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published, though some of them may be regarded as varieties rather than species. 
They range from Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil; but they are very rare on the eastern 
side of South America, and hitherto none has been found in the West Indies. 
Masdevallia fenestrata, Lindl., is the same as Pleurothallis atropurpurea, Lindl. 
1. Masdevallia attenuata, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 834; Bot. Mag. 
t. 6273. 
Costa Rica, imported and cultivated by Messrs. Veitch. Hb. Kew. 
2. Masdevallia chontalensis, Rchb. f. Otia Hamb. p. 17. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Seemann, 180). Hb. Kew. 
_ 8. Masdevalllia cupularis, Rchb.f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 93. 
Costa Riea, Desengafio (Wendland). 
4, Masdevallia floribunda, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. p. 72; Rchb.f. in 
Gard. Chron. n. s. viii. p. 616. 
Masdevallia galeottiana, A. Rich: in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 8, iii. p. 17. 
Masdevallia myriostigma (myriosigma, errore), Morr. Belg. Hort. 1878, pp. 853 cum icone, 359 et 
361. 
Masdevallia floribunda, var. myriostigma (errore myriosigma), Morr. l. c. p. 880 (in indice). 
South Mexico, Jalapa (Leibold ; Harris), Cordillera of Vera Cruz, at 3000 to 4000 
feet (Galeotti, 5075). Hb. Kew. 
5. Masdevallia gracilenta, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. n. s. iv. p. 98. 
Costa Rica (Endres). 
6. Masdevallia harryana, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 142], et n. s. ii. 
p. 488; Flor. & Pomol. 1873, p. 169, cum icone colorata; Belg. Hort. 1873, t. 21; 
Fl. des Serres, t. 2250. | 
Masdevallia lindeni, var. harryana, André, Ill. Hort. 1872, t. 142. 
Masdevallia lindeni, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5990. 
Masdevallia harryana, F\. Mag. t. 555? 
Masdevallia lindeni, André, Ill. Hort. 1870, t. 42 ; Jenning’s Orch. t. 17; Fl. Mag. n. 8. t. 28? 
CentraL America (Roezl).—Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
Should the plants figured in the various publications cited above prove to be the 
same species—which is not unlikely, as no two are exactly alike, though the differences 
are not great-—lindeni is the older published name; but then there is the still older 
Masdevaillia lindeniana, A. Rich. et Gal., a name so near as to cause confusion. 
7. Masdevallia lata, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. n. s. viii. p. 653. 
CENTRAL AMERICA (Zahn). 
8. Masdevallia lindeniana, A. Rich. et Gal. in Aun. Sc. Nat. série 3, iii, 
p. 17. | 
Mexico (Galeotti). A sketch only in Kew herbarium. 
