Refugium Botanicun. | [ October, 1872. 
TAB. 103. 
Tribe VANDES. 
Genus Maxinuartia (R. Pav.), Lindl. 
M. nasauis, Fchb. f.! Beitr. Cent. Am. p. 104! Pseudobulbo late 
oblongo ancipiti a vaginis foliatis stipato, apice monophyllo, 
folio cuneato ligulato obtuse acuto ultra pedali, pedunculis 
solitariis, vaginis nonnullis increscentibus ancipitibus, bractea 
ampla scariosa subacuta, ovario a bractea tecto multipunctato, 
sepalis valde carnosis, ligulato-acuminatis, tepalis brevioribus 
hegulatis acutis, labello ligulato, medio trifido, lacinis laterali- 
bus angulatis medianis, lacinia media producta ligulata acuta 
hine undulata, callo tumido oblongo viscoso inter lacinias 
laterales, columna clavata. 
The original discoverer of this plant appears to be the late 
unfortunate L. Schlim, Director Linden’s half-brother, who found 
it near Lasita, in New Grenada: it is his 1752! Some time ago 
Mr. Tucker, Mr. 8. Low’s traveller, found it in Costa Rica, as did 
also Mr. Endres; finally it appeared in the Saundersian collec- 
tion. It is most peculiar, and among all the herd of Mawzillarias 
there is but the M. proboscidea, Rchb. f., from Venezuela that can 
be compared to it. The flower is yellowish green. I found the 
sepals with little brown spots in the Saundersian collection. The 
sepals are likewise adorned with many brown streaks and spots 
near the base. ‘The lip is purplish brown, with a yellow border. 
The column yellow, with a purplish base. The representation 
made by Mr. Fitch is very faithful in all particulars as well as in 
the total representation. 
Pseudobulb broad, oblong, ancipitous, with long sheaths bearing 
leafy lamin. One long leaf on the top of the pseudobulb cuneate- 
ligulate, blunt, acute, more than a foot long. Llower-stalks 
solitary, much shorter than the leaf, with several imbricate 
sheaths and a similar broad, scariose, wider, acute bract. Ovary 
thick, with many brown dots. Sepals very fleshy, ligulate- 
acuminate. T'epals shorter, ligulate, acute. Lip ligulate, trifid 
in the middle; lateral lacinie angular; muddle lacinié long, 
spreading, ligulate, acute, undulated on its hmb. Callus thick, 
oblong, viscid between the lateral lacinie. Column clavate. 
