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PL. CDLXIV. 
MAXILLARIA LINDENIAE coen. 
MADAME LINDEN’S MAXILLARIA. 
MAXILLARIA. Vide Lindenia, vol. VI, p. 19. 
Maxillaria Lindeniae. Pseudobulbi 
ovoideis demum subconicis, valde compressis, biconvexis, apice unifoliatis ; 
foliis erecto-patulis, oblongis, acutis, inferne in petiolum longiuscule attenuatis; scapo suberecto, satis gracili, teretius- 
culo, vaginis majusculis membranaceis acutiusculis, basi integris, superne leviter vesiculosis, paullo distantibus vestito, 
foliis subdimidio breviore; bractea acuta, ovario satis breviore; sepalis carnosulis, acutis, dorsali lanceolato erecto, 
lateralibus anguste triangularibus patulis; mento satis prominente, obtuso; petalis membranaceis, erecto-patulis, trian- 
gulari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, sepalo dorsali satis brevioribus; labello carnoso, tigido, sepalis lateralibus multo 
breviore, ambitu obovato, valde avo, fere cond 
plicato, apice rotundato leviter replicato margine crispulo, extus 
glabro, intus dense farinaceo-tomentoso praecipue ad medium, disco a basi usque ultra medium calloso, callo carnoso 
late ligulato apice incrassato et rotundato; columna breviuscula, crassa, satis incurva, dorso rotundata, basi in pedem 
longissimum producta ; clinandrio membranaceo, undulato-subcrenulato, margine subtiliter papilloso-ciliato, postice 
bidentato. 
Maxillaria Lindeniae Coan. in Fourn, des Orchid., IV, p. 362 (1894);.L. Linp. Les Orch. exot., p- 833, 
fig. 112; The Orchid Review, II, p. 75. 
Maxillaria spec. nov. Hort., Rev. de VHort. Belg., XX, p. 48. 
Crescit in Peruvia. 
his beautiful species is remarkable for the extraordinary size of its 
M| z flowers and their delicate colouring. It was introduced from roy by 
same establishment at the beginning of January 1894. It was unanimously awar- 
ded a First-class Diploma of Honour at a meeting of the OrcHIDEENNE, of 
Brussels, on the 14 th of the same month. 
In its appearance, the M. Lindeniae is somewhat analogous to M. venusta 
Lino. et Reus. F. (not Linpv.), and a few allied species, especially M. Anato- 
morum Reus. F., and M. splendens Porrp. et Enpv. It is more closely allied 
to M. venusta, which, however, may be easily distinguished by the colouring of 
its flowers, by its frequently two-leaved pseudobulbs, by the more acute vaginae 
of the spike, by its hanging-down flowers, having far more acuminate sepals, 
more spreading petals and a distinctly three-lobed lip, and by the absence of two 
stout posterior teeth on the clinandrium. 
Cette belle espéce, dédiée 4 Madame Linpen, est remarquable a la fois 
par l’ampleur extraordinaire de ses fleurs et par leur coloris trés délicat; elle 
fut introduite du Pérou en 1893 par L’HorticuLTuRE INTERNATIONALE, et elle 
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