MASDEVALLIA LEONTOGLOSSA Rchb. f. 
MAsprVALLiA LEoNTOGLOssA Rehb. tf. Bonplandia TI. (1853), p. 69; Walp. Amn. VI. (1861), p. 191; 
Gard. Chron. 1881, pt. L. p. 234; pt. IL., p. 336; 1885, pt. IL, p. 429, fig. 92; Veitch Manual 
Orch, pt. V. (1889), p. 49. 
Leaf 6 or S inches long, about 1 inch wide, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obtusely tridenticulate, dark 
green, spotted on the base and margin with crimson, narrowing into a grooved petiole sheathed at the base. 
Peduncle 1) or 2 inches long, thick, terete, with two or three sheathing bracts, pale green spotted 
with bright crimson, descending from the base of the petiole ; flowering bract 2 inch long, 3-nerved, 
ovate, closely sheathing near the base, very pale green spotted with crimson. 
Ovary 2 inch long, with six rounded angles, green spotted with crimson. 
Sepals: dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals for 4 inch, forming a wide tube, free portion tri- 
angular for } inch, 3-nerved, semi-transparent, with three crimson nerves, pale greenish-yellow, spotted 
with crimson on the outer surface and covered with short rigid hairs within, tapering into a fleshy tail 
1} inch Jong, greenish, with small crimson spots; lateral sepals cohering for about 1 inch, ovate- 
triangular, 5-nerved, semi-transparent, pale greenish-yellow, the inner surface covered with short rigid 
hairs and heavily spotted with crimson, tapering into fleshy tails ¥ inch long, green, with a few small 
crimson spots. 
Petals about $ inch long, linear at the base, ovate above, anterior margin angled, with a prominent 
fleshy lobe on the inner surface, shining white, with one or two crimson streaks. 
Lip 2 inch long, united to the foot of the column by a very flexible hinge, grooved in the centre, 
with a deep nectary on each side at the hase, anterior portion tongue-shaped, whitish, covered with crim- 
son spots, and rough with small papillw, apex dark crimson, covered with papilla. 
Column } inch long, winged, shining white, spotted on the foot and edged with dark crimson, apex 
minutely denticulate. 
WAsPEVALiia LEONTOGLOSSA was first described by Professor Reichenbach 
in 1855, from dried specimens collected by Hermann Wagener in the neighbour- 
hood of Pericos, in New Granada, at that date one of the three great Republics of 
Colombia. It first flowered in cultivation at Brussels in 1867, in the collection of 
Mons. Linden. The downward growth of the short, thick flower-stalks distinguishes it 
from allied species, and the nectaries at the base of the lip secrete honey in greater 
abundance than those of any species which I have examined. The lip curiously resembles 
Explanation of Plate, drawn from a Plant at Newbattle Abbey : 
Fig. 1, petals, lip, and colwnn, in natural position ;—1a, section of ovary ;—2, petal, inner side ;— 
2a, petal, side ;—3, lip ;—3a, base of lip, showing nectaries (much enlarged) ;—4, column ;—a, apex of 
column; a// enlarged ;—, apex and section of lip, natural size. 
