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OKCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. 



M. inseqiialis, Rchb.f. — This, although one of the smaller- 

 flowered species, is nevertheless extremely pretty. It is 

 allied to M. triangularis, and like that has thin-textured 

 flowers. The leaves are of the usual character. The flowers 

 have a somewhat cup-shaped tube, and well-expanded sepals, 

 ornamented with three slender tails upwards of an inch in 

 length, the ground colour being yellowish white prettily 

 spotted with purple. It is a desirable species for basket 

 culture. — New Grenada. 



M. Lindeni, Andre. — A very handsome and brilliant species, 

 evidently closely related to M. Harryana, as some of the 

 varieties run so near to that species as to be scarcely dis- 



MASDEVALLIA LINDENI. 



