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Plate 118 



MAXILLARIA VENUSTA 



Graceful Ifaxillaria. 



Gen. Char. PeriantMum connivens, raro patens. SSpala lateralia cum basi product^ coluuuuxj 

 connata. Petala subconformia. Lahellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi P^^ducta co- 

 lumns articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anfhera subbilocularis. Polhma 2 bipartibUia 

 V. Integra, caudiculd brevi, glandald transversa.-Epiphyt^ {Americana-) j^smdohulhosm, acanlc 

 vel caulescentes. Folia plicata v. coriacea. Pedunculi radicales UTiUares vel termmales, nnu v. mul- 

 tijlorin LincIL 



Maxillaeia 



rad 



oalibus intense raW vaginato-braoteatis unifloris folio breviorlbus, flore subnntante amp^o 

 Bepalis petalisque patentibus lanceolatis longe acuminatis albis, pctahs ktcral.bu3 majonbus 

 basi latioribussublonge produotis, labeUo perianthio muUo brovion cum columna V^^^^S^*^ 

 articulate trilobo, disco callo rotundato tomentoso, lobis sub^quabbus, '"t"™f '7"'° ^^ 

 tuso, lutoo, lateralibus valde obtusis albis rubro-marginatis, subtus nmcuhs duabus rotundat.s 



rubris. 



Maxillaria venusta, '^Reich. jiL Orchid. Sch 

 torea, t. 38. 



Pesca- 



This charming plant was communicated for publication in the Botanical Maga- 

 zine' by Mr. Tucker, gardener to G. Reed, Esq., of Buraham, Somerset, >» «1'°^? ' «^^ 

 it flowered in great beauty in October, 1861. It is a native of Ocana, at an alt.tuae 



of 5-COOO feet above the sea-level, and therefore requires 'cool treatment, under 

 which it succeeds admirably, producing throughout the year a succession of bio 



which — in addition to their other attracl 

 sembling the odour of Gardenia radicans. 



deliciously sweet, rivalling and 



Fig. 1. Column and labellum, with the upper part of the ovary. 2. ViAhn-m&f^^BB .-^ogi 



I ificd. 



