MASDEVALLIA CHIMASRA Rchb. f. var. ROEZLII. 
Masprvatiia CHicera var, Rorzin. Veitch Manual Orch. pt. V. (1889), p. 31. 
M. Roezlii Rebh, £. Xen. Orch. II. (1874), p. 196, t. 186, fig. IL; Belg. Hort. 1875, p. 319; Linnwa XLI. 
(1877), p. 95 Gard. Chron, 1880, pt. IL, p. 778; 188], pt. IL, p. 337 ; Lindenia vol. I. (1885), pl. 
XV... p. 35 (non Rehb. f.). ; 
Sub-rar, rubra Warn, et Will. Orch, Album vol. VI. (1887), t. 243. 
HE habitat of WW. Chimera var. Roezlii is Froutino in Antioquia, on the slopes of the 
Cerro Plateado, and the Mucinga districts, and it was probably there that Roezl 
discovered it, although no exact locality is given by Professor Reichenbach in his first 
description from Roezls specimens in 1874. It is the darkest in colour ofall the varieties 
of Me Chimera, the black-purple spots being suffused over almost the whole surface of 
the sepals. The most remarkable variation in car, Roezlii from the type is the absence 
of long hairs upon the sepals, these being replaced by numerous short warts or asperities. 
The lip is wider and shallower than in Jf. Chimera, and pale pink with no tinge of 
yellow. Tt was probably these marked characteristics which led Professor Reichenbach 
to consider WW. Roezlii a distinct species, while he admitted that his M7. Backhousiana 
might ultimately prove to be only a variety. Sub-varieties of var. Roez/ii are numerous, 
less spotted or paler in colour, the brightest being sub-var. rubra, in which the spots are 
chocolate-crimson instead of black. 
Explanation of Plate. drawn from a plant at Newbattle Abbey : 
Fig. 1. petal, lip. and column, in natural position ; 1a, section of ovary ;—2, petal, side view ;— 
Ya. petal. inner side : 3. lip :—4. column :—da. apex and section of column ; all enlarged ;—A, apex and 
section of leat watural size. 
