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MAXILLARIA AUREO-FULVA. 



(Golden-brown Maxillaria.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



GYN ANDRIA MONANDRIA. ORCHID A CEiE § VANDE/E. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Maxillaria. (Fl. Peruv.) Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia cum basi 

 producta columnse connata. Petala subconformia. Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum 

 basi producta columnse articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anthera sub-bilocularis. 

 Pollinia 2, bipartibilia vel integra, caudicula brevi, glandula transversa. — Epiphytce (Americana3) 

 pseudo-bulbosse, acaules vel caulescentes. Folia plicata vel coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, 

 axillares vel terminales, uni vel multiflori. — Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. 



Perianth converging, rarely patent. Lateral sepals connate with the lengthened base of the 

 column. Petals somewhat similar in form. Lip 3-lobed, hooded, sessile, articulated with the 

 lengthened base of the column. Column semiterete, wingless. Anther somewhat 2-celled. 

 Pollen-masses 2, each divisible into two, or entire, with a short caudicula and a transverse gland. 

 — Epiphytic (American) pseu do -bulbous plants, stemless or caulescent. Leaves folded or 

 leathery. Peduncles radical, axillary or terminal, one or many-flowered. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



M. aureo-fulva ; pseudo-bulbis rotundato-ovatis angulatis rugosis monophyllis ; foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis costatis acutis scapo radicali multiftoro brevioribus ; floribus longe pedicellatis apice 

 reflexis ; sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis ; lateralibus basi in calcar spurium productis; petalis striatis 

 liueari-lanceolatis acuminatis ; labello unguiculato trilobo in medio striato, lobis lateralibus acutis, 

 lobo intermedio lanceolato acuminato, gynizo subrotundo margine superiore crasso. 



Pseudo-bulbs roundish ovate, angled, wrinkled, 1-leaved ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, ribbed, 

 acute, shorter than the radical many-flowered scape ; flowers longly pedicellate, refiexed at the 

 apex ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, the lateral ones lengthened at the base into a spurious spur ; 

 petals striated, linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; lip clawed, 3-lobed, striated in the middle, lateral 

 lobes acute, middle lobe lanceolate acuminate ; stigmatic cavity roundish, with a thick upper 

 margin. 



Maxillaria aureo-fulva. — Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3C29. 

 Maxillaria stenopetala. — Flor. Cab., vol. ii. p. 112. 



Descr.' — Pseudo-bulbs roundish ovate, very copiously wrinkled, invested at the base with 

 broad, acuminate, membranous sheaths, and bearing one leaf, which terminates at the base in a 

 longish petiole. Scape slender, racemose, much longer than the leaves. Flowers numerous, of a 

 rich golden-brown ; the petals and labellum being striped with a darker colour. Pollen-masses 

 subrotund, compressed, bipartible, with two distinct caudiculss affixed to a narrow transverse 

 gland. 



