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nearly square, marked with a dark purple-brown area, and the 

 long tails suddenly bent down. Columbia, 1882. A distinct 



epals creamy- white, pro- 



plant. 



M. Houtteana (Van Houtte's). fl., 



fusely spotted with blood-red, broad, each lengthened out into a 

 thick, terete, red tail, and measuring from 2in. to Sin. long ; scape 

 one-flowered. July. 1. lit. long, Jin. broad. Columbia, 1874. 

 (F. d. S. 2106.) 



M. hypodiscus (beneath-disk). fl. deep purplish-violet, with a 

 long narrow opening on each side, and having numerous whitish 

 fringed crests all over the principal veins. I. lilac-purplish 

 beneath, on long bent petioles. 1878. A fine species. 



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FIG. 519. FLOWER OF MASDEVALLIA IQNEA. 



M. ignea (fiery).* ft. of a bright flery red, often deeply shaded 

 with crimson or violet-rose ; upper sepal narrow, especially 

 towards the apex, bent over the flower, by which peculiarity this 

 species is easily recognised ; scape one-flowered. I. on long 

 petioles, oblong, obtuse, h. 6in. Columbia, 1871. The dazzling 

 lustre of the flowers "is due to the refractive power of the fluid 

 contained in the superficial bladdery cells of the sepals, and is, 

 perhaps, unsurpassed for brilliancy in the vegetable kingdom." 

 See Fig. 519. (B. M. 5962.) The variety Marshalliana has yel- 

 lowish flowers, while Stobartiana has mauve-purple nerves. 



M. inseciualis (unequal), fl. yellowish-white, finely spotted with 

 purple, somewhat cup-shaped, but well expanded, with three 

 slender tails, lin. long. h. 6in. Columbia, 1874. 



M. infiata (inflated). A species resembling M. corniculata, but 

 the triangular bract is much wider and shorter, keeled at back. 

 The flower is shorter, orange-yellow, and very much inflated. 



M. infracta (broken), fl. whitish, dotted with brown, and fur- 

 nished with yellow tails. Brazil, 1835. (B. H. 1873, 22.) 



M. ionocharis (violet-beauty).* fl. whitish-yellow, with a large 

 purplish blotch, and a few similar smaller ones. September. 

 I. oblong, with a very narrow petiolar part. h. 4in. Peru, 1875. 

 (B. M. 6262.) 



M. Klabochorum (Klaboch's). fl. blackish-grey outside, white 

 inside, with petals, lip, column, and tails yellow, when fully open 

 Sin. in diameter from tip to tip of tails ; peduncle one-flowered. 

 I. oblong, obtuse. South-west America, 1876. A very distinct 

 plant. 



M. lata (broad), fl. dark brownish-red ; broad lateral sepals 

 forming part of tube very concave ; tails yellowish ; peduncle 

 thin, two-flowered. Central America, 1877. 



M. Lehmanni (Lehmann's). fl. orange-yellow ; peduncle 9in. 

 high. I. oblong, acute, shorter than the peduncle, i 

 petioles. Ecuador, 1877. This plant is something in the way 



long 

 ay of 



M . polysticta. 



M. leontoglossa (lion's-tongue). fl. lemon and ochre, spotted 

 with dark purple ; lateral sepals united nearly to their apex ; 

 petals white, with two purple streaks ; lip also white, with purple 

 warts and blotches. 1881. 



M. Linden! (Linden's).* fl. brilliant violet, rose, or magenta, with 

 a white eye, borne singly on a peduncle, which is considerably 

 longer than the leaves. Winter and early spring. I. oblong- 

 lanceolate. New Grenada, 1869. SYN. M. Harryana. See 

 Fig. 520. (F. M. 28.) The following are, amongst others, three 

 handsome varieties : acanthi/alia, with rich violet-rose coloured 

 flowers ; conchiflora, with rich rosy-lake flowers ; and regalis, 

 with dark glowing crimson flowers. 



M. Livingstoneana (Livingstone's), fl. greenish-yellow, with 

 an elongated cup, brown at the apex ; lateral sepals having dark 

 purplish-brown, eye-like spots at the base. I. spathulate-obovate, 

 obtusely emarginate. Panama, 1874. Habit tufted. 



M. longlcaudata (long-tailed). fl. rosy- white, deep rose inside, 

 bell-shaped ; tails upwards of lin. long ; scapes one or two- 

 Brazil, 1869. (I. H. 1868, 



in. lon 



flowered. 1. elliptic-oblong, fascicled. 

 109.) 



M. Indlbunda (sportive), fl. light yellowish, purple-spotted ; 

 tails dark yellowish. Columbia, 1882. This form resembles 

 M. Estradce, but the sepals are rounder, the tails longer, and the 

 lip pandurate. (F. & P. 1882, 37.) 



M. macrodactyla (long-fingered), fl. greenish-yellow, racemose ; 

 lip blackish-purple. I. cuneate-oblong. New Grenada, 1872. 



M. macrura (long-tailed), fl. solitary ; ' 'the wide tube itself is 

 very short, of firm texture, and slit into an upper and an inferior 

 lip ; the upper lip forms a short triangle, extending in a long, 

 strong tail ; the inferior lip is longer and broader, dividing in 

 two long, strong, spreading tails ; these tails are light yellow, the 

 bodies themselves of the sepals light brownish, with dark purplish- 

 brown spots ; the petals, column, and lip, form, as usual, a small 

 body, yellowish, with purplish dots, the middle lobe of lip being 

 orange-yellow" (Beichenbach). Winter. I. 2in. to Sin. long. 

 h. 1ft. Columbia, 1874. (G. C. n. s., yii. p. 13.) 



M. maculata (spotted), fl., sepals 2Jin. long, the upper ones 

 yellow, the lower ones purple, tipped with green. I. spathulate. 

 New Grenada, 1873. (K d. S. 2150.) 



FIG. 520. MASDEVALLIA LIN DEW. 



M. marginella (margined). A. white, with the three main ribs 

 and tail green, the latter bordered with orange, and orange out- 

 side ; lobes and tails spreading, the latter as long as the rest of 

 the flower ; raceme one or two-flowered. I. broadly spathulate, 

 shortly stalked. 1883. 



M. melanopus (black-stalked).* fl. white, with purplish dots and 

 yellow tails, h. 6in. Peru, 1874. (B. M. 6258, under name of 

 M. polysticta.) 



M. melanoxantna (blackish-yellow), fl. lin. long, with a short 

 yellow tube ; upper sepal yellowish, linear, acuminate ; lower ones 

 whitish-green outside, covered with small brownish warts, broader, 



, 



bifid. I. ligulate, lin. long, attenuated at base. New Grenada, 



1875. A curious orchid. 

 M. Mooreana (Moore's). /. yellowish or light green outside, with 



darker nerves and a reddish hue under the lateral sepals ; inside 



chocolate-brown, very rough ; tails long. 1884. 

 M. muscosa (mossy). /. yellowish, reddish-nerved ; petals with 



very peculiar dilated apices ; lip deep violet, bearded ; peduncles 



hispid, two-flowered. New Grenada, 1875. 

 M. myriostigma (many-dotted). /. yellowish, with small brown 



dots. I. oDiong-Bpathulate. Mexico, 1874. A peculiar plant. 



(B. H. 1873, 23.) 



