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PL. CCCCXVII. 
MAXILLARIA MIRABILIS coen. 
THE ADMIRABLE MAXILLARIA. 
MAXILLARIA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., IV. p. 37- 
Des eraly 
Maxillaria mirabilis. P is parvis, 
; foliis recurvis, lineari-oblongis, acutis, inferne 
P 
longe attenuatis ; scapo erecto, gracili, vaginis majusculis subimbricatis acutissimis leviter inflatis, dorso valde carinatis, 
basi leviter gibbosis vestito, foliis subdimidio breviore; bractea acuta, ovario aequilonga; sepalis carnosulis, acutis, 
dorsali erecto, apice leviter recurvo, ovato-oblongo, dorso carinato, lateralibus paullo brevioribus inferne erectis, superne 
reflexis, triangularibus, basi dilatatis; mento obtuse conico; petalis ovato-oblongis, acutissimis, sepalo dorsali satis 
brevioribus; labello carnoso et rigido, sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, ambitu ovato, valde concavo, fere condupli- 
cato, apice satis attenuato reflexo fere circinato, margine superiore satis crispato; disco superne brevissime denseque 
tomentoso, callo carnoso oblongo-ligulato, superne incrassato, apice truncato, longiuscule denseque tomentoso; columna 
brevi, crassa, dorso obscure angulata, basi in pedem longissimum producta. 
Maxillaria mirabilis Coan. in L. Linn. Fourn. des Orchid., IV, p. 363 (1894); The Orchid Review, II, p. 75 
et 92; Rev. de l’Hortic. Belg., XX, p. 70; L. Linp. Les Orchid. exot., p. 834. 
f all the first-rank novelties introduced during the latest years by 
Messrs Linpen, L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, the present 
one is no doubt one of the most showy. It was therefore awarded a 
First-class Diploma of Honour unanimously and by acclamation at a meeting of 
L’OrcHIDEENNE, on February 11th. last. 
We are not at present allowed to divulge its habitat, but it may be surmised 
a priori that, like all its congeners, it comes from some part of tropical America. 
It has small, broadly triangular-ovate pseudobulbs, compressed, rather 
bi-convex, */, to 3/, inch high, each bearing two leaves at its apex. The leaves are 
spreading-bent, linear-oblong, acute, lengthily narrowed below, about 12 inches 
long, excluding the sheathing part, 1 °/,-2 inches broad, the scape is ascending, 
slender, hardly compressed, 6-8 inches high, light green passing to blackish 
purple near the nodes; it bears three to four sheathing scales, of a shining green, 
very acute, somewhat swollen, strongly carinate at its back, somewhat prominent 
at its base, with the margins connate at the base along a few lines, 1 */,-1 */, inches 
long. The bract, rather less acute than the other scales, is as long as the ovary. 
Sepals rather fleshy, acute, dark purple at the middle and the inferior part, 
but paler at the base, bright yellow at the apex, with numerous lines of a brownish 
purple, extending from the base nearly to the apex, and several large dark brown 
spots all over the superior half; the upper one is ovate-oblong, slightly keeled at 
the back, specially towards the apex, 1 */, inch long, */, inch broad, erect, except 
at the tip, which is somewhat recurved; the lateral ones, somewhat erect at first, 
then regularly curved outwards, are triangular, 1 */, inch long, */, of an inch 
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