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Maxillaria (Supplement)

To the species described on pp. 338-9, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

M. Endresii (Endres'). fl., sepals and petals light ochreous, triangular-ligulate, acuminate, aristate; lip ochre, with a yellow disk, and purple borders and veins on the side lobes; callus triangular, depressed; peduncle rather short. l. cuneate-ligulate, blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs very broad, elliptic. 1886.

M. fucata (painted). fl., sepals and petals white outside, white inside at base, purple in the middle, yellow at apex, the sepals spotted red at apex, triangular, the lateral ones broadest, with reflexed tips, the petals rhomboid, blunt-angled at the sides; lip ochreous, striped brown, oblong-elliptic, trifid in front, the side lobes rounded, margined brown, the mid-lobe small, semi-oblong, emarginate; peduncles 9in. long, with many sheaths. l. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 8in. to 9in. long; petioles 5in. to 7in. long. 1886. Allied to M. irrorata.

M. Harrisoniae (Mrs. Harrison's). A synonym of Bifrenaria Harrisoniae.

M. Hubschii (Hubsch's). fl. white; lateral sepals much rounded, like a goitre; petals linear-rhombic, acute; lip transverse, rhombic, with a yellow, emarginate callus on the disk, a mauve-purple margin inside, and a few dots and blotches at the base outside; column white, with mauve stripes in front. 1888. Allied to M. fucata.

M. Kalbreyeri (Kalbreyer's). fl., sepals and petals greenish-white, the upper sepal and petals ligulate, the lateral sepals triangular, acute; lip greenish-white, marked mauve-purple on the outer margins, oblong-ligulate, blunt, toothleted on the anterior margins, a little broader towards the base. l. oblong-ligulate, 9in. high, 1in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs about 2in. long and 1in. broad. New Grenada, 1885.

M. Lehmanni (Lehmann's). fl. white; side lobes of the lip light reddish-brown and covered with fragile hairs inside, pale ochre with dark chestnut veins outside, the front lobe sulphur, triangular, wavy. 1886. A showy species.

M. macrophylla (large-leaved). A synonym of Lycaste macrophylla.

M. molitor (producer). fl. dingy yellow; sepals tinged brown, acute, the lateral ones narrower; petals smaller, oblong-lanceolate, often reflexed at top lip marked brown, trifid, the mid-lacinia triangular, blunt, wavy, the side ones rounded; column yellow, with red spots in front. l. and pseudo-bulbs as in M. grandiflora.

M. praestans (excelling). fl., sepals and petals honey-yellow, the former ligulate, acute, the latter narrow, shorter, acuminate or blunt-acute; lip trifid, the basilar laciniae whitish, with purple spots, the mid-lacinia brownish-yellow, very thick, cuneate-ligulate, blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, ancipitous, with convex sides. Guatemala, 1884.

M. Sanderiana (Sander's). fl. ivory-white, 4in. to 5in. across, the bases of the sepals and petals and the outside of the lip dark vinous-crimson, the inside of the lip yellowish, with vinous-crimson spots. l. stalked, broadly oblong, obtuse, apiculate. Pseudo-bulbs compressed, one-leaved. Peru, 1887.