Tas. 4921. 
MASDEVALLIA WacGeneriAna. 
Mr. Wagener’s Masdevallia, 
Nat. Ord. OrncH1IpE®.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium clausum ; sepalis acuminatis v. aristatis, in tubum 
campanulatum connatis. Pefala nana. Labellum nanum, oblongum, concavum, 
integrum, cum columna articulatum. Columna erecta, linearis, canaliculata. 
Anthera hemispherica. Pollinia duo, caudicula brevi.—Herbe foliis Pleuro- 
thallidis, scapis unifloris. Lindl. 
MaspEvaLiia Wageneriana ; parva, cespitosa, sepalis apice longe cirrhiferis, 
petalis securiformibus apice bifidis, labello subrhombeo grosse dentato- 
serrato marginibus inferne integris reflexis, apice appendicula carnosa ungui- 
formi. 
MaspevaLiia Wageneriana. Linden, Cat. 1855. Past. Fl. Gard. v. 3. p. 14 
(with woodcut). 
A most lovely little plant, native of Central America, for the 
opportunity of figuring which we are indebted to Messrs. Rol- 
lison, of Tooting Nursery. To be seen to advantage however 
the flowers must be dissected and magnified, and then the curious 
form and beauty of the marking are very apparent. 
Dzscr. The little plants grow in a tufted manner, and send 
out fibrous roots from the base. Stem slender, filiform, sheathed 
with a few membranaceous scales, terminating in a solitary, spa- 
thulate, obtuse, coriaceous, erect Jeaf. Peduncles also arising 
direct from the roots, nearly as long as the leaf, slender, filiform, 
sheathed with scales, each bearing a solitary, nearly erect or but 
slightly inclined flower, yellow spotted with red, jointed below 
the ovary. The three sepals, broad, ovate, and each of them ter- 
minating in a long cirrhus or tendril-like appendage, are united 
into a three-lobed cup, tinged with red on the outside and deli- 
cately dotted with red within, spreading at the mouth. Within 
this, and much shorter than the sepals, are the two minute 
hatchet-shaped petals, one on each side, the column erect, bifid 
at the point. ip also small, a little longer than the column, 
JUNE lst, 1856. 
