294 ORCHIDS. 
most prolific time. It requires the same treatment as 
M. Harryana. Introduced from New Grenada in 1872. 
Fig. 71; Floral Magazine, 1872, t. 28. 
Fig. 71. Masdevallia Lindeni 
(much reduced). 
M. macrura.—A robust, large-flowered plant, of excep- 
tional form. The leaves are thick, fleshy, shining green, 
gin. to 12in. long, 2in. wide, with a petiole 2in. long, widest 
near the apex. The scapes are erect, as long as the leaves, 
one-flowered; the flowers are gin. to 12in. in length, the 
