MASDIONALLIA 



MASDEVALLIA 



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scarlet; petals white, oxccriliiij; the ooluinn. Spring. 

 Colombia. B.M. ."ilKi^. 111. 2C.:3;5:{. (!.M. r)2:2S3. 

 CO. 2. Var. Massangeana, llort. Lateral lobes longer: 

 fls. larger. Var. Boddjertii, Hurt. Caly.x yellow; lower 

 lobes shaded with red on the upper surface. I.H. 

 2G:357. ^'ar. grandiflora, llort. Fls. rounded; lateral 

 sepals brilliant vermilion, bordered with crimson and 

 sulTused with [lurple. Vai-. superba, llort., is advertised. 



3. rosea, Lindl. Lvs. oblong-siioon-shaped, keeled: 

 peduncle drooping and slender, bearing a single fl.; 

 calyx-tube 1 in. long, red and violet; calyx-lobes rose- 

 lilac, with red tails; petals vellow, the lip hairy at the 

 apex. Ecuador. G.C. III. i(j:(w7. O.K. 4: 113; 11 :2,5. 

 July, Aug. — A jiretty and free-flowering species. 



4. amabilis, Reichb. f. & Warscz. Lvs. 4-.'j in. long, 

 oblong- or spatulate-lanccolate, about half the length of 

 the erect, usually 1-lld. peduncles: fls. varying from 

 purplish crimson to \-ellow; lobes ovate-triangular, the 

 lateral ones with short tails and the dorsal ones with a 

 long and ascending tail; petals naiTow, yellowish, 

 longer than the column. Peru. Scpt.-Dec. Var. 

 lineata, Lind. it .\ndre (var. striata, llort.), has yel- 

 lowish fls., tinged and striped with red. I.H. 22:196. 



.5. Davisii, Reichb. f . Densely cespitose : lvs. oblong- 

 lanceolate, 0-S in. long, petiolcd, blunt at t'le apex: 

 peduncle erect, about 10 in. long; calyx large, brilliant 

 yellow, obscurely veined with deeper yellow; dorsal 

 lobe triangular-ovate, prolonged in a tail; lateral lobes 

 oblong-ovate, larger, united to below the middle, 

 terminating in short tails; petals longer than the 

 column, nearly hidden in the calyx-tube, pale yellow, 

 the labellum yellow, shaded and spotted with red, with 

 2 obscure keels. Peru. B.M. 6190. CO. 1. 



6. Barljeana, Reichb. f. Lvs. spatulate, acute: pedun- 

 cle slender, nearly 1 ft. long; fls. scarlet; calyx-tube 

 curved; dorsal sepals short-triangular, producefl into a 

 long tail; lateral sepals larger, semi-ovate; petals ligu- 

 late, white. Peru. — Reichbenbach states that the 

 lateral sepals run internally one in another; they are 

 connate in a straight line. 



7. coccinea, Lind. (.1/. L'lndenii, Andr^). Fig. 2329. 

 Lvs. spatulate, obtuse or refuse, 6-10 in. long: peduncle 

 1 ft. or more long; calyx crimson-m.agenta; dorsal lobe 

 with a small, triangular base, prolonged into a long 

 tail; lateral lobes oblong-ovate, scarcely prolonged; 

 petals white, longer than the column. May. Colombia. 

 B.M. 5990. I.H. 17:42. F.M. 1872:28. Var. conchi- 

 fiora, Veitch. Fls. large; lateral lobes of labellum 

 rotund, concave. Var. Harryana (.V. Harrijana, 

 Reichb. f.). Lateral lobes of calyx oval, falcate, the tips 

 usually crossing or tiu-ned towanl each other. May. 

 P"..S. 21:22.50. C.O 7. Var. armeniaca, Hort. Fls. apri- 

 cot-yellow, veined with red; throat of the tube yellow. 

 Colombia. Var. atrosanguinea, Hort. Fls. large, with 

 the lateral sejjals crimson s])otted with magenta, points 

 falcate, turned toward each other. Colombia. Var. 

 coerulescens, Hort. Lateral sepals broadly semi-ovate, 

 apiculate, crim.son-magenta spotted with bluish purple. 

 Colombia. Var. Gravesiae, Hort. Fls. white. Var. 

 grandiflora. Fls. large, rose-i)urplc. Colombia. Var. 

 Denisonii, Hort. Bull's Blood. Fls. crimson-purple. 



vSectiox II. 



A. Habit ofucapc tlroopirii/ or drjlvx&i. 



B. Scape about an lorm an the Irs 



BB. Scape shorter than the lvs 



A A. Habit of scapes arret or suherect. 

 B. Scape shorter than the lvs. 



c. Lvs. linear to linear-oblouf/ ... 



.10. 

 11. 



CC. Lvs. oblong to lance-oblimn. 



D. Fls. white or whitinh, 



spotted or lined 



platyglossa 

 leontoglossa 



conacea 



civills 



Peristeria 



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ionocharis 

 nidifica 



DD. Fls. yellow or red 15. corniculata 



10. macrura 



DDU. /'V.S'. crimson 17. calura 



»». Sca/K luniier than the Irs. 



c. Size ()/ fls. rather small, with a 

 hraii I , basin-like tube: plants 

 dinirf. Iworthil 



I). I'ls. mauve 18. Shuttle- 



Di). FIk. i/rllow, marl:ril <ir spiitleil. . . 19. xanthina 



20. triangularis 

 'Z\. Wageneriana 



DD1>. Fls. varicolored 22. Estradas 



23. hieroglyphica 

 CC. Size of Jls. laryer, with a broad, 



deep, gibbous tube 24. elephanticeps 



8. platyglossa, Reichb. f. Densely tufted: lvs. .spatu- 

 late-lanccolate, narrowed into petioles, 3-4 in. long, as 

 long as or longer than the drooping bracted 1-2-fld. 

 pedimcles: fl. small (1 in. long), j)ale yellow, nearly 

 globular, the lobes pointed but not tailed, the dorsal 

 one upcurved; ovary red; petals linear, as long as the 

 column. Colombia (?) B.M. 718.5. 



9. leontoglossa, Reichb. f. Tufted: lvs. oblanceolato, 

 short-petioled, spotted beneath with red: pedimole 

 deflexed, mostly shorter than the odd fls. ; calyx narrow, 

 the lobes gradually narrowed into fleshy tails or long 

 points, semi-transparent, all of them greenish yellow 

 outside and more or less hairy crimson-spotted within, 

 the dorsal lobe not greatly unlike the others but often 

 somewhat ascending; petals white with crimson lines. 

 Colombia. B.M. 7245. C.O. 12.— The .specific name 

 ("lion-tongued") refers to the bearded lip. 



10. coriacea, Lindl. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, usually 

 somewhat surpassing the erect, I-fld., spotted pedun- 

 cles, which are about 6 in. high: fls. fleshy, the calyx- 

 lobes nearly equal and wide-spreading, triangular at 

 base but gradually narrowed into long points or short 

 tails; lobes greenish yellow and dotted crimson inside; 

 petals white and crimson. Colombia. G.C III. 

 21:95. — Lvs. 6-8 in. long, with purphsh dotted petioles. 



11. civilis, Reichb. f. (M. riifo-liitca, Lindl.). Lvs. 

 fleshy, hnear, keeled, 5-6 in. long: peduncle less than 

 2 in. long, erect or nearly so; fls. solitary, rather large 

 for the size of the plant, the deep caly.\-tube pur[)le at 

 the base and yellow at the top, the long-pointed, flat- 

 tened lobes yellow; petals small, white, the labellum 

 dotted purple. Peru. B.M. 5476. 



12. Peristeria, Reichb. f. Tufted: lvs. oblanceolate, 

 sometimes refuse at the ajiex, 4-6 in. long, twice longer 

 than the rather stout, erect, 1-fld. peduncles: fls. with 3 

 long, wide-spreading tails, which span 4-5 in., the tube 

 somewhat gibbous beneath; back of the fl. greenish 

 yellow; tails honey-yellow; throat and base of lobes 

 spotted with crimson; petals linear-oblong, white. 

 Colombia. B.M. 61.59. F.S. 22:2346. C.O. 11.— 

 Named from its resemblance to the dove orchid, 

 Peristeria. 



13. ionocharis, Reichb. f. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 exceeding the erect ]3cduncle: fl. whitish, purple-spotted 

 at base, the lobes triangidar-ovate, with yellow tails; 

 petals cream-white. Peru. 



14. nidifica, Reichb. f. Lvs. oval or oblong, about the 

 length of or longer than the peduncle: fl. white, veined 

 and dotted with crimson passing into yellow on the 

 lobes, the lobes hairy an<l with long, slender tails, 

 which are yellow in the lateral lobes antl crim.son in the 

 ilorsal lobe; petals white, with crimson lines. Ecuador. 



15. corniculata, Reichb. f. Sts. short and tufted: 

 lvs. spatulate, very short-))ointed, mostly exceeding the 

 1-fld. ])eduncles: fls. %vith yellow, inflated calyx-tube, 

 which is spotted with brown and ribbed, bearing long, 

 very slender brown tails; petals yellow. Colombia. 

 Var. inflata, Veitch. Pal(>r in color, and with smaller 

 spots; lobes broader and gcjlden yellow. Colombia. 

 B.M. 7476. 



