Tab. 6372. 

 MASDEVALLIA Shuttleworthti. 

 Native of the United States of Colombia. 



Nat. Ord. Okchidejb.— Tribe Pleurothallide^. 

 Genus Masdevallia, Ruiz et Pav. (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 192). 



MASTmvAij.iAShiatJeworthuy foliis petiolatis elliptico-oblongis subacute 3-nerviis 

 scapis folia sutoeqiiantibus imiiloris viridibus, fioribus pro St SZ 

 bracteis acimimatis, periantbii tube brevissimo basi gibbo,sepalo dorsal 

 mod.ce cucullato suberecto obovato repente in caudam longiss mam an^st t 

 roseo punctis pallide conspurcato et nervis 5-7 roseis° instruct^ °sepal s 

 laterahbus oblique ovatis m canda, elongatas sensim attenuate saturate rose s 

 FX?- 8 /' - nS , C r S ?V rCatlS ' Petalis Kneari-oblongis apice obtuse 2-ffiT 

 labeili lamina late oblonga apice recurva obtusa disco 2-carinata, columna 



M. Shuttlewortbii; Reichb. f. in Gard. Ckron. 1875, pars i. p. 170, et 187C, 



The rapid increase in number of imported species of Mas- 

 devallia is certainly the most striking feature in the history of 

 the Orchid culture of the past ten years. No less than thir- 

 teen have been figured in the Botanical Magazine within 

 that period, and only four before it ; whilst at least double 

 that number are in cultivation in individual collections of the 

 first-class. The geographical limits of the genus seem to be 

 limited to the northern and western countries of South 

 America, where they inhabit cool-temperate humid regions. 

 M. ShuttlewortMivrm discovered, by the traveller whose name 

 it bears, in the United States of Colombia, when collecting 

 for Mr. Bull. I am indebted to W. H. Punchard, Esq., of 

 Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, for the loan of the specimen 

 here figured, which isbelieved to be unique ; it flowered in 

 March of the present year. 

 Descr. Leaves small, two inches long, narrowed into a 



JLT 1st, 1878. 



