Hi] n.l.rsTRATION HORTICOLE. 



MASDEVALLIA POLYSTICTA, reichb. fil. 



NAT. 



ORGHIDEAE. 



saperius alteris tripto 



}TER, see ///. Hort. plate in preceding part. 



tlata crassa basi valde attenuate canaliculate apice emarginato dejecto; racqnw 

 , bracteatus , bracteis ovato-carinatis acutis membranaceo-pellucidis ovaria triquetra 

 )edunculi paulo remoti; sepala basi in cyathum mento obtusangulo coalite, aequi- 

 ■ caudate, alba v. luteola punctis atrosanguineis conspersa, basi intus aureo-lineata, 

 urn circa 1 cent, longum, trinerve, omnibus caudis aureis basi purpureo punctatis 

 Bgnlata apice retusa apiculata serrate, trineryia; labellum aureum lobis lateralibus 



onnein liaud apiculatum decurrentibus ; androclinh 



desc. in hort. Linden. — E. A. 



'kird. Chron. 1874, I, p. 338, et II, p. 290. 







named and 



rs Cirri, nirlr 



ikes of expanded flowers at 

 semblance to Odontoglossum 



- 1 1 iv pared bore twelve 

 dug of last February. 

 i their aspect, being 

 lc dots, standing out 

 lite or flesh-coloured 

 l<<'il there are already 

 tli that with the pink, 

 Hind are equally char- 



This slight difference does not place any difficulty in the 

 ! way of their specific identity, and in all other particulars 

 they agree with the description given above. In drawing up 

 j our description we were able to correct some errors in that 

 ! given by D r Reichenbach in the Gardener's Chronicle, 1874. 

 II p. 290. Thus, the caudal appendage of the upper sepal 

 is not longer than the others in the living plant; it is some- 

 times shorter, or longer, or of equal length , without any 

 regularity, in the flowers we have seen, and of which we 

 have several before us in the dried state, as we write. The 

 labellum is not apiculate, but obtuse. It is possible, however, 

 that these characters varied in the plant , which served for 

 his description , and the importance would be slight indeed , 

 if it came from another source than from the grand legisla- 

 tor of orchids, who imagines himself infallible in his own 

 glory. 



But a truce to such trifles, for they do not affect the 

 beauty of one of the most charming additions of recent 

 times to the temperate Orchid-house. 



E. A. 



