yellow colom' : they are situated at the base of the bracts ; each is 

 two-valved, and filled with numerous minute and almost impalpable 

 seeds, from which in cultivation young plants may be raised with little 



difficulty. 



Edward Newman. 



(To be continued). 



Art. l\. — Descriptions of two new species of Maxillaria, from the 

 Organ Mountains, Brazil. By Frederick Westcott, Esq., 

 A.L.S., &c. 



Birmingham, Mai'ch 26th, 1841. 



Sir, 



The two new Maxillarias described below, are natives 

 of the Organ Moimtains ; and, with many other apparently new 

 species, were sent over fiom Brazil to tlie Binningham Horticultural 

 Society, in the spring of 1840, by E. W. Fry, Esq. 



Yours &c. 



Fred. Westcott. 

 To the Editor of ' The Phytologist.' 



Natural Order. — Orchidace/e, Lindl. Tribe. — Vande.e, Lindl. 

 Genus. — Maxillaria, Ruiz et Pavon. 



Max. barbata. Pseudo-bulbis inaequaliter quadrangvilaribus, corru- 

 gatis, vaginatis : foliis ovads, costatis, acutis : floribus i-acemosis; 

 sepalis inajqualibus, petalis majoribus, lateralibus explanatis, 

 apice subinvolutis ; labello cucullato, trilobato, barbato, margine 

 crispo, apice gibboso, disco camoso. 



Pseudo-bulbs quadrangular, wrinkled ; at the apex of each is a cup- 

 like cavity, which smTounds the base of the leaves when present; 

 sheaths twice as long as the pseudo-bulb. Leaves solitary, ovate, rib- 

 bed, acute. Scape arising fi-om the base of the pseudo-bulb, slender, 

 smooth, and about six inches high. Flowers about eight, yellow, dis- 

 posed in a raceme. Bracts about two lines long, brown and scarious 

 at the edges, and closely embracing the peduncle. Peduncle about 

 one inch long. Sepals unequal, yellow, involute at the apex, the la- 

 teral ones spread out, the upper one more or less connivent. Petals 

 obtuse, of the same colour as the sepals, but much smaller. Labellum 



