Masdevallia 



Infracta. A poor species, which I name only 

 because it is so common. Dull purple and yellowish 

 green. Spring. Brazil. Is. Qd. 



Lowii (Messrs. Low, of Clapton). Kather small, 

 but effective. Almost white, speckled densely and 

 prettily with purple. Tips white, and labellum 

 purple. Warm end basket. New Granada. 



Macrura (long-tailed). A large species, and very 

 large flowers, but not striking in colour; less 

 effective even than they would be if the spikes 

 rose above the mass of leaves. Dull yellow, 

 spotted and tinged with purple. Veins conspi- 

 cuous. Winter. Basket warm end. New Granada. 

 1872. 10s. Qd. 



Melanopus (black-footed). Very small. Its little 

 white bells are dotted with purple, and they have 

 long yellow tails. Spring. Peru. (Gem.) 5s. 



Melanoxantha (black and gold). A little beauty. 

 The lower sepals are covered with an exquisite 

 down, black in shadow, purple-brown in the light, 

 through which glimmers the golden ground. 

 Dorsal yellowish, shaded with brown dots. Edges 

 and tips clear yellow. Ocana. Summer. Figured, 

 p. 142. 



Mooreana (named after Mr. F. W. Moore, Curator 

 of the Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; perhaps the 

 most skilful grower of these plants). Closely allied 



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