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Masdevallia—continued. 
to end of lower sepal; petals whitish: peduncles one or 
two-flowered, minutely warted, Ain. to 5in. long. “. canalicu- 
late, lin, long, terete. Costa Rica, 1876. 
Very distinct. (B. M. 6268.) 
M. trichete (three-bristled). This much 
resembles M. triglochin, but has longer 
leaves and smaller flowers, the latter of a 
rich brown-purple, with orange tails, and 
some parts of the base orange, with brown 
nerves. A. Sin. 
M. tridactylites (three-fingered). fl. small; 
dorsal sepal yellow ; lateral ones brownish- 
purple; tails orange, sigmoid, blunt; pe- 
duncles very slender. J. very thin, semi- 
terete, acute, channelled. 
M. triglochin (three-hooked),* fl. small but 
beautiful, borne, several in succession, on 
a peduncle not much longer than the 
leaves; sepals red, with yellow tails ; petals 
2 yellow, blotched with red on the disk; 
ip pale, with some red on each side at base. 
l. light glaucous-green, spotted with violet 
beneath, lłin. long, thick, narrow, spathu- 
late-cuneate, acute. Ecuador, 1878, A very 
dwarf plant, of neat habit. 
M. Trochilus (Trochilus). A synonym of 
M. ephippium. 
M. troglodytes (Troglodyte), . whitish 
outside, inside and tails purple - brown, 
mottled on the margin with yellow, 
spotted on the sides and apex with red- 
brown ; tailsalmost equal, 1}in. to 2in. long; 
perianth open, jin. in diameter; scape one- 
flowered. L. linear-lanceolate, tridentate at 
apex. Columbia, 1878, (B. H. 1877, 5.) 
M. Tubeana (Tube’s). fl., sepals brownish- 
violet, with a yellow base and rather lon 
tails; petals white, as are also the lip an 
column, J. soft, cuneate-oblong, acute, 
lft. longgpetiolate. Ecuador, 1878. 
(tail-spiked). i. dark brown, with small orange 
markings, more numerous, longer-stalked, and smaller than in 
M. Schlimii, which this plant otherwise resembles, 1 
M. Veitchiana (Veitch’s).* fl. solitary; outer surface of the 
sepals tawny-yellow, the inner surface rich orange-scarlet ; 
nearly the whole of this portion is densely set with short, 
erect, woolly glands, or papillæ, which are tipped with rich 
purple. Autumn and winter. J. about Sin. long, coriaceous, 
dark green. Peru, 1867. Probably the finest species yet intro- 
duced. (B. M. 5739.) grandiflora is a magnificent form, with 
very large flowers, 
M. velutina (velvety). fl. rosy-violet and white, velvety within, 
as large as those 91 71 M. rade, but with longer tails; uncle 
slender, dark violet, one-flowered. l. ligulate, in dense tufts. 
h. 6in, Columbia, 1875. — Hee. e, 
vespertilio (bat-like). fl., sepals pale yellow, blotched 
with brownish-purple, having numerous yellow bristles in- 
side, and yellow tails longer than their body ; brown 
and yellow, small; the lip is extended in a , trans- 
verse, keelless epichile, the small hypochile with a somewhat 
. Hike, blunt, angular keel; column white. Columbia, 
M. Wageneriana (Wagener’s). fl. be with a rhomboid 
toothleted lip. Z. small, ed, very thick. h. 4in. 
Central America. (B. M. 4921.) ; 
M. Wallisii (Wallis’s).* ellow, spotted with blood-red, 8in. 
ad } — sepals; — hispid 
suddenly con- 
exed ; 
ber. 
ty variety, 
h a stronger 
M. Winniana (Winn’s). This species is similar to M. Roezlii, 
but larger; 8 lighter in colour, with more gradually 
tapering sepals, and an erect peduncle. 1881. 
M. xanthina (yello bright yellow, dark violet at the ver 
base of even 45 ing ch . than the oak 
1850. lip yellowish, with a knob at the apex. J. cuneate-oblong. 
M. xanthodactyla Jlow-fingered).- jl. greenish-white, with 
yellow tails ; lip pest yee at nicel mottled and marbled with 
brownish-violet. October. Tropical America, 1877. 
MASSANGEA (named after M. Massange de Louvrex, 
a distinguished Belgian horticulturist). Orp. Brome- 
liaceew. A small genus of stove herbaceous perennials, 
now included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Caraguata. 
Massangea—continued. 
They are grown principally on account of the elegance of 
their leaves. 
For culture, see Billbergia. 
Kn 
FIG. 522. MASSAN GEA HIEROGLYPHICA, 
M. hieroglyphica (hieroglyphic).“ J. dark green, banded with 
„ having “hieroglyphic markings. Brazil, 1878. 
See Fig. 522. (R. II. 1878, 175.) 
M. Lindeni (Linden’s). J. ligulate-oblong, abruptly acuminate, 
greyish, marked with transverse, narrow, wavy bars of violet- 
rown. Peru, 1878. (I. H. 1878, 309.) L 
M. musaica (mosaic).* fl. in terminal close heads on an erect 
scape, sme A with scarlet bracts; corolla snow-white; calyx 
brownish, ivory-white at the apex. ang J. ligulate, recurved 
cc 
rly wit es 0 n, Which presen — 
— h. Hift. Columbia, 1873 Syns. Tillandsia musaica and 
Vriesia musaica. (B. H. 1877, 8, 9.) 
MASSONIA (named after F. Masson, 1741-1805, a 
botanical traveller in South Africa). Syn. _Podocallis. 
ORD. Liliacew. A genus comprising, according to Mr. 
Baker, about twenty-five species of small-growing, green- 
house, bulbous plants, natives of South Africa. Flowers 
six-cleft, spreading or r i 
none. Leaves radical, twin, nearly opposite, spreading, 
ovate or rarely oblong. The species are more curious 
than beautiful. They thrive in sandy peat, and, as is 
the case with most South African bulbous plants, like 
a decided season of rest. 
M. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). fl., perianth white; segments 
linear, reflexed, half as ss Soa the tube; corymbs shortly 
7 twenty-flowered. April. I. lanceolate, 
* eee 1775. (B. M. 736.) 
ments linear: ibs twenty to thirty- 
0 leshy-herbaceous, 
Zin. to Sin. long and broad. A. 6in. R. 694.) 
t lia (sword-shape-leaved). Jl, poania lilac, zin. to 
2 ensifo! £ , Spread ; corymbs three 
lin. long; segments linear-ligulate, 
th white, nearly lin. long; seg 
M. candida (white). E —— 1. 
. to ijin. broad. À. Gin. 1790. (B. M, 664; 
A. B. R. 46, under name of M. a.) 
M. latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of M. sanguinea. 
uricated). rianth white, lin. long ; segments 
M pagan as long as the tube. April. l 
fleshy-herbaceous, round-cordate, Sin. to din. long and broad. 
h. Ein. 1790. (B. M. 559.) r i 
rianth lin. long; 
e the length of the cobs; aeaa 
white; corymbs ten to twenty-flowered. February. l ovate- 
