SUPPLEMENT. 
MASDEVALLIA. M. Dayana, M. gracilenta, and 
M. hypodiscus are now referred to Cryptophoranthus 
(which see). To the species, varieties, and hybrids de- 
seribed on pp. 332-5, Vol. II., the following should now 
be added: 
M. acrochordonia (belted above). #. much as in M. ephippiwin, 
six to fifteen to a peduncle; sepals having numerous warts on 
the upper surface ; petals acuminate ; lip much narrower than 
in M. ephippium, with an undulated, median keel on the upper 
part, and an acuminate top. Ecuador, 1885. 
M. astuta (cunning). /., sepals brown outside, with the centre 
and apex yellow, internally ochreous, spotted brown, hispid, 
triangular, the tails brown; lip pale yellowish, saccate, with 
three keels; peduncle about as long as the leaves. J. oblong, 
acute, 6in. to 8in. long. Costa Rica, 1886. Allied to 
M. Gaskelliana. 
M. Boddaertii (Dr. Boddaért’s). l. solitary, about 2hin. long 
and 2in. to 2in. broad, very flat, on tall peduncles ; sepals 
yellow, gradually passing to bright crimson-scarlet mottled with 
yellow, the dorsal one decurved, filiform, the lateral ones ovate, 
acute, not tailed. April and May. J/. leathery, lanceolate- 
obovate, with sheathing, truncate scales at base. New Grenada. 
Syn. M. ignea Boddaértiz (1. H. ser. iii. 557). 
M. candida (white). A synonym of M. tovarensis. 
M. Carderi (Carder's). jl. remarkably fleshy and soft; tails 
yellow, spotted blackish-purple, long; perianth short, cup- 
shaped, whitish inside, ochre-orange at base, bearing a blackish- 
mauyve-purple zone between the two areas, the free, triangular 
portions short, the inside covered with rusty hairs. 1883. 
(G. C. n. s., xx., p. 181.) 
M. Colibri (humming-bird). A synonym of M. ephippium. 
M. demissa (depressed). j., free lacinia of the upper sepal 
triangular and very short, the tail dark yellow, the lateral 
sepals brownish-purple, connate, rounded outside, with two 
strong, yellow tails; petals brown, small ; lip brown, narrow, 
cordate-triangular, acute ; column white ; peduncle  one- 
flowered, much shorter than the leaf. Jl. very thick, cuneate- 
spathulate. Costa Rica, 1887. 
M. elephanticeps (elephant’s-head). 4. solitary, horizontal, 
3in. 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- 
purple, pale purple outside, united for one-third their length, 
the tails yellow inside ; upper sepal bright yellow, the three- 
cornered basal part gradually narrowing into the yellow tail ; 
peduncles lft. high. J. tufted, cuneate-spathulate, acute. 
New Grenada. (F. d._ S. 997; R. X. O. i. 3.) The variety 
pachysepala (R. X. O. 74, f. 3-4) has the tails of the sepals 
broader. 
M. Gairiana (Gair’s). jl. bright yellow, studded with crimson 
pa ae A hybrid between M. Davisit and M. Veitchiana. 
1887. 
M. Geleniana (Baron Hruby von Geleneye’s). /., upper sepal 
orange, at first dotted purple, the lateral ones much lighter, with 
sulphur borders; tails sulphur, very long; petals sulphur, 
ligulate, three-toothed ; lip thickly purple-spotted, rather large, 
membranous, oblong, slightly lobed on each side; column 
whitish, dotted purple, stout. 7. ljin. long, 14in. broad, very 
stiff, petiolate. 1887. A hybrid between M. xanthina and 
M. Shuttleworthii. 
M. glaphyrantha (hollow-flowered). _/l., tube pale outside, 
short, bordered by the overlapping margins of the purple free 
laciniw, the tails yellow; petals ligulate, emarginate, retuse ; 
lip purple at base, with two purple stripes in front, ligulate. 
1886. Hybrid. 
M. Hincksiana (Capt. Hincks’). /l., tube white, short, slender ; 
middle sepal light ochre, orange at top, running out ina 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 M, tovarensis. 
M. ignea aurantiaca (orange). jl. bright orange, veined 
vermilion. New Grenada. 
M. i. Boddaertii (Boddaért’s). A synonym of M. Boddaértii. 
M, i. grandiflora (large-flowered). jl. circular, of great sub- 
stance; lateral sepals bright vermilion, lined crimson and 
suffused purple. New Grenada. 
M. i. Massangeana (Massange’s). fl. bright orange-vermilion, 
flushed rosy-purple, large. New Grenada. 
M. Lindeni armeniaca (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). #. large; lateral sepals 
crimson, flushed magenta, nearly lin. wide, the points faleate- 
lanceolate, nearly meeting. New Grenada. (W. O. A. iii. 105.) 
M. L. ccerulescens (bluish). 7. large ; lateral sepals magenta- 
crimson, flushed bluish-purple, broadly semi-ovate, apiculate. 
New Grenada. (W. O. A. i. 24.) 
M. L. grandiflora (large-flowered). 
A variety with large, rich 
rosy-purple flowers. Columbia, 1886. 
(L. 34.) 
Masdevallia—continued. 
M. L. imperialis (imperial). . nearly din. across; sepals 
glowing crimson-magenta, deepening towards the tails, broad 
and spreading. 1882. 
M. L. leta (pleasing). 1. bright rosy-purple, distinctly striped, 
large, much narrowed at the upper part, and having the margins 
slightly undulated. New Grenada. 
M. L. lilacina (lilac). 
New Grenada. 
M. L. miniata (scarlet). /., lateralsepals bright vermilion, flushed 
scarlet, with a distinct, yellow eye, the pence) ribs marked 
out with crimson lines. New Grenada, 1883. (W. O. A. iii. 110.) 
M. L. sanguinea (bloody). /l. brilliant reddish-crimson, flushed 
orange, large. New Grenada. 
M. L. splendens (splendid). jl. intense mauve-magenta, with 
crimson veins, broad. New Grenada. 
M. L. versicolor (various-coloured). jl. rich nagenta, 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 exceedingly stiff, dark green leaf, of great substance, 
standing on a petiole shorter than the blade, by a thicker 
peduncle, a much wider flower 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). jl. light sulphur, small, deeply slit 5 
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. /. tufted, lanceolate, lin. long. United States 
of Columbia, 1887. The smallest Masdevallia yet known. 
M. Roézlii rubra (red). jl. 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). 7. reddish-brown, covered inside with short, 
yellow hairs, comparatively small ; petals white, with mauve-brown 
spots; lip pale purple and white. 1885. Allied to M. Chimera. 
M. sororcula (little sister). jl. greenish outside; middle sepal 
pale, lined purple, the lateral ones purple, with greenish tails ; 
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. J. ligulate, acute, leathery. 1887. 
M. striatella (slightly striated), /l.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. 1. about din. long, rather thick, cuneate-oblong, 
blunt. 1886. 
M. velifera (sail-bearing). /l. greenish-yellow, shaded brown, the 
tails clear, dark yellow ; odour unpleasint. Habit and growth as 
in M. coriacea. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 744-) 
M, Wallisii stupenda (stupendous). jl. light sulphur, spotted 
with chocolate, very large, having chocolate tails. 1885. A grand 
variety. (G. C. n. s., xxiii, p. 475.) 
M. Wendlandiana (Wendland’s). jl. white, tubular, solitary, 
Zin. long, the tails equal to the free, triangular bodies; chin short; 
lip having an orange area before the apex, and very numerous 
small, dark purple spots ; column white, with three mauve stripes. 
ydausely massed, spathulate, minutely bilobed. New Grenada, 
We 
MATRICARIA. To the variety described on. p. 337, 
Vol. IL., the following should now be added: 
M. eximia pyramidalis (choice, pyramidal). A garden form, of 
compact and somewhat pyramidal habit. 1886. Hardy annual or 
perennial. (R. H. 1886, p. 557, f. 131.) 
MAXILLARIA. To the species described on 
pp. 338-9, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. Endresii (Endres’). l., 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. J. cuneate-ligulate, 
blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs very broad, elliptic. 1886. 
M. fucata (painted). l., 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 
reflexed 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 Yin. long, with many sheaths. J. oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 8in. to 9in. long ; petioles Sin. to Tin. long. 
1886. Allied to M. irrorata. 
M. Harrisoniz (Mrs. Harrison’s). 
Harrisonic. 
M. Huibschii (Hiibsch’s). /l. 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. 1888, 
Allied to M, fucata. 
fl. bright rosy-lilac, broad, almost circular. 
A synonym of Bifrenaria 
