Parkinsoniane. N. O. Orchidez. 
TAB. CCCLXXXIV. 
Maxinuaria CURTIPES. 
Pseudo-bulbo elliptico compresso levissimo monophyllo, folio 
lato-lineari-lanceolato acutiusculo enervi basi complicato, 
scapo radicali pseudo-bulbum sequante squamis fuscis mem- 
branaceis vaginato unifloro, sepalis petalisque subconformibus 
oblongis unicoloribus, labello oblongo obscure trilobo intus 
nitidissime purpureo-fusco disco tuberculo lato elevato. 
AB. Mexico; J. Parkinson, Esq. 
Drawn from the living plant, of which the pseudo-bulbs were 
sent by Mr Parkinson to the Woburn collection. It is asmall _ 
Species, offering little beauty to recommend it for cultivation, 
but nevertheless deserving of being recorded and faithfully re- 
presented. It will rank near Mazillaria rufescens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
41848, The pseudo-bulbs are small and singularly smooth on 
the base of the surface. The leaf somewhat coriaceous. From 
the base of the bulb there are, one on each side, the rudiments of 
_ hew plants, clothed like the quarter part of the scape, with brown 
sheathing scales. Flower rather small, of a yellowish buff colour, 
destitute of fragrance, the outer or underside of the labellum is 
_ obscurely spotted with red; the inside, as well as the front of 
the column, is deep red-brown and glossy. 
Fig. 1. Scape and flower. f. 2. Labellum :—magnified. 
