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 125. MASDEVALLIA cuprea. 



M. cuprea ; folio obovato-lanceolato basi angustato sub apice levissime triden- 

 tato carinato, scapo paul6 longiore triquetro bifloro, bracteis carinatis 

 pedicellorum longitudine, sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis tricarinatis 

 semiconnatis supremo lineari-lanceolato paul6 longiore marginibus re- 

 flexis, petalis linearibus truncatis apiculatis, labello basi concavo oblongo 

 versus apicem convexo lineari apice obtuso reflexo. 



An unknown correspondent has sent this from Hamburgh, 

 as a native of Cayenne. Its leaf was four inches long ; the 

 scape a little longer ; the upper sepal copper-coloured, the 

 lower dark purple, copper-coloured at the point. It manifestly 

 differs from M. guayanensis in its sepals not being caudate. 



126. CROCUS pulchellus. Herbert. 



Crocus pulchellus ; cormo e minimis tunicis non fibrosis, prsecipua truncata, 

 dura intus glabra prope basim affixa annulo inferne circumscisso fibris 

 alterne brevioribus ciliato, persistente, interioribus (i.e. foliaceis) summo 

 cormo affixis, spatha f unc. hyalina. inclusa albescente acuta, bractea 

 aequali lata lorata, germine sublutescente, tubo 1^-2^ unc. exserto sub- 

 lutescente estriato fauce subcrocea, limbo l|-lf unc. laciniarum obtu- 

 sarum basi intus saturate crocea subbarbata pallide subpurpureo, venis 

 praecipuis sepalorum tribus petalorum quinque purpureis, filamentis £unc. 

 hispidis croceis, antheris T 5 ff unc. cum polline albis ! ! ! stylo pallide croceo 

 lobis tribus sub sole flaccide recumbentibus f unc. superne furcatis rarius 

 trifidis stigmatibus erosis saturatioribus, seminibus e minimis rotundatis 

 vel subangulate compressis pallide rufis hilo apiculato raphe ad chalazam 

 valde prominente. Obs. In specioso anther a aurece triplo fere filamentis 

 longiores, fil. alba, tubus purpurascens, limbi basis extus saturate purpu- 

 rascens intus immaculata, stylus erectior, tunica pracipua tenuis neque 

 annulo ad basim persistente duro, foliac. exter. medio circ. cormo ajfixa, 

 semina obscure rufo-brunnea superficie quasi velutind hilo apiculato raphe 

 et chalazd inconspicuis. — W. H, 



127. CROCUS nubigena. Herbert 



Crocus nubigena ; nisi potius C. nubigena, v. Troicus ; adjectis v. 2. Sib- 

 thorpianus ex ins. Cretd tunicis obsoletis tenuibus recti (et forsan v. 3. 

 leevigatus duris squammce/ormiter) incisis ; quod, his minus cognitis, neque 

 negare neque affirmare ausim. Cormi basis in speciminibus C. Sib- 

 thorpiani caret ; annulus in icone Boryano C. leevigati et in spec. Sib- 

 thorpiano deest, sed curatius inquirendum est ; a C. Tourne/ortiano, a me 

 non viso, certb distinguendus) cormi tun. vaginacea interiore membranacea 

 tenui, basi annulate circumscissa, annulo duro persistente fibris aculei- 

 formibus ciliato, foliacea exteriore membranacea dura intus nitida prope 

 basim affixa, foliaceis interioribus obsoletis basi gracili circum-bracteata, 

 bracteis tunicarum fragmenta apiculata mentientibus, foliis circiter 4, 



3f. — 1843. P 



