MASDEVALLIA MOCREANA. 
(Pl. 74 Xen. Orch. I.) with specimens of JZ. Mooreana and AM. elephanticeps shows that 
it much more nearly resembles the former than the latter, of which an unmistakeable 
figure is given at Pl. 3 of the same volume. The long, unspotted, strongly-veined tube of 
M. elephanticeps, its oblong lateral sepals tapering into narrow tails, and especially the 
unstriped, bright yellow dorsal sepal, clearly distinguish it from rar. pachysepala (M. 
Mooreana ), with its short spotted tube and wide flattened tails, and the three conspicuous 
crimson streaks upon the dorsal sepal. 
In describing M. Mooreana in 1884, Reichenbach gives no locality or discoverer’s 
name. Accepting it as identical with AZ. elephanticeps var. pachysepalu we must, there- 
fore, turn to his account of that plant for information as to its habitat. He states that it 
was found by Warscewicz, Wagener, and Schlim, in woods near Ocajia, at an elevation 
of 7 to 8,000 feet. 
The plant named by Reichenbach in 1886 J. sororcula, cannot be considered 
specifically distinct from 4. Mooreana. The flower is rather smaller and more slender 
in shape, and the wings of the column are a little wider. The yellow of the sepals is 
slightly greener in shade, but the colouring is otherwise identical. 
