358 ORCHIDES 



MAXiLLARlA. 



107. MAXILLARIA PURPLT.ATA Rclil). fil. Mss. Huc: Camaridium jmrpuratum Lindl. 

 Orch. Lind. p. 22 : 



Foliis dislichis linearibus coriaceis obtusis emarginatis inaequalibus. 

 floribus solilariis axillaribus foliis pariinfi brevioribus bracfeis multo lon- 

 gioribus , sepalis pefabsque oblongis, labello ovato obtuso utrinque 

 emarginato callo maximo oblongo "disci verrucisque plurimis minimis 

 circumstantibus. 



,,An e|ii|iliyte uith white flowers and a purple lip. froin tlie province of Merida. 

 at llie heighi of 5000'. Juni." Nr. fi35. Near C. arbuscula, but the" leaves are longer 

 and slenderer , the fiowers siand far above the bracts anii the lip is quite different 

 in its callus and minuie surrounding warts. 



Obs. Nescio num huc periineat, seu ad sequentes. Pseudobulbos non habeo. 



t -j- Caules ebulbes. 

 *CauIis robustus brevis compactus foliis bene carnoso coriaceis. 



108. MAXILLARLA ALPESTRIS LindL in Benth. Hartwg. 154. Aug. 1845: 



Acaulis ebulbis, foliis dislichis densissimis ovalibus patentibus sessi- 

 libus , scapis foliis aequalibus vaginis acutissimis suprema ovarii longi- 

 tudine, sepalis anguslis acutissimis, labello ovali obtuso ulrinque emar- 

 ginato intus aphthoso, linea angusta sulcata elevata in medio. 



Folia sesquipollicaria. Sepala vix pollicaria. Habitat inter Lichenes in montibus 

 Loxa rarissima. 



* * Caulis gracilis elongatus foliis pergameneo-papyraceis optime 

 distichis. 



109. MAXILLARIA GRAMIMFOLIA Rchb. fil. Mss. Huc: Camaridium graminifolium 

 Rchb. fil. Linn. XXII. 857. Cf. Walp. Ann. III. 544. 



Isochilus graminifolium Humb. B, Kth. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVII. 184. sub 1: 

 Vaginis imbricatis, foliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, flo- 

 ribus solitariis bracfea acuminata, pedunculo breviore, sepalis aristatis, 

 petalis conformibus duplo brevioribus , labello lineari oblongo utrinque 

 emarginato basi callo magno duro oblongo , columna petalis duplo 

 breviore. 



When not in flower undislinguishable from Isochilus grandiflorum. It is well 

 figured in Humb. BonpTs. work . excepting the analysis , in which ihe form of the 

 labellum is inaccurate, and the presence of a hard oblong callus. called a purpie 

 stain in Ihe disk by Mr. Kuiiih is overlooked. Peru, Malhews. 1064. Trunks of trees 

 near Lloa : Jamieson. (Herb. propr. et Hooker). 



En nova diagnosis juxla typos: 



Caule vaginis emarcidis slrialis tecto , superne fasciculalo ram.)so, 

 foliis linearilanceis acuminatis apice inaequalibus seu bidentatis limbo 

 minute sub lente scabridis, floribus parvulis ex vaginis vetuslis, bractea 

 acuminata ovarium aequante seu superante, mento subnullo , sepalis 

 lanceis acuminatis, tepalis paulo brevioribus, labello elliptico subacuto, 

 lateribus anficis repandulo ac paulo altenuato, callo oblongo lalo in di- 

 midio inferiore (sicco) toto nigro, androclinii limbis lateralibus de fundo 

 elevato descendenlibus. 



In decliviiate Andium Popayanensium . nemoribus opacissimis inhorrescentium, 

 juxta villnm La Erre, nd radices Paramida Puruguay . nlt. 1064 hexnp. florens No- 

 vnmbri. fltimbnldi! 



