[ß3 R. Schlechter. 



inter apices loboium lateralium 8 mm lato, incrassatione lineari-ljgulata, 

 depressa, äpicem versus paulo dilatata obtnsa e basi usque in medium 

 ornato, dimidio anteriore sparsim verruculoso, nervis leviter incrassatis, 

 iobis lateralibus abbreviatis, oblique triangulis, ^obtusis, intermedio 

 antico, subrhombeo-quadrato, obtuso, marginibus minute undulato; 

 columna leviter curvata, apicem versus ampliata, clinandrio mucronu- 

 lato, 7 mm longa, pede decurvo; ovario graciliter cylindraceo, glabro, c. 

 2 cm longo. 



Cauca: • — M. Madero. 



Eine recht charakteristische Art aus der Verwandtschaft der M. 

 fractiflexa Rchb. f. 



Maxiilaria farinifera Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiphytica, erecta, usque ad 45 cm alta; rhizomate valde abbreviato; 

 radicibus filiformibus, flexuosis, tenuibus glabris; pseudobulbis valde 

 approximatis, anguste cylindraceo-oblongoideis, leviter compressis, uni- 

 foliatis, c. 6 cm longis, infra medium 7 — ^8 mm diametroj folio erecto, 

 ligulato, acuto, basin versus subpetiolato-angustato, coriaceo, in speci- 

 mine nostro 36 cm longo, medio fere 2 cm lato; inflorescentiis paucis, 

 juxta basin pseudobulborum natis, erectis, unifloris, pedunculo gracili, 

 vaginis 9 — 10 amplectentibus acutis magna pro parte obtecto, 20 — 24 cm 

 longo; bractea vaginante, vaginis pedunculi simili, ovarium fere aequante; 

 flore illo M. lepidotae Rchb. f. simili sed bene majore ; sepalis e basi lanceo- 

 lata elongato-attenuatis, 7 cm longis, glabris; lateralibus obliquis, basi 

 margine anteriore dilatata cum pede columnae mentum obtuse cojiicum, 

 c. 4 mm longum formantibus; petalis falcatis, e basi anguste lanceolata 

 elongato-attenuatis, glabris, c. 4,5 cm longis; labello circuitu oblonge, 

 tertia parte anteriore manifeste trilobo, basi cuneato, toto 2 cm longo, 

 explanato inter apices loborum lateralium 1 cm lato; callo ligulato, obtuso, 

 depresso e basi usque in tertiam partem basiiarem ornato ; Iobis lateralibus 

 oblique triangulis obtusis, margine interiore 2,75 mm longis, intermedio 

 subantico rhombeo-oblongo, obtuso, basin versus angustato, carnoso, 

 subtus carinato, superne minute farinifero, 6,5 mm longo; columna apice 

 incurvula, apicem versus ampliata, clinandrio integro, 7 mm longa, pede 

 decurvulo; ovario subsessili, cylindraceo, glabro, c. 2,5 cm longo. 



Cauca: — M. Madero. 



] 

 Offenbar gehört die Art in die Verwandtschaft der M. lepidota 1 



Rchb. f., erinnert aber in den Blüten etwas an M. fractiflexa Rchb. f. 



Maxiilaria Maderoi Schltr., nov. spec. 



Epiphytica, c. 30 — *35 cm alta; rhizomate valde abbreviato; radicibus 

 filiformibus, flexuosis, glabris; pseudobulbis anguste cylindraceo-ovoideis, 



