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MASDKVALLIA 



MATRICARIA 



42. nycterina, Ifi-ichb. f. Dfloii cDufusod willi .1/. 

 ChiiiKTro. Iml a smiiUor :»nil U'ss showy pl:inl ; luftcil: 

 l\"s. obluiu'iMliili'. siiinowlijit llosliy, cliaiiiU'lU'd, t'> in. 

 long, not narmwinl into a potioK': iicilunclo l-lld., li in. 

 lone, ilniopini;; II. triantiular, 2 x U ui., witli tails 3 

 in. long, hairy insiilc, brown-yollow anil piuplo-spottcd; 

 petals vi'llow, with n>il spots, ))ouch-liko, senate. 

 Colombia. 1.11.20:117, US (sis M. Chima'ia).— Odd. 



43. Chimira, Hoichb. f. Fig. 2332. Tuft-pil: Ivs. 

 oblancoolati'-obtiiso, 1 ft. long and 1}2 in. wide: 

 peduncle wirT,', erect, lateral or iH'iulent, several-fid., 

 mostly shorter than the Ivs.; fis. opening in succession; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, yellowish, much spotted with deep 

 crimson-purple, tapering into slender t.iils from .'111 



in. long, purple-hrown; petals white, marked 

 with crimson; labellum saccate, wliite, yellow 

 or pinkish, very variable, t'olombia. R.ll. 

 1881:1.30. G.C. II. 3:41. CO. o.— One of 

 the most fantastic of orchids, and the tyi)e of 

 a most interesting group. 



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2332. Masdevallia 

 CIlimEera. ( X ! a) 



\'ar. Roezlii,' 

 Hort. (.U. Rofzlii, 

 Reichb. f.). No 

 long hairs on the 

 calyx-lobes, the 

 lobes very dark- 

 colored, with short 

 warts; labellum 

 pink, not yellow. 

 Color the darkest 

 of the section. Often 

 regarded a-s a good 

 species. Sub - var. 

 r libra. Spots on 

 calyx -lobe brown- 

 crimson. 



Var. Wallisii, 

 Hort. (.1/. WalHdi, 

 Reichb. f.) Caly.x-lobes with hispid 

 pubescence, yellowish, sjjotted with 

 brown-purple; labellum white, yi ' 

 low within. 



Var. Winniina, Hort. {M. Win- 

 niana, Keidib. f.). Calyx -lobes 

 elongated, densely black-.spotted. In 

 part distinguished from var. linizlii by its longer tails. 



Var. Backhousi^na, Hort. (M. Ji/irkhousidna, Reichb. 

 f.). Lvs. narrower than in the type: lis. large;; calyx- 

 lobes more round, paler, not so thickly spotted; tails 

 short; labellum nearly white. — Perhaps a distinct 

 species. 



44. Chestertonii, Reichb. f. Tufted: lvs. oblong or 

 oblong-sj)atulate, -t in. long and nearly or quite 1 in. 

 wide, .somewhat longer than the pendent, much-hraeted, 

 1-fld. peduncles: fis. 2J-^ in. across, greenish yellow, 

 spotted an'l .streaked with purple, and bearing 3 si)read- 

 ing, greenish, more or less hr)oked, flattened tails 1 in. 

 long; netabi yellow, very small, ('olomhia. B.M. 6977. 

 — Odd and dLstinct. 



SEf.TION V. 



45. triaristella, Reichb. f. Lvs. about 2 in. long, in 

 very crowded tufts: peduncles longer than the lvs., very 

 slender, erect, wiry: dorsal lobe of calyx ovate, hoocU^d; 

 tail yellow; lateral lol>es coloring throughout their 

 length, linear, united, at length diverging into short 



yellow tails; petals yellow, with a red midline. Summer. 

 Costa Riea. — Oite of the smallest of orchi<ls. 



'IMu' fnllowinK liiu't' Ikhmi (»IT<'riHi in AiiuT., l>ut most of tlu*m aro 

 iriiprrfcrlly known. M, rhriruphora. — M. Chchonii^M. aiuubilia 

 .\ .M. \*('it\'luana. — M, f/(7*/»(rii.s(i=Sriipho8cpaluni. — M. lltndeT' 

 soiii. — .1/. ;nj/ic/(i/(i=Si'apli().st'piiluMi. — Al. trijicdta. 



M. .l/i'('s(i = M. Vciti'liiana X M. .\»nioclia. — .1/. Annlnii, 

 WcirUy-t. f. Kla. witli wliitiHh tube, tlif free portion of sepals erinison- 

 pnrple, tlie lateral with filifurni yellowish tails 1-2 in. long. Colom- 

 bia. .1.11. HI. .W:.!!:); (11:.577. — M. burfordiinsis, O'Brien. Kls. 

 white, profvisely (lotted with claret-color; petals white, with purple 

 lobes: lip purple. — M. tkorsum, Uolfo. Fls. yellow, blotelieil bright 

 red: dorsal sepal rollexed, contracted suddenly into a tail 2-3 in. 

 lonK: lateral sepals gradually narrowed into shorter tails, Col- 

 oiiibia. H.M. 77(i(i. Cl.C. III. 28:3;).').— Af. Orluicniana, Hort. 

 .Scapt- l-(ld.; lis. pale Kreenish white. — M. prruvidna, Uolfe. Petals 

 white, tiimrd with lilae: sepals liKht brown. Peru. — M. Pour- 

 t'ltij-ii. Hort.^M. Veitehiana X M. Shuttleworthii. Fls. vermilion, 

 tluslied witli onuii^e-yellow, and niarUed with numerous brownish 

 red ilots. C.M. 17::i7;t. Und. U:3S7. — J\/. Sc/irori/m(Jm», Hort. 

 .*^epals abruptly contracted into yellow tails, the dorsal arched, 

 the lateral inueti recurved, thickly ."i-nerved, bullatc, white marked 

 with red. Peru (?). B.M. 7.S.'i9.— il/. Toniliizii, Woolward. 

 Peduncle slender, 1-fld.; sejials cnimate at base, whitish citron- 

 colored inside, elont^ated into slniiler yellow tails. Costa Uica. — 

 M. rrriAsa, Uolfe. Perianth straw-.NclJow, densely spotted with dull 

 purple; lip dull red-purple. Colombia. — M. Xiphrrcn, Reichb. f. 

 Allied to M. niuacosa: fla. small, purple, on tall slender sts. 

 Colombia. HeINMCH HaSSELBRING. 



George V. NASH.f 



MASSANGEA (named for a Belgian horticulturist, 

 ]VI. Masstinge de Louvrex). Bromcliaci'se. A disputed 

 genus; by Hentham &. Hooker included in Ctiraguata, 

 and by Mez combined with Guzmania. The single 

 sjx'cies admitted by Wittinaek in Engler & Prantl, M. 

 miisnica, Morr., becomes Ouzmania musaica (Tilldndsia 

 ■miimica, Lind. & Andr6. T. mosaica. Hort. Vricsia 

 musnim, Ilort.), by the Mezian disposition (see Vol. 

 Ill, I). 1 119). It is a good warmhouse subject. 



MASSONIA (Francis Masson, 1741-1805, collector 

 in S. .\fr.). LiUaccsp. South African bulbous plants, of 

 more thtm 30 si)ecies, allied to Allium; rarely grown as 

 pot-i)lants in the greenhouse. Plants with 2 or 3 very 

 broad opijosite lvs., and a very short scape so that the 

 usually white or greenish fls. are borne in a sessile or 

 nearly sessile globose head at the .surface of the ground 

 surrotmded by several membranaceous bracts: perianth 

 with a cylindrical tube and narrow spreading or reflexed 

 nearly equal segms. ; stamens 6, inserted at the throat, 

 the filaments more or less united at the base; ovary 

 3-cellcd and many-ovuled, becoming a membranaceous 

 3-valved caps. M. puslulala, Jacq., has an ovoid bulb, 

 1 in. tliam., ribbed tuberculate broad-oblong lvs., ana 

 greenish fls. in the cup of pustulate foliage; perianth- 

 tube cylindrical, the segms. narrow and spreading; 

 stamens long and upstanding. B.M. 642. G.C. III. 

 39:44. — An odd plant, requiring warm greenhouse con- 

 ditions. L. H. B. 



MATRICARIA (mater, mother, from its use in dis- 

 ea.ses). ('onipti.titsp. Matricary. Wild Chamomile. 

 Annual or perennial weedy herbs, often heavily scented. 



From Chrysanthemum it differs mostly in the 

 achenes, which are 3-.')-ribbed on the interior face and 

 ribless on the back; also in having a higher or more 

 conical receptacle, and bracts in few rather than many 

 series. — About 2.5 species in many parts of the world. 

 Tin; foliage is much cut or diviflcd into thri-ad-like 

 divisions. The matricarias are border plants in cult., 

 and others an; intro. weeds. They .are commonly con- 

 foimded with species of ("hrysanthemum and feverfew. 

 The M. ciimii jilcnn of the trade is a form of Clirysan- 

 tlumium I'arthfiiium (var. luhulnswn). It is a good 

 hardy annuid, with white double heads, growing 2 ft. 

 tall. Matrictiriius demand the care given to aimual 

 chrysanthemums. The threi; following are annuals or 

 biennials. 



inoddra, Linn. {Chrysdnthemum inodbrum, Linn. 

 I'l/rHhrum im)dt>Tum, Smith). Nearly or quite glar 

 brotis, branchy, difTu.se animal, 1-2 ft. tall, from Eu. 



