Refugium Botanicum.} [June, 1869. 
TAB. 79. 
Tribe VANDE. 
Genus Maxinuaria, R. and P. 
M. rurescens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1835, t. 1802! 1886, t. 1848! Var. 
FLAVIDA, Rehb. fil. Pseudobulbis ovatis, ancipitibus, subtetragonis, 
deorsum lineolis sulcatis transversis exaratis monophyllis, folio 
cuneato oblongo-ligulato acuto, pedunculis porrectis pauci-vaginatis, 
vaginis parte libera acutis, bractea subequali, ovarium pedicellatum 
vix equante, mento mediocri, perigonio bene carnoso, sepalis ligu- 
latis obtuse acutis, tepalis cuneato ligulatis acutis, labello cuneato- 
oblongo trifido, laciniis lateralibus acutangulis, medianis, linea 
oblongata velutina inter utramque, columne trigone anthera mitre- 
formi, glandula semilunari, perigonio flavo. 
We shall have to speak of the original brown-flowered species 
on another occasion, a plate having been prepared. Whether this 
variety 1s a local one, or occurs among the typical species, we do 
not know. 
Pseudobulbs ovate, subtetragonous, ancipitous, at length with 
many short small transverse impressed furrowed lines, one- 
leaved, more or less clothed with three or four ancipitous acute 
subscariose sheaths. ‘The single leaf is cuneate, oblong-ligulate, 
acute, very leathery. Peduncles usually obliquely ascending, 
seldom nearly straight, with generally two acute sheaths. Bracts 
nearly equal to the superior sheath, not quite the length of the 
stalked ovary. Sepals ligulate, subacute, clear yellow, tinged out- 
side with a brown hue. T'epals cuneate-ligulate, acute, clear 
yellow. Lip cuneate-oblong, trifid; the lateral lacinie@ acutan- 
gular, middle lacinia ligulate, subacute or nearly retuse, the tip 
usually reflexed, a velvety callus between the lateral laciniz ; the 
colour the same as that of the other parts of the flower, but there 
are many small reddish brown blotches on both surfaces, and 
paler ones outside. Colwmn trigonous, angular near the summit ; 
also yellow, with many very small blotches. Anther-case mitrate, 
with an elevated middle ridge. Pollinia oblong, with smaller 
partitions underneath, on a triangular emarginate caudicula 
bearing a crescent-shaped glandula. 
Materials :—Dried flowers, but only garden specimens. 
