SECTION VIII. 
POLYANTHZE Rchb. f. 
YP OST of the plants ineluded in this Section, of which the greater number are known 
Ps only by name, produce more than one flower upon each stem, the flowers of some 
species expanding at the same time, as in AL. Schlimii, and of others in succession, as 
in VW. infracta. Tall the cultivated species, with the exception of M. Schlimii, the 
stem is triquetrous, or three-angled. 
MV. Forgetiana, lately described by Dr. Krinzlin as a distinet species, is a beautiful 
yellow variety of VW. iufracta, and is found in the same habitat, the Organ Mountains, 
in the south of Brazil, not in the north, as stated in Dr. Kranzlin’s account of the plant. 
I received flowers from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, Dublin, in April, 1896, 
unfortunately too late to be included in my Plate of AL. infracta. 
Me melanorantha Rehb. t. Bonplandia IT. (1854), p. 283; TIT. (1855), p. 69; Walp. 
Ann. VI. (1861), p. 190: Gard. Chron, 1875, pt. IT., p. 580; 1881, pt. II., p. 886; 1895, 
pt. L, p. 859, fig. 46.—A rare species, which, although known by name for many years, 
has seldom flowered in cultivation, and is not available for figuring in this work. The 
flowers are vellow and dark brown, and are represented in a woodcut in the “Gardeners’ 
Chronicle” for Mareh 23rd, 1895, p. 359, from a plant in Mr. Sander’s collection at 
St. Albans. WZ. Wooreana, a very different species (see Section IIL. Coriacew.), is often 
exhibited under the name of JZ melanorantha, and there is frequent confusion between 
the two plants. The specimens first described by Reichenbach in 1854, were collected 
by Louis Schlim, at Aspasica, near Ocana, at an elevation of 5,000 feet. 
9 species figured : 
Masdevallia aristata Rodrig. (not in cultivation.) 
auropurpurea Rehb. f. 
curtipes Rodrig. (not in cultivation.) 
Ephippium Rehb. f (=U. Trochilus Lind. et M. Colibri, hort.) 
ecuttulata Rehb. f. 
infracta Lindl, (=... longicaudata Lemaire et M.albida Pinel.) 
maculata Klotzsch (=. bicolor Poepp. et Endl.) 
Schlimii Lind. 
Tovarensis Rehb. f) (=. candida Klotzsch et Karat.) 
Not in cultivation : 
M. aristata Rodrig. (see Plate. ) 
aurantiaca Lindl. Hook. Comp, Bot. Mag. IL. (1836), p. 357. 
Buccinator Reehb. f. Bonplandia IT, (1854), p. 1165, 
cinnamoned Rehb. tf. Bonplandia TIT, (1855 ), p. 225. 
enprea Lindl, Bot. Reg. IS48, Mise, 128, p. 81. 
curtipes Rodrig. (ee Plate. ) 
homatocantha Lindl. Oreh. p. 193. 
lata Rehb. ¢ Gard Chron, 1877, pt. 1, p. 658. 
Mastodon Rehb. f. Bonplandia TTT, (1855 ), p. 69. 
tridentata, Lindl. Hook. Comp, Bot. Mag. I], (1886 ), p. 357. 
triquetra Seheidie, Otto et Dietr, Allg. Gartenz. VIT. (1839 ), p. 146. 
uvostachya Rehh. f. Gard. Chron. 1882, pt. 1., p. 765. 
rylinad Rehb. f Bot. Zeit. XN XT. (1873), p. 390. 
