Tab. 7164. 

 MASDEVALLIA macbura. 



Native of the Andes of New Granada. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Tribe Epidendbej:. 

 Germs Masdevalua, Ruiz. & Par.; (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. PI vol. iii. p. 492.) 



Masdevallia (Coriaceae) macruraj dense caespitosa, foliis obovato-spathu- 

 latis obtusis in petiolum validum angustatis, pedunculis erectis validis 

 ioliis asqmlongis umrlons, flore ad apicem pedunculi sessili amplo, bractea 

 concava, penantbn carnosi tubo brevi campanulato, extus purpureo intus 

 roseo rubropunctato, sepis e basi triangulari-ovata alte 7-carinata in 

 caudas longissimas flavidas angustatis, carinis verrucosis, petalis carnos-s 

 oblanceolato-oblongis subacutis dorso carinatis, labello lineari-oblon^o basi 

 cordate, apice carnoso recurvo papillose, columna apice membranacea 



CUCUilcttcl. 



M. macrura, Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1874, pt. i. p. 240 and 1877 nf ! 

 p. 12, f. 2 ; in Linncea, vol. xli. (1877), p. 11 ' ' P 



A discovery of the late Mr. Benedict Eoezl in New 

 Grenada, possessing as its describer (Prof essor Reichenbach) 

 says, some considerable ornamental merits. This was in 

 1874 ; in 1877 a much fuller account of it (with a good 

 figure) was given in the "Gardener's Chronicle," where 

 it is stated that the tails of the sepals vary greatly in 

 length, from a little over four to six inches, in eighteen 

 specimens examined. Its most remarkable character is 

 the presence of prominent nerves covered with numerous 

 dark purple warts in the interior of the perianth. 



The plant figured was obtained from Mr. W. Lee, Down- 

 side, Leatherhead, in 1887, and flowered at Kew in 

 January, 1890. 



Desce. Stems short, densely tufted, sheathed, bearing a 

 solitary leaf and scape. Leaves with the stout petiole °six 

 to ten inches long, spathulately oblanceolate, two to three 

 inches broad, very coriaceous, keeled dorsally, tip rounded 

 entire or notched ; petiole half as long as the blade or shorter, 

 keeled at the back; basal sheaths several, large, obliquely 

 obtusely truncate. Peduncle shorter than the leaf, stout, 

 erect, one-fid., green, slightly curved. Flower large, eight 



Makch 1st, 1891. 



