(4) Var. coerulescens—The largest flowered species, magenta-crimson 
flushed with azure. 
(5) Var. Denisoniana.—A very fine variety with large blood-red flowers, 
the sepals being tinted with magenta. 
(6) Var. miniata.—Vermilion flushed with scarlet. 
(7) Var. sanguinea.—Flowers crimson flushed with orange. 
(8) Var. splendens—Flowers deep mauve veined with crimson. 
MASDEVALLIA DAVISII. Native of Peru. 
Another brilliantly coloured species of the second group. Grows in tufts with 
thick leathery leaves about 8 inches long, 3 of an inch wide, blunted at the end 
and tapering to a stalk-like base. The erect scapes grow to a foot in length, and 
bear a single flower of a bright, canary-yellow colour. The sepals are united at 
the base, forming a tube, the upper one decreasing to a narrow, pointed tail. 
The lower sepals are about 24 inches long, and join together from about the 
middle to the base, and are tipped with } inch tails. Flowers in Summer and 
lasts for about five weeks. 
MASDEVALLIA EPHIPPIUM. Native of Colombia. 
A fantastic species of the first group, found on the Andes in the district of 
Antioquia. Grows in a tuft of erect, fleshy, shining green leaves from 6 to 9 
inches in length, an inch and a half wide, curved inwards at the top and narrow- 
ing to a stalk 2 inches long. The solitary flowered scape is about a foot high, 
stout and angular. The flower is about 4 inches in width and up to 9 inches in 
length, including the tails. The upper sepal is small, concave and round, yellow 
and brown in colour, and terminated with a long, reflexed, yellow tail. The lower 
sepals are united, reddish-brown in colour, and ending in long, curving tails. 
Flowers in Spring and lasts well. 
MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA. See M. coccinea. 
MASDEVALLIA MACRURA. Native of Colombia. 
A stout growing species of the first group. Leaves thick, fleshy, shining green, up 
to a foot in length and a couple of inches wide, tapering to a stalk-like base 
about 2 inches long. The solitary-flowered scape is a foot tall. Flowers up to 2 
inches long. The sepals are united at the base forming a cup, then spreading 
vertically, the upper sepal being about § inches long, gradually narrowing to a 
point. The lower ones up to 6 inches long, terminating in tails. They are tawny- 
yellow in colour spotted with purple; the cup is purplish outside, paler inside. 
Flowers in Winter and lasts nearly two months under satisfactory conditions. 
MASDEVALLIA MILITARIS. Native of Colombia, 
Probably the most popular species. It belongs to the brilliant flowered second 
group. Leaves about 6 inches long, base stalked, rounded at top, about 14 inches 
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