540 ORCMIDES. 



MAXILLARIA. 



superanlibu.s , mento conspicuo, sepalis Iriangiilis acnminalis, tepalis 

 paulo^brevioribus, labello trilobulo, lobis lateralibus elongatis ante me- 

 dium obtusangulis.', hinc repandulis, lobo antico oblongo seu Iransverse 

 Iriangulo lateribus obtusangnlo antice acuto, tota porlione postica ultra 

 basin lobi antici obscura (atroviolacea?) medio vernixia (ac incrassato 

 callosa?), in basi lobi medii rugis transversis striolala. 



Isochihis grandiflorim LindL Dot. Reg. XX VH. 1841. sub i : 

 Vaginis imbricatis, foliis distichis linearilanceolalis acutissimis, flori- 

 bus solitariis axillaribus, bractea acuminata sepaloium dimidio dequali, 

 sepalis acuminatissimis, petalis duplo bievioribus conformibus, labello 

 lineariobiongo utrinque emarginato basi nudo , columna petalis parum 

 breviore. 



Very like \. graminifolium , but the flowers are 4 times as hvge, infleppndpnlly 



of Ihe dislinclions included in the foregoing characters. Good sirecimens exist in 



ihe floyal Herb. of Munich coll. in Peru by Hanke , but I find nuihing like in the 

 fleliq. Uaenk. 



Hiic: Camnridium luleo rubrum Lindl. Orcli. Lind. 1846. N. 114. p. 22: 

 Caule simplici, foliis dislichis lanceolatis apiculatis, floiibus solitariis, 

 bracleis ovario brevioribus, sepalis acuminatis , petalis aculis , labello 

 oblongo obtuso undulato emarginato medio constricto, callo magno in 

 discum. 



j.Epiphyte. Forests in the neighbourhood of Merida, at the height of 5500'. Sept. 

 Flowors yellow, with a deep red lip." Nr. 633. This species is very near C. brevi- 

 folinm , but its leaves are longer and narrower , ils llowers are smaller, and exiend 

 considerabiy beyond the bracts. The lip also appears lo be more distinctiy ihree- 

 lobed and wavy. 



Obs. Ulrumque typum bene inspexi. Specimen Lindenianum ipse habeo. Speci- 

 mina sub hoc nomine a Musaeo Herolinensi disiribnta sub 1072 seu 1073 a Morilzio 

 lecta. (nunc cum Maxillaria brevifolia commixla) mihi dnbia. Huc essent relerenda, sed 

 labelium reperio emarginatum ut in Maxillaria longibracteata. Specimina haud bona, 

 unde res haud liquet. Rchb. fll. 



115. MAXILLARIA LOiNGIBRAC.TEATA. Huc : Camaridium lonijibraclcahm Lindl. 

 Ijentli. Pl. Hartw. p. 154 (Aug. 1845): 



Foliis ovato-oblongis apiculatis, vaginis pedunculorum acuminatissi- 



mis suprema ovarii longiludine, sepalis acuminalis, petalis lanceolatis 



apice revolutis, labello oblongo medio consliicto axi calloso apice emar- 



ginato. Caules sesquipedales , folia tripollicaria. Sepala semipollicaria. 



In Cordillera prope Loxa. 



116. MAXILLARIA RREVIFOLIA : 



Caule bimplici seu ramoso vaginis nervosis ac rugulosis (arpophyl- 

 laceis) vestito, sursum dense lolioso, foliis lineariligulatis apice inaequali 

 apiculatis, limbo puberulis, valde abbreviatis, floribus illis praecedentium 

 aequalibus, bracteis oblongolanceis acuminatis ovanis pedicellalis prae- 

 cedenlium aeqiialibus , mento bene evolulo, sepalis ligulato triangulis 

 acuminatis , lepalis paulo brevioribus , labello ligulato medio trilobo, 

 Jobis lateralibus obtusangulis haud produclis , lobo niedio ligulalo ob- 

 tuse aculo, callo mapno ligulato tiimido a basi in discuin, porlione in- 

 feriore obscura (atroviolacea?), anlica pallida (flavida^?) 



Hiic: Camaridium brevifolium Lindl. Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 154. Aug 1845: 

 „Foliis oblongis aculissimis canaliculatis , vaginis pedunculi anguslis 

 «cuminalis, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis, labello oblongo medio 



