302 ORCHIDS. 
M. trichete, M. tridactylites, M. triglochin, and several 
other species, are similar to the above in the smallness 
and beauty of their flowers, and the diminutive size of 
Fig. 73, Masdevallia triaristella 
(nat. size). 
the whole plant. They are, of course, distinct species. 
All require the same treatment as M. Shuttleworthii. 
M. Veitchii—The most brilliant in colour, and one of 
the largest-flowered, of all Masdevallias. It is not only 
one of the most beautiful, but the most singular of Orchids, 
for the vivid hue of the flowers is due to the whole inner 
surface of the sepals being covered with minute papille 
