MASDEVALLIA. 301 
flowered kinds. In 1865, when it first flowered, there 
were scarcely half-a-dozen species in cultivation, and these 
were the most insignificant of those now known. It is a 
native of Tovar, in New Grenada. Syn. M. candida. 
Plate; Botanical Magazine, t. 5505. 
M. triangularis.—Perhaps the most free-flowering of all 
Masdevallias. The leaves are tufted, 4in. long, ovate in the 
blade, stalked, dull green. The flower-scapes are erect, 
6in. long, one-flowered; the sepals triangular, slightly 
concave, spreading, the broad part in. long, the tail rin. 
long; colour light ochre, with numerous brown spots, 
clear at the base, the tails dull red; petals and lip very 
small. Although dull in colour, this is an elegant little 
plant and well worth growing. It blooms in the winter, 
remaining in flower nearly two months. It may be grown 
as advised for M. Shuttleworthii. Introduced in 1843, 
from Colombia. 
M. triaristella.—A lovely little gem, one of the tiniest 
of Orchids, but of far greater beauty and interest than 
many large and popular kinds. The leaves are erect, 
about 2in. long, very narrow, almost terete, with a short 
stalk, and crowded in a dense tuft. The scapes are erect, 
very thin, and hair-like, 3in. long, one-flowered; the two 
lower sepals are deep brown-crimson, united so as to form 
a little boat }in. long, with a pair of short, horn-like, yellow 
tails near the tip;-the upper sepal is short, erect, with a 
yellow tail }in. long; the tails are thickest at the apex. 
A large tuft of this plant is in the Kew collection, where 
every summer it bears a great number of the most charm- 
ing little jewels of flowers. Introduced in 1876, from New 
Grenada. 
Fig. 73 (for which we are indebted to the Editor of the 
‘Gardeners’ Chronicle ’’). 
