Refugium Botanicum. |] [June, 1869. 
TAB. 78. 
Tribe VANDER. 
Genus Maxinuartr, R. and P. 
M. ogpscura, Lind. and Rehb. fil. Beit. Orch. Centr. Amer. p. 317, tab. 
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bus oblongisve, obtuse ancipitibus, utrinque fornicatis, tandem ru- 
gosis, monophyllis, foliis nunc ultra pedalibus, cuneato oblongo- 
ligulatis, acutis, cum apiculo, superne prasinis, inferne pallidioribus 
costa mediana valde prominula, rugis parvis transversis apicem 
versus, pedunculis pauci-vaginatis, vaginis arctis apice acutis, 
bractea ampliori, ovarium excedente, sepalis oblongo-ligulatis seu 
triangulo-ligulatis acutis, lateralibus divergentibus demum deflexis, 
tepalis ligulatis acutis sepalo summo adpositis seu suppositis, 
labello trifido, laciniis posticis semiovatis antice obtusangulis seu 
acutangulis, callo ovato depresso interposito, disco laciniz oblong 
acute antice incrassato, columna brevi, anthera carinato galeata, 
glandula oblunata seu retusa. — M. cucullata, Hook. Bot. Mag. 
1842, tab. 3945 ! 
According to Sir William Hooker, the type of his figure was 
introduced by Mr. Henchman. It would thus no doubt be of 
Mexican origin. We obtained flowers with sepals a little broader 
from Mr. Linden, who declared they came from New Granada. 
The plant is easily distinguished from genuine M. cucullata by 
not having an acute glandula, nor yet such a cucullate bract. 
foots filiform, straight, very hard, always without any hairs. 
Pseudobulbs close together, oblong-pyriform or oblong, obtuse, 
ancipitous, at length much wrinkled. Sheaths triangular, with a 
scarious inner border, shorter than the one-leaved bulbs. Leaves 
even more than a foot long, coriaceous, cuneate oblong-ligulate, 
bluntly acute, leek-green on the upper surface, paler beneath, 
with an obtuse keel over the middle nerve, and some transverse 
wrinkles towards the tip. Peduncles not much exceeding the 
bulbs, usually with two narrow acute sheaths. Bracts resembling 
the sheaths, exceeding the stalked ovary. Sepals ligulate-trian- 
gular, acute or oblong-ligulate acute, the lateral ones divaricate 
or bent down, all lake-brown, occasionally with yellow tips. 
Tepals shorter, under or near the upper sepal, of the same 
colour. Lip dark brown, trifid; lateral lacinte semiovate, 
