ligulato, pedun- 

 culis unifloris pseudobulbo longioribus. pelalis sepalisque erectis ob- 

 longis acutis , labello ereclo oblongo obscure Irilobo, lobo terminali in- 

 tegerrimo. 



Comm. by Mr. Uenclimann from ibe Clapton Nursery. It was imported from 

 Mexico by that geiuleman. 



Perigonium brunneoviolaceum. 



MAXILLARIA VARIABIHS Bal. var. UINIPUNCTATA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1838. 

 Misc. 26 : 

 Caule ascendente, squamato, pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis mo- 

 nopliyllis, foliis ligulatis oblusis apice oblique emarginatis. floribus so- 

 litariis , pedicellis pseudobulborum longitudine, sepalis lineari-oblonsis 

 aculis subaequalibus, lateralibus basi parum produclis, petalis conformi- 

 bus paulo brevioribus, labello oblongo retuso obsolete trilobo apice car- 

 noso ; glandula succulenta sanguinea obtusa in medio. 



Received by ihe Horticultural Society in March 1837, by Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. 

 in whose collection it Uovvered in January 1838. 



Flowers deep yellow, shaded wilh a faint greenish tinge. Labellum threelobed, Ihe 

 middle one about the lenglh of ihe petals. but a good deal broader with a roundish 

 spalhulate recurved point, slighlly indented in Ihe centre; lateral lobes very smali, 

 their edges curved outwards and having in tlie hoilow between them , which is of a 

 brownish yellow, a roundish oblong reddish lubercle , extending lowards the base of 

 the column , which is marked with several deep red spots. The plant was sent to 

 the Hort. Soc. of London from Mcxico , by Mr. Hartweg, tlieir collector in ihat coun- 

 try and was lound in ihe neighbourhood of Vera Cruz. I have also had it from the 

 very rich coll. of Thomas Harris lisq. of Kingsbury. It is scarceiy more than a 

 yellow flowered var. of Max. variabilis. 



Huc : MaxiUaria angustifolia Hook. Ic. IV. 1841. 348 : 

 Pseudobulbis proligeris oblongis laevibus vetustis subsulcatis, pedunculis 

 bulbo longioribus unifloris, sepalis pelalisque conformibus oblongis, labello 

 oblongo obscure tiilobo disco luberculo oblongo, lobo medio ovato. 

 Mexico. Parkiiison Esq. 



Sent by Mr. Parkinson lo Wohurn 1838. Tbe pseudobnlbs rise one above, anoihep 

 in a pioliferons manner and are niore ur less sheallipd wiih menibranous brownish 

 scales. The singleflowcred peduncles spring solilary from the base of each pseudo- 

 bulb. The perianth is of a tawny yellow colour, ihe labellum of a deeper tint. 



Huc: Maxillaria revoluta Klotzsch Berl. Allg. Garlenz. 1852. p. 186: 



Caulibus squamosis pseudobulbiferis, pseudobulbis oblongis compres- 

 sis laevibus, apice unifoliatis, folio lineari-ligulato erecto subtortuoso 

 unicostato, apice obtuse emarginato, basi conduplicatim allenuato, pe- 

 dunculis unifloris pseudobulbo duplo longioribus ; flore vitellino, peri- 

 gonii foliolis exterioribus oblongis ereclis brevissime acutis, marginibus 

 iateralibus brevi recurvis, interioribus brevioribus, apice revolutis, labello 

 erecto obtuso subtrilobo, lobo anlico supra puberulo, lateralibus brevi- 

 bus ereclis lale rotuudatis, appendice linguaeformi atropurpurea adnata 

 ad basin inter lacinias lalerales; gynosteniio erecto brevi semitereti vi- 

 rescente glabro, dorso obluso ; germine longissimo tereti strialo. 



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