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MAbDEVALLlA. M. Dayavn, Jtf. graciUnta, and 

 M. hypodi.^cvs nro now referred ta Cryptophoi-autlius 

 (which tft'tf). To the gpecies, varietieB, and hybrids de- 

 scribed on pp. 332-5, Vol. II., the following should now 

 bo added t 



M. acrochordonia (belted above). Jf. inuch as in M. ephippinm, 

 8ix to tiltetjn to ;i peduncle; sepals having' numerous warts on 

 the upper surface ; petals atuminate ; lip much narrower than 

 in M, ephippium, with an undulated, median ktel on the upper 

 part, and an acuminate top. Ecuador, 1886. 



M. astuta (cuiining> /., stj^uls brown outside, with the centre 

 and apex yellow, internally ochreous, spotted brown, hispid, 

 trianjjular, the tails brown ; lip pale yellowish, saccate, with 

 three keels ; peduncle about as long as the leaves. /. oblonir, 

 acute, 6in. to 8in. long. Costa Rica, 1886. Allied to 

 -V. Gaskelliana, 



M. Bodda'ertii (Dr. Boddaert's). fl. solitary, about 2iin. long 

 and 2in. to 24in. broad, very fiat, on tall peduncles ; sepals 

 yellow, f^'^'^dually passing to bright crimson-scarlet mottled with 

 yellow, the dorsal one decurved, filiform, the lateral ones ovate, 

 acute, not tailed. April and May. I. leathery, lanceolate- 

 obovate, with ^heathin^, truncate scales at base. ^lew Grenada. 

 Sv\. }f. ignea Boddaertii{l. H. ser. iii 357). 



M. Candida (white). A synonym of M, tovaretists, 



M. Cardcri (Carder'.s). /. remarkably fleshy and soft; tails 

 yellow, spotted blarkish-purple, long ; perianth short, cup- 

 shaped, whitish inside, ochre-orange at biise, bearing a blackish- 

 mauve purple zone between the two areas, the free, triangular 

 portions short, the inside covered with rnsty hairs. 1885. 

 (G. C. n. s., acx., p. 181.) 



M. Colibri (humming-bird). A synon>Tn of M. ephipputm. 



M, demissa (depressed), yf., free lacinia of the upper sepal 

 trlan^ilar and very short, the tail dark yellow, the lateral 

 sepals brownish-purple, connate, rounded outside, with two 

 strong, yellow tails; petals bro^ui, small ; lip brown, narrow, 

 cordate-triangular, acute ; column white ; peduncle one- 

 flowered, much shorter than the leaf. I. very thick, cuneate- 

 spathulate. Costa Uica, 1887. 



W. elephanticeps (elephant's-head). ft, solitary, horizontal, 



Sin. to 4in. long, somewhat resembling an elephant's head, the 

 tubular portion of the perianth produced into a chin at the 

 lower base, and, as well as the lower sepals, dark crimson- 

 purpfe. pale purple outside, united for one-third their length, 

 the tails yellow inside ; upper sepal bright j'ellow, the three- 

 cornered basal part gradually narrowing into the yellow tail ; 

 peduncles 1ft. high. l. tufted, cuaeate-spathulate, acute. 

 New Grenada. (F. d. S. 997; R. X. O. t 3.) The variety 

 vachysepala (R. X. O. 74, f. 3-4) has the tails of the sepals 

 Droader. 



M. GaLriana (Gair's). /. bright yellow, studded with crimson 

 papilire. A hybrid between Jf. Davisii and 3f. Veitchhina. 

 1887. 



M. Gelenlana (Baron Hruby von Geleneye's). /., upper sepal 

 orange, at tirst dotted purple, the lateral ones much lighter, with 

 sulphur borders ; tails sulphur, very long ; petals sulphur, 

 li^julate, three-toothed ; lip thickly purple spotted, rather large, 

 membranous, oblong, slightly lobed on each side ; column 

 whitish, dotted purple, stout. I. IJin. long, l|in. broad, very 

 Blitf, petiolate. 1887. A hybrid between Jf. xanihina and 

 M, Shuttle wo rthii. 



M. glaphyrantha (hollow-flowered). jf., tube pale outside, 

 short, bordered by the overlapping margins of the purple free 

 lacini.-e, the tails yellow ; petals ligulate, emarginate, retuse ; 

 lip purple at base, with two purple stripes in front, ligulate. 

 1886. Hybrid. 



M. Hincksiana (Cant. Ilincks'). /., tube white, short, slender ; 

 middle sepal light ochre, orange at top, running out in a declined, 

 ochre tail, the lateral ones light ochre, with short, orange tails; 

 petals ligulate ; lip ligulate, acute, with two short keels. 1887. 

 A hybrid between M. ignea and 3/. tovarcnsis. 



M* i^nea aurantiaca (orange). A, bright orange, veined 

 Termilion. New Grenada. 



M. L Boddabrtii (Boddaert's). A synonym of M. Boddaertii, 



M. i« grandiflora (large-flowered), fl, circular, of great sub- 

 stance; lateral sepals bright vermilion, lined crimson and 

 suffused purple. New Grenada. 



M. I. Massangeana (Massange's). ft. bright orange-vermilion, 

 flushed rosy-purple, large. New Grenada. 



M. Lindenl armenlaca (apricot-colour). /. of a rich, deep 

 apricot- colour, veined flame-red, and having a yellow mouth to 

 the tube. Columbia, 1886. (W. O. A. 224.) 



M. L. atrosanguinea (dark bloody), fl, large ; lateral sepals 

 crimson, flushed magenta, nearly lin. wide, the points falcate- 

 lanceolate, nearly meeting. New Grenada. (W. O. A. iii. 105.) 



M« L. coemlescena (bluish), d. large ; lateral sepals magenta- 

 crimson, flushed bluish-purple, broadly semi-ovate, apiculate. 

 New Grenada. (W. O. A. L 24.) 



M. L. grandliiora (large-flowered). A tariety with large, rich 

 rosy-purple flowers, Columbia, 1886. (L. 34.) 



Masdevallia— conhn ned. 



M. L4, imperialls (imperial), fl. nearly 5in. across ; sepals 

 glowing crmisonniagenta, deepening towards the tails, broad 

 and spreading. 1882. 



M» Ii, lasta (pleasing). /. bright rosy-purple, distinctly striped, 

 large, much narrowed at the upper part, and having the margins 

 slightly undulated. New Grenada. 



M. Ij, lilacina (lilac), ft. bright rosy-lilac, broad, almost circular. 

 New Grenada. 



M.L.miniata (scarlet), ^..lateralsepals bright vermilion, flushed 

 scarlet, with a distinct, yellow eye, the principal ribs marked 

 out with crimson lines. New Grenada, 1883. (W. O. A. iii. 110.) 



M. L. sanguinea (bloody). /. brilliant red dish -crimson, flushed 

 orange, large. NeAv Grenada. 



M. L. splcndens (splendid). /. intense mauve-magenta, with 

 crimson veins, broad. New Grenada. 



M. li, versicolor (various-coloured). Jt. rich magenta, margined 

 or otherwise irregularly marked with rich maroon-crimson, freely 

 produced. 1882. Also known as striata. 



M. militaris (military). This is distinguished from M. ignea 

 "by its esceedmgly stiff, dark green leaf, of great substance, 

 standing on a petiole shorter than the blade, by a thicker 

 peduncle, a much wider f!ower tube, and a wider limb, the first 

 yellow, the limb cinnabarine, now partly yellow; the lip much 

 broader and shorter" (Reichenbach). New Grenada 



M. pusiola (rather dwarf), fl, light sulphur, small, deeply slit ; 

 free part of the sepals equal in length to that of their tails ; 

 petals bilobed at apex, one lobe being bent forwards; lip 

 unguiculate, auricled on each side at the base, the anterior blade 

 oblong-sagittate. I. tufted, lanceolate, lin. long. United StaUs 

 of Columbia, 1887. The smallest Masdevallia yet known. 



M. Koezlii rubra (red), fl. creamy-yellow, transversely mottled 

 inside with dark chocolate-red, large, having chocolate tails Sin. 

 to 4in. long. Columbia. 1886. (W. O. A. 243.) 



M. senilis (senile), fl. reddish-brown, covered inside with short, 

 yellow hairs, comparatively small ; petals white, Avith mauve-brown 

 spots; lip pale purple and white. 1885. Allied to J/. ChiiiuKva. 



M. sororcula (little sister), fl, greenish outside ; middle sepal 

 pale, lined purple, the lateral ones purple, with greenish tail^s; 

 petals white, with a purple mid-line, the purple side lobes and 

 disk with a red mid-line and white adjacent areas; peduncle 

 one-flowered. /. ligulate, acute, leathery. 1887. 



M. striatella (slightly striated). yZ. small; perianth white, striped 

 cinnamon, going off into three short tails ; petals with a brown 

 mid-line, lanceolate, with an angle on the lower side ; lip yellow 

 at base and apex, and with three purple nerves, lanceolate, acute, 

 angular at base. I. about Sin. long, rather thick, cuneate-oblong, 

 blunt. 1886. 



M, vellfera (sail-bearing), fl. greenish-yellow, shaded brown, the 

 tails clear, dark yellow ; odour unpleasant. Habit and growth as 

 in Jf. conacea, (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 744.) 



BI. WaUisii stnpenda (stupendous), fl, light sulphur, spotted 

 with chocolate, very large, haviiig chocolate tails. 1885. A grand 

 variety. (G. C. n. s., ixiii., p. 473.) 



M. Wendlandiana (Wendland's). fl. white, tubular, solitary, 

 §in. lon^, the tails equal to the free, triangular bodies; chin short; 

 lip havmg an orange area before the apex, and very numerous 

 small, dark purple spots ; column white, with three mauve stripes. 

 I. densely massed, spathulate, minutely bilobed. New Grenada, 

 1837. 



MATBICABIA. To the variety described on p. 337, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



M. cximia pyramidalis (choice, pyramidal). A garden form, of 

 compact and somewhat pyramidal habit. 1886. Hardy annual or 

 perennial. (R. H. 1886, p. 557, f. 151.) 



MAXILLAKIA. To the species described on 

 pp. 338-9, Vol. IL, the following* should now be added: 



M. £ndresii (Endres'), /., sepals and petals light ochreous, 

 triangular-ligulate, acuminate, aristate ; lip ochre, with a yellow 

 disk, and purple borders and veins on the side lobes ; callus 

 triangular, depressed; peduncle rather short. I. cuneate-ligulate, 

 blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs very broad, elliptic. 1886. 



M, fucata (painted). /., sepals and petals white outside, white 

 inside at base, purple in the middle, yellow at apex, the sepals 

 spotted red at apex, triangular, the lateral ones broadest, with 

 ref!exed tips, the petals rhomboid, blunt-angled at the sides ; lip 

 ochreous, striped brown, oblong-elliptic, tritid in front, the side 

 lobes rounded, margined brown, the mid-lobe small, semi-oblong, 

 emarginate ; peduncles 9in, long, with man^' sheaths. I. oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Sin. to 9in. long ; petioles 5in. to 7in. long. 

 1886. Allied to J/, irrorata. 



M. Harrisoniso (Mrs. Harrison's). A synonym of Bifrenaria 

 Harrisonice, 



91. Hiibsclili (HUbsch's). fl. white ; lateral sepals much rounded, 

 like a goitre ; petals linear-rhombic, acute ; lip transverse, 

 rhombic, with a yellow, emarginate callus on the disk, a mauve- 

 purple margin inside, and a few dots and blotches at the base 

 outside; column white, with mauve stripes in front. 18S8. 

 Allied to .v. fucata. 



