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(raised dots) of the most brilliant colours. These are 
largest and most crowded where the colour is deepest. 
Leaves 6in. to 8in. long, rin. wide, erect, broadest near 
the top, which is acute-pointed, the lower part narrowing 
to a partially-sheathed base. The scape is erect, rift. 
long, one-flowered; the ovary curved; the sepals form a 
shallow cup, the upper one 2in. long, ovate, narrowed to a 
tail-like point, the lower pair united and forming a slightly 
concave blade 14in. across, then separated and narrowed 
to short tails; the petals and lip are very small. Colour 
bright cinnabar-red, with a broad patch of purplish violet 
on the inner surface of the lower sepals. The plant 
blossoms in autumn, sometimes also in spring, the flowers 
lasting a long time. It requires the same treatment as M. 
Harryana, but a degree or two more warmth in winter. 
Introduced from Peru in 1868. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5739. 
Var. grandifiora has flowers nearly twice as large as 
those of the type. 
M. Wageneriana.—A small but pretty-flowered species, 
scarcely 3in. in height. Leaves in tufts, spoon-shaped, 
rather leathery. Flowers produced singly on decumbent, 
wiry scapes, bearing a few small sheaths; sepals 
united at the base, forming a short, cup-like tube, the 
upper one concave, with a slender tail tin. long, the 
lower ones spreading, their tails recurved, colour yellow, 
with a few red dots in the throat; petals minute, hatchet- 
shaped; lip small, toothed, with a claw-like apex. Like 
all the small plants of this genus, M. Wageneriana must 
be magnified to be seen to advantage. It thrives when 
treated the same as M. Shuttleworthii. Native of Central 
America ; introduced in 1855. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4921. 
