314 ORCHIDS. 



colored flowers, which are violet-purple, tipped with white, 

 and with yellow tails. 



Masdevallia Harry ana. New Granada . . F. M., 555. 



I. H., 142. 



Flowers very large, violet-mauve, with yellowish base. 

 A beautiful and free-flowering species. 



Masdevallia Houtteana. Venezuela . Fl. des Ser., 2106. 

 Flowers white, spotted with carmine, with long red 

 tails; very curious. 



Masdevallia ignea. New Granada . . . F. M., 2, 15. 



B. M., 5962. 



Flowers orange-scarlet, shaded with crimson, but vary- 

 ing much in different plants. 



Masdevallia Lindeni. New Granada . . F. M., 2, 28. 



B. M., 5990. 



Jen. Orch., 17. 



I. H, 3, 42. 



Flowers on tall stalks, brilliant magenta. A very fine 

 species. 



Masdevallia maculata. Colombia. . Fl. des Ser., 2150. 

 Flowers with long tails, yellowish, with rose and purple 

 spots. 



Masdevallia nycterina. New Granada . . F. M., 2, 150. 

 An extraordinary species. Flowers triangular, with 

 long tails, dark rosy purple, spotted with darker shade j 

 lip white and yellow. The old stalks continue to produce 

 flowers for a long time. 



