Tas. 7766. 
MASDEVALLIA peorsem. 
Native of New Grenada. 
Nat. Ord. Orncuipem.—tTribe ErrpEnpres&. 
‘Genus Masprvatiia, Ruiz & Pav.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. 
: p- 492.) 
Maspevatiia (Coriaces) deorsum; caspitosa, acaulis, pendula, folio 10-13 
pollicari oblanceolato obtuso coriaceo enervi medio suleato supra viridi 
marginibus rufescentibus junioribus subtus rubro adspersis, pedunculo 
foliis breviore robusto pallido rubro-punctato medio vagina oblonga 
concolore instructo, perianthii aurei rubro maculati tubo brevi 4 poll. 
diam. basi gibbo, sepalo dorsali reflexo e basi brevi late ovato repente in 
caudam 24 poll. longam constricto, lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis in caudas 
cauda dorsali breviores sensim angustatis, petalis parvis spathulato- 
obovatis pallidis, labello oblongo-obovato obtuso supra ultra medium 
papillis, elongatis sanguineis villoso, basin versus maculis luteis ornato. 
M. deorsa, Rolfe in Orchid Rev. vol. viii. (1900) p. 255. Gard. Chron. 1900, 
vol. i. p. 395, fig. 121, and p. 419. 
A very remarkable species of a genus abounding in 
curious forms, distinguished from all others, in so far as 
at present known, by its strictly pendulous habit, likened 
by Mr. Rolfe to that of Cattleya citrina, Lindl. (tab. 3742). 
‘Several plants of it were imported from New Grenada in 
1894 by Consul Lehmann, of Hamburg, of which two 
flowered in 1900, one at Glassnevin, with Mr. Frederick 
Moore, A.L.S.; the other in Sir Trevor Lawrence’s unique 
Orchid collection at Burford Lodge, Boxhill. The figure 
here given is from the latter specimen, kindly forwarded 
to me by Sir Trevor for the purpose in November last. 
Deser.—Whole plant pendulous, tufted. Leaf ten to 
thirteen inches long, oblanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, 
bright green above, with pale rufous margins, when young 
copiously dotted beneath with red. Peduncles one-flowered, 
much shorter than the leaf, stout, sprinkled with red spots, 
bearing an appressed sheath about the middle. Flower 
very large, yellow, blotched with bright red. Tube of 
perianth one-third of an inch in diameter, base rounded. 
Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, very short, reflexed, suddenly 
contracted into a slender tail two and a half inches long. 
Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, an inch and a half long, 
Marcu Ist, 1901. 
