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near the margin, the disk pale and somewhat tessellated ; the 

 petals and lip are light mauve, the former having beautiful 

 dark eye blotches. — Neiv Grenada. 

 Fig.— Xenia Orch., ii. 1. 186, fig. 2. 



M. Roezlii rill)riim, Hort. — A handsome and brighter- 

 coloured form of M. Roezlii, with erect flower scapes six to 

 eight inches long, and large widespread flowers, the three 

 triangular sepals being only connate at the very base, each 

 tipped by a chocolate-red tail three or four inches long ; the 

 general colour of the flower is a creamy yellow, mottled with 

 dark chocolate-red, and the inner surface is scabrous. The 

 petals are narrow, round at top, pale fawn with a purple 

 spot near the end, and the lip is yellowish, tongue-shaped, 

 roundish-oblong in front, with inflexed edges. — New Grenada. 



M, rosea, Lindley. — Although described loug since it was 

 not until 1880 that this species was introduced into cultiva- 

 tion. It is a dwarf-growing plant, producing its flowers in 



MASDEVALLIA ROSEA. 



great profusion, and for cultivators ofi'ers altogether a new 

 and distinct type. The plant is of tufted habit, like the rest ; 

 its leaves are elliptic acute and long-stalked, and its scapes are 

 longer than the leaves, bringing the flowers well up into view. 



