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Masdevallia continued. 



to end of lower sepal ; petals whitish : 

 two-flowered, minutely warted, 4in. to 5in. 

 late, lin. long, terete. Costa Rica, 1876. 

 Very distinct. (B. M. 6268.) 



M. trichaete (three-bristled). This much 

 resembles M. triglnchin, but has longer 

 leaves and smaller flowers, the latter of a 

 rich brown-purple, with orange tails, and 

 some parts of the base orange, with brown 

 nerves, h. Sin. 



BL tridactylites (three-fingered), fl. small; 

 dorsal sepal yellow ; lateral ones brownish- 

 purple ; tails orange, sigmoid, blunt ; pe- 

 duncles very slender. I. very thin, semi- 

 terete, acute, channelled. 



M. triglochin (three hooked).* fl. small but 

 beautiful, borne, several in succession, on 

 a peduncle not much longer than the 

 leaves ; sepals red, with yellow tails ; petals 

 pale yellow, blotched with red on the disk ; 

 lip pale, with some red on each side at base. 

 I. light glaucous-green, spotted with violet 

 beneath, Urn. long, thick, narrow, spathu- ;>_;-' v 



late-cuneate, acute. Ecuador, 1878. A very 

 dwarf plant, of neat habit. 



M. Trochilus (Trochilus). A synonym of 

 31. ephippium. :& 



BL troglodytes (Troglodyte), fl. whitish 

 outside, inside and tails purple - brown, 

 mottled on the margin with yellow, 

 spotted on the sides and apex with red- 

 brown ; tails almost equal, lin. to 2in. long ; 

 perianth open, Jin. in diameter; scape one- 

 flowered. I. linear-lanceolate, tridentate at 

 apex. Columbia, 1878. (B. H. 1877, 5.) 



M. Tubeana (Tube's), fl., sepals brownish- 

 violet, with a yellow base and rather long 

 tails ; petals white, as are also the lip and 

 column. I. soft, cuneate-oblong, acute, 

 1ft. long, petiolate. Ecuador, 1878. 



M. urostachya (tail-spiked). /. dark brown, with small orange 

 markings, more numerous, longer-stalked, and smaller than in 

 M. Schlimii, which this plant otherwise resembles. 1882. 



M. Veitchiana (Veitch's).* fl. solitary ; outer surface of the 

 sepals tawny-yellow, the inner surface rich orange-scarlet; 

 nearly the whole of this portion is densely set with short, 

 erect, woolly glands, or papillae, which are tipped with rich 

 purple. Autumn and winter. I. about Sin. long, coriaceous, 

 dark green. Peru, 1867. Probably the finest species yet intro- 

 duced. (B. M. 5739.) grandiflora is a magnificent form, with 

 very large flowers. 



M. velutina (velvety). /. rosy-violet and white, velvety within, 

 as large as those of M. Estrada;, but with longer tails ; peduncle 

 slender, dark violet, one-flowered. I. ligulate, in dense tufts. 

 h. 6in. Columbia, 1875. 



Massang-ea continued. 



They are grown principally on account of the elegance of 

 their leaves. For culture, see Billbergia. 



M. vespertilio (bat-like), fl., sepals pale yellow, blotched 

 with brownish-purple, having numerous yellow bristles in- 

 side, and yellow tails longer than their body ; petals brown 

 and yellow, small; the lip is extended in a broad, trans- 

 verse, keelless epichile, the small hypochile with a somewhat 

 horseshoe-like, blunt, angular keel; column white. Columbia, 

 1877. 



M. Wageneriana (Wagoner's), fl. yellow, with a rhomboid 

 toothleted lip. I. small, short-stalked, very thick, h. 4in. 

 Central America. (B. M. 4921.) 



BL Wallisli (Wallis's).* fl. yellow, spotted with blood-red, Sin. 

 from tip to tip of the dorsal and lateral sepals ; sepals hispid 

 with soft, spreading hairs on the inner surface, suddenly con- 

 tracted into slender red-purple tails, Sin. long ; margins reflexed ; 

 petals very short, in. long ; lip Jin. long, spathulate. December. 

 I. narrowly oblanceolate, acute, 6in. to 9in. long. New Grenada. 

 This plant is usually cultivated under the name of M. Chimcera, 

 and is figured as such in B. M. 6152. discoidea is a pretty variety, 

 with a white disk at the apex of each sepal, and with a stronger 

 beard. 



BL Winniana (Winn's). This species is similar to M. Roezlii, 

 but larger ; the flowers are lighter in colour, with more gradually 

 tapering sepals, and an erect peduncle. 1881. 



BL xanthina (yellow). 



base of even sepals, 



one ; lip yellowish, with a knob at the apex. I. cuueate-oblong. 



BL xanthodactyla (yellow-fingered), fl. greenish-white, with 

 yellow tails ; lip and column nicely mottled and marbled with 

 dark brownish-violet. October. Tropical America, 1877. 



MASSANGEA (named after M. Massange de Lonvrex, 

 a distinguished Belgian horticulturist). ORD. Brome- 

 liacece. A small genus of stove herbaceous perennials, 

 now included, by Bentbam and Hooker, under Caraguata. 



w), fl. bright yellow, dark violet at the very 

 s, which are a little narrower than the odd 



FIG. 522. MASSANGEA HIEROGLYPHICA. 



M. hieroglyphica (hieroglyphic).* I. dark green, banded with 

 violet-black, and having hieroglyphic markings. Brazil, 1878. 

 See Fig. 522. (R. H. 1878, 175.) 



BL Undent (Linden's). I. ligulate-oblong, abruptly acuminate, 

 greyish, marked with transverse, narrow, wavy bars of violet- 

 brown. Peru, 1878. (I. H. 1878, 309.) 



BL musaica (mosaic).* fl. in terminal close heads on an erect 

 scape, provided with scarlet bracts : corolla snow-white ; calyx 

 brownish, ivory-white at the apex. Spring. I. ligulate, recurved 

 at the apex, 1ft. long, 2in. broad, yellowish-green, marked irregu- 

 larly with patches of dark green, which present a mosaic appear- 

 ance, h. 1ft. Columbia, 1873. SYNS. Tittandsia musaica and 

 Vriesia musaica. (B. H. 1877, 8, 9.) 



MASSONIA (named after F. Masson, 1741-1805, a 

 botanical traveller in South Africa). SIN. Podocallis. 

 ORD. Liliacece. A genus comprising, according to Mr. 

 Baker, about twenty-five species of small- growing, green- 

 house, bulbous plants, natives of South Africa. Flowers 

 white, in an umbel-like head, nearly sessile between 

 the leaves, and surrounded by a many-leaved scarious 

 involucre ; perianth with a cylindrical erect tube, and a 

 six-cleft, spreading or reflexed limb ; scape short or 

 none. Leaves radical, twin, nearly opposite, spreading, 

 ovate or rarely oblong. The species are more curious 

 than beautiful. They thrive in sandy peat, and, as is 

 the case with most South African bulbous plants, like 

 a decided season of rest. 



M. angustifolia (narrow-leaved), fl., perianth white ; segments 

 linear, reflexed, half as long as the tube; corymbs shortly 

 pedunculate, six to twenty-flowered. April. I. lanceolate, 

 ascendent, acute, Sin. to 4in. long, lin. broad. 1775. (B. M. 736.) 

 BL Candida (white), fl., perianth white, nearly lin. long ; seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, reflexed ; corymbs twenty to thirty- 

 flowered. April. I. round, smooth, obtuse, fleshy-herbaceous, 

 Sin. to Sin. long and broad, h. 6in. (B. R. 694.) 

 BL ensifolia (sword-shape-leaved), fl., perianth lilac, Jin. to 

 lin. long ; segments linear-ligulate, spreading ; corymbs three 

 to twelve-flowered. April. I. fleshy-herbaceous, lanceolate, 

 2in. to 4in. long, lin. to Hin. broad, h. 6in. 1790. (B. M. 554 ; 

 A. B. R. 46, under name of M. violacea.) 

 BL latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of II. sanfjuinea. 

 BL muricata (muricated). /., perianth white, lin. long ; segments 

 lanceolate, reflexed, about half as long as the tube. April. I. 

 fleshy-herbaceous, round-cordate, Sin. to 4in. long and broad, 

 ft. 6in. 1790. (B. M. 559.) 



BL pustulata (blistered). /., perianth lin. long; segments 

 linear-lanceolate, reflexed, half the length of the tube ; filament* 

 white ; corymbs ten to twenty-flowered. February. 1. ovat* 



