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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Masdevallia continued. 

 ML Nycterina (Nycterina). fl. pale yellow, finely blotched with 



reddish-brown, and covered with minute hairs ; triangular in 



shape, h. Sin. Columbia, 1873. A pretty species for growing 



in a basket; it was first sent out by Linden as M. Chimcera, 



to which, however, it is much inferior. (F. M. n. s. 150; 



G. C. n. s.,xvi. 337.) 

 M. pachyantha (thick-anthered). fl. yellowish-ochre, or green 



lilac-brownish, with dark nerves on the upper sepals, and fainter 



ones on the lateral sepals ; upper sepals triangular, with a long, 



thick tail ; lateral ones deeply connate, with a short, thick tail. 



Columbia, 1884. This species somewhat resembles 31. Gargantua. 

 ML pachyura (thick-tailed), fl. yellow, small, with numerous 



brownish-red spots, disposed in many-flowered racemes. Northern 



Peru, 1874. 

 M. Parlatoreana (Parlatore's). fl. salmon-colour outside, finest 



scarlet, with amethyst warts, inside ; lip oblong, with obscure 



lateral blunt lobes, white, with a very dark violet spot at the top. 



Peru, 1879. Allied to M. Barlceana. 

 ML Peristerla (dove), fl. honey -coloured, with very strong green 



ribs outside ; lip amethyst-coloured, h. din. Columbia, 1873. 



(B. M. 6159.) 

 ML picturata (variegated). /., sepals whitish, oblong, quite free, 



with green nerves and tails, and spotted with blackish-purple, the 



lateral ones orange at the base ; peduncles one-flowered, h. 2in. 



to 3in. Columbia, 1882. A small but pretty species. 

 ML platyglossa (broad-tongued). fl. light yellowish, small ; tails 



short ; lip broad, full of acute warts at the top. 1883. 

 M. polysticta (many-dotted).* fl. white, beautifully spotted with 



dark crimson ; scape six to eight-flowered, /u 6in. Peru, 1874. 



One of the most attractive of the small-flowering species. (G. C. 



n. s., iii. 657.) M . crassicaudata is a variety with short, stout tails, 

 (many-dotted), of Hooker. A synonym of M. 

 nopus. 

 ML porcelliceps (pig-snout), fl. yellowish, speckled with 



brown ; petals white ; lip covered with brown warts, rhomboid. 



1883. A small but pretty species. 



ML psittacina (parrot-like), fl. dull-coloured, small, solitary. 

 Columbia, 1876. 



ML pulvinaris (cushioned), fl. olive-green, with purplish tails 

 and blotches ; remarkable for the two cushions on the lower 

 connate sepals. 1880. 



ML radiosa (radiating), fl., sepals light ochre-coloured on the 

 internal upper part ; the larger inner part looks blackish-purple, 

 from being densely covered with blackish warts on a purplish 

 ground ; petals whitish, with a brown blotch at the base ; lip 

 white, with the upper surface of the radiating dissepiments 

 reddish, and with a few fringes at the black apex. Columbia, 

 1877. 



ML. Reichenbachiana (Reichenbach's).*/- 2in. long ; the funnel- 

 shaped tube and slender tails whitish-yellow, with the back part 

 blood-red. I. spathulate, narrowed towards the base, tridentate 

 at apex. Costa Rica, 1875. aurantiaca is a fine variety, with 

 rich orange lateral sepals. 



ML Roezlii (Roezl's). *./?., sepals blackish india-purple, with darker 

 warts, and having a few short light purple hairs on the edges ; 

 petals light mauve, with some dark-eyed blotches ; lip also light 

 mauve. Columbia, 1880. A handsome plant. (R. X. O. ii. 186.) 



ML rosea (rosy), fl. rosy-purple, about 2in. long, solitary. Co- 

 lumbia, 1880. A handsome species. (G. C. n. s., xiii. 680.) 



ML Schlimii (Schlim's).* /. yellow, mottled with brownish-red 

 spots ; the combined body of the two lower sepals produced much 

 beyond that of the upper one, and somewhat pandurate in out- 

 line ; tails lin. long ; scape three to six-flowered, twice as long as 

 the leaves. I. spathulate-elliptic, 6in. to 12in. long. Venezuela, 



1884. A large and rather showy species. (B. M. 6740 ; 6. C. n. s., 

 xix. Fig. 80.) 



M. severa (severe), fl. port-wine-brown or maroon, transversely 

 barred with yellow ; the asperities ending in short bristles. 

 I. large, spathulate-oblong. Columbia, 1875. This plant is allied 

 to M. Chimcera, M. Roezlii, and M. Shuttleworthii. 



Shuttleworthii (Shuttleworth's).* /. richly streaked with 

 green, and yellow ; sepals spreading, with long tails. 

 Columbia, 1874. A very pretty species. (B. M. 6372.) 

 xanthocorys is a variety with a nearly yellow dorsal sepal, finely 

 striped with brown lines. 



ML Simula (pug-nosed), fl. purplish, honey-coloured in front, 

 small ; upper sepal purplish, with pellucid bars. I. linear-lanceo- 

 late. New Grenada, 1875. 



M. spectrum (spectre), fl. disposed in three-flowered racemes ; 

 sepals narrow, mottled with violaceous or blackish-purple dots, 

 and having yellow tails as long as themselves. Columbia, 1875. 

 Allied to M. severa. 



ML splendida (splendid).* fl., tube rich scarlet, with a violet 

 sheen, long and slender, with abrupt tails ; petals white ; lip 

 white, with a violet disk, and a dark violet knob at the apex 

 Andes, 1878. A beautiful species, somewhat resembling M. 

 Veitchiana. 



purple, 

 h. 4in. 



Masdevallia continued. 



I. swertiaefolia (Swertia-leaved). fl. variously -coloured ; at first 

 ochre, with brown spots ; afterwards purple, with the excep- 

 tion of the inner sides of the lateral sepals and their tails, 

 which are yellow ; peduncles one or several-flowered. I. re- 

 sembling those of Swertia perennis. New Grenada, 1880. A 

 curious plant. 



1. torta (twisted), fl. light ochre, dotted and striped with purple, 

 broad-cupped ; tails yellow inside, the lateral ones twisted. 

 1. cuneate-ligulate, acute, bidentate, on long petioles. 1883. 



FIG. 521. LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF MASDEVAI.LIA TOVARENSIS. 



M. tovarensis (Tovar).* ft. pure white, usually in pairs on a 

 peduncle which springs from the base of, and is a little longer 

 than, the leaves. Autumn and winter. /. somewhat spathulate, 

 coriaceous deep green, erect, about 6in. high. Tovar, Columbia, 

 1865. See Fig. 521. (B. M. 5505.) 



M. triangularis (three-angled), fl., sepals expanding widely, 

 light ochre-colour, with innumerable light, elegant, brownish- 

 purple spots ; petals small, white ; lip rhombic, white, spotted 

 all over with purple spots; its opposite part shows two 

 triangular side htciniae and a cuneate-oblong, fringed, small, 

 blackish-purple middle lacinia : these latter-mentioned parts 

 are reflexed in a very elegant manner. Winter. I. cuneate- 

 oblong. Venezuela, 1842. 



ML triaristella (three-bristled).* fl. brown and yellow ; lower 

 sepals connate into a boat-shaped lip, with a long bristle on each 

 side ; upper sepal also ending in a bristle, 2in. from end of upper 



