510 ORCHID- geo'w:er's manual. 



will remain in beauty for about a fortnight. — Demerara, 

 Trinidad, New Grenada. 



YlG.—Bot. Rfg.,t. 1811 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4836 ; Batem. 2nd Cent. Orck. PI, 

 t. 117 ; Flore des Serres, t. 335; Mauud, Botanist, ii. t. 75 j Orchid Album, 

 . t. 34. 

 Syn. — Maxillaria cristata. 



PAPHINIA CRISTATA. 



P, grandis, Rchb. f. — This species produces handsome 

 flowers about twice the size of those of P. cristata. It has 

 small angular ovate clustered pseudobulbs, short elliptic 

 lanceolate acuminate plaited leaves, and pendent three-flowered 

 scapes, bearing semi-expanded flowers seven inches across. 

 The sepals and petals are broad ovate-lanceolate, creamy white 

 in the lower half, transversely spotted and barred with choco- 

 late purple, the apical portion being entirely covered with 

 tbis purple colour, and tbe petals having the markings in 

 narrower and finer bands set more concentrically ; the lip is 



