524 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
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Masdevallia—centinued. 
M. flaveola (yellowish). jl. pale yellow, two or three on a 
slender peduncle. 7. cuneate-spathulate. Costa Rica, 1884. A 
small species, somewhat resembling I. attenuata. 
M. Forgetiana (Forget’s). jl. small. 7. comparatively narrow, 
light green. Northern Brazil, 1835. 
M. fragrans (fragrant). jl. yellowish, cupped, with short, 
fleshy tails, in shape much resembling those of I. pachyantha. 
Colombia, 1893. This appears to be a yellow variety of 
M. corniculata. 
M. fulvescens (fulvous).* fl. of a buff shade, passing into 
light purplish-brown on the constricted sides of the throat ; 
upper sepal deeper orange-yellow, shading into purplish-brown 
on the two lateral nerves; tails 2in. long; lip and petals very 
small, white. Colombia, 1890. A very pretty species, allied 
to M. infracta. (G. C. 1890, viii., p. 525, f. 65.) 
M. Galeottiana (Galeotti’s). A synonym of M. floribunda. 
M. Gaskelliana is synonymous with M. erythrochete. 
M. Gorgona (Gorgon). A variety of M. Chimera. 
M. guttulata (slightly striped). This species is closely related 
to M. tovarensis, but the flowers are only half as large and 
are yellowish-white spotted and slightly suffused with light 
purple. March, Ecuador (2), 1890. Syn. M. Lawrencei. 
Fig. 566. MASDEVALLIA EPHIPPIUM. 
M. Huebschii. A 
Maxillaria Huebschii. 
M. ignea Boddaertii (Dr. Boddaért’s). 7. solitary, about 24in. 
long, 2in. to 24in. broad, very flat, on tall peduncles; sepals 
yellow, gradually passing to bright crimson-scarlet mottled with 
yellow, the dorsal one filiform, the lateral ones ovate, not tailed. 
April and May. JZ. leathery, lanceolate-obovate. Colombia. 
(I. H. ser. iii. 357.) 
M. i. Massangeana ( 
flushed rosy-purple, large. 
M. i. militaris (military). (fl. not very freely produced, having 
the tube yellow and the limb cinnabar-red; lip broad and 
misprint in an Orchid publication for 
sange’s) jl. bright orange-vermilion, 
short. @. dark green, of considerable substance. Colombia, 
1880. 
M. Laucheana (Lavche's). jl. white, with yellow tails. 
1, spathulate. A pretty species. 
M. Lawrencei (Sir Trevor 
M. guttulata. 
M. Lindeni is a form of WW. coccinea. 
M. longicaudata is identical with I. infracta. 
M. Lowii (Low’s). 
M. macrochila (large-lipped). /l. 1sin. across ; sepals yellowish- 
reen, spotted with black, ovate, the tips terminating in tails 
as long as the blades; lip orange-yellow, with darker orange 
veinings, broadly sub-panduriform. JZ. oblong-elliptic or oblong- 
lanceolate, 2in, to 4in. long. Colombia, 1890. Allied to 
M. bella. (R. G. 1891, t. 1344, f. 4-6.) 
M. maculata flava (yellow). A small-flowered form, with 
the tails of a uniform tawny-yellow. 1889. 
Lawrence's). A synonym = of 
This appears to be a synonym of M. trinema. 
M. myriostigma is a synonym of W. floribunda. 
Masdevallia—continued. 
M. nidifica (nest-building). 1. white, veined and dotted with 
crimson; lobes yellow, having very long tails; peduncles one- 
flowered. Ecuador, 1880. A miniature species. 
M. Normanii (Rey. Norman's). A synonym of M. Reichen- 
bachiana. 
M. Obrieniana (O'Brien's). A sniall species, closely allied to 
M. simula, but having larger, “yellow flowers spotted with 
maroon. Habitat not recorded, 1890. 
M. platyrachis (broad-rachised). A synonym of Pleurothallis 
platyrachis. 
M. polyantha (many-flowered). A synonym of M. Schlimii. 
M. psittacina is identical with M. Houtteana and M. Benedicti. 
M. pumila (dwarf). 7, cup cylindrical; petals ligulate, obtuse, 
semi-sagittate ; tails linear; upper triangle short, minute, the 
lateral ones large, produced; Jip pandurate-ligulate. JZ. linear- 
‘lanceolate, unequally bidentate at apex, 4in. long. Peru. 
M. pusilla (dwarf). jl yellowish, blotched with purplish- 
brown, small; scape 4in. long, flexuous. 7. lanceolate, 
6in. long. Colombia, 1893. Allied to M. T'roglodytes. 
M. Pusiola (rather dwarf). 7. 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. 2. tufted, lanceolate, lin. long. 
Colombia, 1887. The smallest Masdevallia yet known. 
M. racemosa (racemose).* fl. of a brilliant orange-red, shaded 
with crimson, sometimes paler, approaching yellow ; upper 
sepal triangular, reflexed, the lateral ones connate in a tail- 
less blade lin. to lin. broad; petals and lip minute; scape 
10in. to 15in. long, racemose. 7, 2in. to 4in. long. Colombia, 
1883. (G. C. 1884, xxi., p. 737.) Syn. M. Crossii. 
M. Roezilii is a form of WM. Chimera. 
M. Rolfeana (Rolfe’s). jl. of a rich chocolate-brown, honey- 
coloured at the basal parts of the tube, 2sin. long; tails 24in. 
long. J. thick, leathery, twice as leng as the scape. Colombia, 
1891. A remarkable species. 
M. rufo-lutea (reddish-yellow). A synonym of M,. civilis. 
Fic. 567. MASDEVALLIA TRIARISTELLA. 
M. Schreederiana (Baron von Sckreeder’s).* fl. “of good size, 
the two lower divisions rather the larger, edged with deep 
purple and white in the centre”; tails yellow, very lone 
recurved. Origin not stated, 1890. (J. H. 1890, xxi., p. 557, 
f. 74.) 
M. senilis (old). A form of . Chimera. 
M. Shuttleworthii. The correct name is M. caudata. 
