n . 35.
TAB XXXV.
M A X ! L L AR I A SKINNERI
M R . f í K I N N E R S H A X I L L A K I A .
THIUUS : VA N D Eil5.—LIBIILEV.
MAXILLAIÌIA.» Flora. Perm:. Prudr. t. 25.—/ , . ; / , m i c f Limll. m Bol. lie,,. Mis,-, p. Ill, I8j:i.
F l o r k s ringoiltos, petalis s!C|iins ilissimilibus, in iiicnlurn I,rovo pi-odiiori.
L a b o l l i i r a modio appenilioe traiisvorso carnoso iiitogi-o v. oiiiargiiialo aiioluiti.
C o l l i m i l a elongata, semitores, sa-piiis pilosa. Polliiiia 4 , per |)aiia cauiliciiliv
a n g u s t e elongalíE a d n a t a ; gianduia parva subi-olnndá ; roslollo siilinlato.—llorbio
I ) s o n d o b i i l b o s a ' , Coliis plicatis. Scapi radicaJcs, orccti, unidor!. Floros,sonipor
s p e c K w i bracleà luagnà spathaceà siiH'idli.
51. Ski«,ieri: pseudo-biilbis siibrotuiulo-ovatis tripl.yllis foliis lunceolalis iicuUs pBcotis scapo laxt
vagmoto aiccndente duplo longioribus, brdcteá lierbaceà acntfi ciicullatfi ovario multò lon..iore sop-ilis
p a t e n t i kM oblongo-lauceolaüs aoulis, petolis 2-plo brevioribus ovalibus creclis supm columnam convoluti^
apicibus reHe.i.i ; khcUi ù-ilobi lobis lateniUbns ereclis Iruncatis, intcnnedio longioro ovaio mluiulato
defle.xo, appendice carnosi lingtutfonni inter lacinia» laterales Icicatà ; columna suljtus pubescente
Btctcncì „1 Hot. Rcg. Mise. 13, 1S42.
Ljraste Skmneri, Jìut. lic^. Mite. ji. 10, IStó.
Habitat in Giíatcnulá.—SKINNEU.
S e s c i ' i p t i o i i .
1 SHUOO-BULBS ,-o,„uU,h omtc, decplnfurroiccd. frc,m„ll!i attaini,,^ a m;, to/v/e „zc; bm,-i„g
l,ra or hree ImMolate, sharp-poiMcl, deephj plicat,:d XiMi-jrs. Scape fro«', «x '¡„ckm to a foot
l„g],, shorter than the leaves, iarested, at its i,pp,r e.vtrr.i„it!,, »•«'' » mjlated ijremish Bii \cT
«„eh ticee the length of the oranj. I'l„« e„s solitar,/, verij h„-ge ami l,ea„tif„l. Sepau: often
three mhes lon,j, pnre trhile, ohlo,„j-lmiceolate, aeule. Pet.ils hair the le,i,jth of the sepals oral
erect, re««/ round the column, reflexed at the points, of a delicate iwi/ hue, especially at Ih'e base,
r.ip :i-lal,ed. the lateral lohes erect and Iruneated: the ecMral lobe longer than the others, orate,
rouniled, and bent doicucanls ;-„ cm-ions fleshy toiajne-like p,-oeess is lotlyed betu-em the lobes.
C0ZII.1/.V pure n-hite at the apex, but nmttlcd with crimson ,tots at the base, u-ith a profusion of
u-oolly hui,-s seattered on its tinder siile.
T h e following notice of lliis admi rabl e plant appeared in the " Botanical Register," for February, 18.12.
" Tliis, the fidi,• frinctp, of all kaown .SinxUhrim, hi« at length floweioJ In tke collection of Ilio Rev. Jons Ciowis
Willi I, vigour und keiiuly thai couU not be cxcoedcil in its iialive haunts. Tlic tlowcrs, which are vorj- ilurahlc, actually
mciisurc ii|»v,ml! of sis indies acros, from the tips of the lateral sepals, while the Inllcr arc nearly an inch and half wide
m iho broadest part. The eoloim of this Bower are pccuharly delicate, tiie sepals being pure white, faintly tinged irilh
• So Mllnl l>y lliL- miUiOTs ofil.e /Vora ATiirin™, frani the resemblance of li.e lip in i.inny ofilie qicciea lo ilio jaivs. ot mniii/.c, of varions insects
t In . rccen, nuiiibec of tlio " Botanici n.^toe,- (.Aec He ten,e on llte plat. «sntv«!), Pcofesso, L , „ t . „ pnbl!.,l,etl a nf
a,c lllllvt,% .1,1 jotin. ,»„,».„•,. „.„tctinj ,„„ ,„ „ j , , __ _ ^ ^ •
1,0 t e r n , . O f thl,. otitl t , . ,1i,„;«.™ tl,o g.aer. ob.c.c,e» „o gi.en above.
A X l IL L A M I A SKIH-REB,!
.'FMifj iSù-u. 16S nmm). Jv^ u