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them being: aurantiaca, flowers orange-yellow; Boddaért- 
tana, flowers rose-tinted, yellow on the under side; 
Eckhartit, flowers rich crimson; Marshalliana, flowers 
Fig. 70. Flower of Masdevallia ignea 
(nat. size). 
large, yellowish; J/assangeana, flowers orange-scarlet, with 
crimson stripes, 24in. across; and Stodartiana, flowers 
mauve-tinted. 
M. Lindeni.—A beautiful plant, of the richest colour, 
similar in leaf and flower to M. Harryana, but dwarfer, 
and differing in colour. It has leaves 6in. long, the lower 
half narrow and stalk-like, the upper thick, fleshy, shining 
green, lin. across, channelled, the apex two-lobed. The 
scapes are erect, 8in. to 12in. long, coloured like the 
flowers, which are 4in. long, including the tails; the sepals 
are like those of M. Harryana in form, their colour being 
a brilliant magenta, the tube white. The plant blossoms 
irregularly; indeed, where several specimens are grown, 
it may be had in flower half the year, June being the 
