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 125. MASDEVALLIA ciiprea. 



M. cuprea ; folio obovato-lanceolato basi angustato sub apice levissime triden- 

 tato cariuato, scapo paulo longiore triquetro bilioro, bracteis carinatis 

 pedicellorum longitudine, sepalis latcralibus ovato-lanceolatis tricarinatis 

 semiconnatis supremo lineari-lanceolato paulo longiore marginibus re- 

 flexis, petalis linearibus truncatis apiculatis, labello basi concavo oblougo 

 versus apicem convexo lineari apice obtuso reflexo. 



An unknown correspondent has sent this from Hamburgh, 

 as a native of Cayenne. Its leaf was four inches long ; the 

 scape a little longer ; the upper sepal copper-coloured, the 

 lower dark purple, copper-coloured at the point. It manifestly 

 differs from M. guayanensis in its sepals not being caudate. 



12"6. CROCUS pulchellus. Herbert. 



Crocus pulchellus ; coituo e minimis tunicis non fibrosis, prascipua truncata 

 dura, intus glabra prope basim affixa annulo inferne circumscisso fibris 

 alterne brevioribus ciliato, persistente, interioribus (i.e. foliaceis) summo 

 cormo affixis, spatha f unc. hyaliua inclusa albescente acuta, bractea 

 sequali lata lorata germine sublutescente, tubo 1^-2^ unc. exserto sub- 

 lutescente estriato fauce subcrocea, limbo 1^-11 unc. laciniarum obtu- 

 sarum basi intus saturate crocea subbarbata pallide subpurpureo, venis 

 prsecipuis sepalorum tribus petalorum quinque purpureis, filamentis 5^ unc. 

 hispidis croceis, antlieris -j^^ unc. cum polline albis ! ! ! stylo pallide croceo 

 lobis tribus sub sole flaccide recumbentibus f unc. superne furcatis rarius 

 trifidis stigmatibus erosis saturatioribus, seminibus e minimis rotundatis 

 vel subangulate compressis pallide rufis hilo apiculato raphe ad chalazam 

 valde prominente. Obs. In specioso antherce aurece triplo fere flamentis 

 longiores, fil. alba, tubus purpurasceiis, limbi basis extus saturate purpu- 

 rascens intus immaculata, stylus erectior, tunica pi'^cipua tenuis neqiie 

 annulo ad basim persistente duro, foliac. exter. medio circ. cormo affixa, 

 semina obscure rvfo-brunnea superjicie quasi velutind hilo apiculato raphe 

 et chalazd inconspicuis. — W. H. 



127. CROCUS nubigena. Herbert. 



Crocus nubigena ; nisi potius C. nubigena. v. Troicus ; adjectis v. 2. Sib' 

 thorpianus ex ins. Cretd tunicis obsoletis tenuibns recte (et forsan v. 3. 

 Icevigatus duris squammceformiter) incisis ; quod, his minus cognitis, neque 

 negare neque affirmare ausim. Cormi basis in specitninibus C. Sib- 

 thorpiani caret ; annulus in icone Boryano C. Icevigati et in spec. Sib- 

 thorpiano deest, sed curatilis inquirendum est ; a C. Tournefortiano, a me 

 Twn viso, certd distinguendus) cormi tun. vaginacea interiore membranaceu, 

 tenui, basi annu^late circumscissa, annulo duro persistente fibris aculei- 

 formibus ciliato, foliacea exteriore membranaceu dura intus nitidti prope 

 basim affixa, foliaceis interioribus obsoletis basi gracili circum-bracteata, 

 bracteis tunicarum fragmenta apiculata mentientibus, foliis circiter 4, 



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