MAXILLAIUA 



MAXIMILIANA 



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orannc spotted with imrpic williiii, while with deep 

 purple spots (lutsiile; labelhiin iibloiin, wliitish, spotted; 

 side lolies sin;ill, rounded; luiillolx' recurveil, apieuhite. 

 Winter. Brazil, Colombia. B.M. .•il.')4. H.H. 1,S02.— 

 lland.^ome. 



7. rufescens, Lindl. (M./iusmin, Reiehb. 1'.). Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, subtctragonal, 1-lvd.: Ivs. laneeolafe, 

 acuminate: scape short, with 1 small 11.; sepals and 

 petals oblonfi-obtuse, yellow-tinii;ed and spotted with 

 reddish orange; side lobes of labelluni small, sluirp; 

 middle lobe elongate, sub-quadrate, emarginate; all 

 yellow, spotted with crunson. Trinidad. B.R. 1848. — 

 Not valuable. 



8. elegantula, Rolfe. The bjjses of the segins. white, 

 the outer halves jiale yellow, marked with chocolate- 

 color. Nov. G.C. III. 22:420. — From the illustration, 

 the sepals are ovate-lanceolate. wa\'y and recurved, the 

 lower pair broader; petals smaller, pointing forward, 

 concave, wavy, with reflcxcd tips: Ivs. lanceolate- 

 acute. 



9. I&teo-alba, Lindl. Pseudobulbs long-ovate, 1-lvd., 

 2' 2 in. high: Ivs. broad, obtuse, narrowetl at the ba.se, 

 1 ft. long: scapes 6 in. long; sepals .3 in. long, 32in- 

 wide, tawny yellow fafling to white at the base, brown 

 on the back, the lower pair drooping; petals erect, 

 pointing forward, one-half as long, white to brown and 

 yellow above; side lobes of the labelluni yellow \\'ith pur- 

 ple streaks; middle lobe recurved, hairy, yellow, with 

 white margins. Colombia. G.C. III. 43: 16.5. — A robust 

 species, which soon fills large-sized pans, making very 

 ornamental plants. 



10. striata, Rolfe. Scapes 6-8 in. long, bearing soU- 

 tary fls. 4—.") in. across the sepals; dorsal .sei)als ovate- 

 oblong; lateral sepals ovate- attenuate, forming a 

 broad mentum at the base, often twisted and recurved; 

 petals narrower, wavfy; both sepals and petals are yel- 

 low, striped with red-brown; lobes of the labelluni cre- 

 nate-wavy, white with purjile veins, the lateral ones 

 recurved." Aug. Peru. G.C. III. 20:631. G.M. 41:705. 



11. Houtteana, Reiehb. f. Fig. 23.38. Rhizome erect 

 or iiscending, clothed with brown sheaths: pseudobulbs 

 'l-'lYi in. long, linear-oblong, compressed; Ivs. solitary, 

 6 in. long, linear, obtuse, keeled; scape 132-2 in. long; 

 fls. nearly 2 in. across; sepals ovate-lanceolate, dirty 

 yellow outside, red-purple within, with a yellow margin 

 and spotted below; petals smaller, colored hke the 

 sepals; labellum without lateral lobes, oblong-obtuse, 

 yellow with red-brown spots, and an illKlefined callus 

 on the ba-sc. April. Guatemala and Venezuela. B.M. 

 7.533. — Fls. last about a month in the coolhouse. 



12. variabilis, Batem. (A/, angustifdlia, Hook.). 

 Pseudobulbs oval, compresseil; Ivs. sohtary, plane, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate: fls. solitary, small, 

 deep ijurple; sepals linear-oblong, acute, the lateral 

 ones produced at the ba-se; petals subsimilar; labellum 

 oblong, refuse, fleshy, membranous at the base; disk 

 with a small callus. "Midwinter. Mex. B.M. 3614 (as 

 M. Henchmanni). — X small plant, of interest only to 

 collectors. 



13. tenuif&Ua, Lintll. Rhizomes erect, bearing ovate- 

 compressed pseuflobulbs at irregular intervals: Ivs. 

 linear-lanccolat(^ acute, recurved, gr;i.ss-like, i)lan(^; fls 

 small, spotted and shaded with purple and yellow; 

 sepals ovatolanceolate, margins revolute, rcflexed; 

 petals ovate, acute, erect; labellum oblong, reflext^d, 

 with an entire, oblong callus. Spring. Mex. B.R. 

 2.5:8.— Not valuable. 



M. abbrevi'iia, R<'if;hb. f. FI.s. solitary, on lonK bractcd pediinolcM, 

 copp<T-<'olore«l. O. 1911: KW.— .W. liinUii. Ue Wild. Peduncles 

 fiolitjiry or geminate: fl.s. yellow: lip <len.'4ely purplf^-dotted toward 

 the middle. Brazil. — A/, dichrdma, Rolfe. Related to M. venii.stu, 

 but the petal.s .sufFuHed on the lower half with light pinkiith purple, 

 the lip iiiargincd, with same color: sepals white. — M . Ftetcheriarui, 

 Rolfe. \ new snecies intermediate between M. .Saiuleriana and .M. 

 grandiflora in the form and size of fl.: fls. large, cream-white, with 

 purple lines: lip yellow. Peru. — M. /ntctifleja, iiciehb. f. .Sepals 



yellow, bronzy-tinged, twisted; petals cream-colored, twisted and 

 coiled, warty-margined: lip white, purple-marked. Ecuador. G.C. 

 III. ;n:.'i.59. — M. fun^rea, Lindl. "Fls. with broad purple-brown 

 sepals and petals, and a darker shining lip, having a broad crest." 

 Hrazil. — A/. Fuertifenberyidna, Schlecht. I''Is. large, snow-white, 

 front, part of sepals orange-yellow; middle lobe of lip bordere*! 

 widi !rcd. Peru. O. 1(112:110, dese. — A/. IleitniHpmxa, Schlecht. 

 Kls. yellowi.sh white, fragrant. Colombia. O. 1(112: 117, desc. — M. 

 iitr'irniiln, offered by Lager & Hurrell, a trade name only. — A/. 

 iri'h/oliii, Reiehb. f. Lvs. distichous, oquitant, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate: sepals triangular; lip ligulate-pandurate. Colombia. — M. 

 Jahniii/m, Krilnzl. Scape 1-fld.; fls. widely expanded, white; sepals 

 and petals deep lilac in upper half; lij) yellowish, edged with Idac. 

 Peru. — A/, phtrnirdnlhera, Hodrig. l-'ls. white or pale yellow, 

 dotted with purple. Brazil. — A/, inilla, Lind. & Reiehb. f. Plant 

 small; fls. straw-yellow, striped with red-brown. C'olombia. — M. 

 pusSUii, Rolfe. Scapes solitary, short; sepals and petals brownish 

 green; lip dark purple, shiny. — M. sciirriUs. Rolfe. Sepals and 



?ctais elongated, narrow, curved, dark-spotted, 5-G in. long. G.C. 

 II. 28:65; 32:243, 245. tt ti 



Heinkich Hasselbring. 

 George V. NASH.f 



MAXIMILIANA (after Maximilian Joseph, first 

 king of Bavaria, 1756-1825, not Prince Maximilian 

 Alexander Philipp, as said by some). Palmacea!, tribe 

 AUdk3e. Tiill pinnate - leaved palms, spineless, with 

 ringed trunks. Known also as Englerophaenix ; see 

 M aximiluLnea, below. 



Leaves with linear pinna; in groups, the midveins and 

 transverse nerves prominent; raehis bifacial, strongly 



2338. MaxiUaria Houtteana. (X^^ 



compressed; petiole -plano-convex. This genus is dis- 

 tinguished from Attalea a-s follows: petals of the male 

 fls. minute, much shorter than the 6 exserted stamens: 

 fr. 1-seeded: pinn;e in groups instead of equidistant. 

 From Cocos and Seheeli:i it differs in the above floral 

 characters and in the plano-convex instead of concavo- 

 convex petioles. Fr. yellow or brown, ovoitl, with 

 fibrous or fleshy pericarp and bony endocarp, the latter 

 3-pored at the base, acuminate at the apex.— Species 3, 

 St. Kitts, Trinidad and S. Amer. For cult., see Palms. 



