MASDEVALLIA 



; 1:2250. Var. Armeniaca, Hort. Fls. apricot-yellow, 

 JD eined with red; throat of the tube yellow. Colombia. 



'ar. atrosanguinea, Hort. Fls. large, with the lateral 

 jfiepals crimson spotted with magenta, points falcate, 

 t urned toward each other. Colombia. Var. coerulescens, 

 Hort. Lateral sepals broadly semi-ovate, apiculate, 

 ji rimson-magenta spotted with bluish purple. Colombia. 



, T ar. Gravesiae, Hort. Fls. white. Var. grandiflora. Fls. 

 jarge, rose-purple. Columbia. Var. Denisoni, Hort. 

 BULL'S BLOOD. Fls. crimson-purple. 



SECTION II. 



A. JTabit of scape drooping or de- 

 flexed. 

 B. Scape about as long as the Ivs. 8. platyglossa 



BB. Scape shorter than the Ivs 9. leontoglossa 



AA. Habit of scapes erect or suberect. 

 B. Scape shorter than the Irs. 



c. Lvs. linear to linear-oblong .10. 

 11. 



MASDEVALLIA 



989 



cc. Lvs. oblong to lance-oblong . .13. 



14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 



\. Scape longer than the Ivs. 

 c. Fls. rather small, ivith a 

 broad, basin-like tube: 



plants dwarf 18. 



19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23! 



cpriacea 



civilis 



Peristeria 



corniculata 



raacrura 



ionocharis 



nidifica 



calura 



Shuttleworthii 



Estradae 



xanthina 



triangularis 



hieroglyphics 



Wageneriana 



cc. Fls. larger, with a broad, 



gibbous tube 24. elephanticeps 



8. platyg!6ssa, Reichb. f. Densely tufted : Ivs. spatu- 

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

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

 duncles: fl. small (1 in. long), pale yellow, nearly globu- 

 lar, the lobes pointed but not tailed, the dorsal one up- 

 curved: ovary red; petals linear, as long as the column. 

 Colombia (?) B.M. 7185. 



9. leontogldssa, Reichb. f . Tufted : Ivs. oblanceolate, 

 short-petioled, spotted beneath with red: peduncle de- 

 flexed, 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. The specific name ("lion- 

 tongued") refers to the bearded lip. 



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

 somewhat surpassing the erect, 1-fld., spotted peduncles, 

 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 purplish dotted petioles. 



11. civilis, Reichb. f. (M. rufo-lutea, Lindl.). Lvs. 

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

 2 in. long, erect or nearly so: fl. solitary, rather large 

 for the size of the plant, the deep calyx -tube purple 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 : Ivs. oblanceolate, 

 sometimes retuse at the apex, 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 yel- 

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

 spotted with crimson; petals linear-oblong, white. Co- 

 lombia. B.M. 6159. F.S. 22: 2346. -Named from its re- 

 semblance to the dove orchid, Peristeria. 



13. corniculata, Reichb. f. Stems short and tufted: 

 Ivs. spatulate, very short-pointed, mostly exceeding the 

 1-fld. peduncles: fls. with yellow, inflated calyx-tube, 



which is spotted with brown and ribbed, bearing long 

 very Blender brown tails ; petals yellow. Colombia. 

 Var. inflata, Veitch. Paler in color, and with smaller 

 spots; lobes broader and golden yellow. Colombia. 

 B.M. 747G. 



1374. Masdevallia coccinea (X%). 



14. macrura, Reichb. f. Stems short and tufted, each 

 bearing a solitary If. and fl. : Ivs. broadly spatulate or 

 broad-oblanceolate, very obtuse or even retuse: pedun- 

 cles 8-10 in. high, erect: fls. with 3 long tails, which 

 span 8 in. from top to bottom; calyx -tube red -purple on 

 the outside; lobes triangular-ovate in the basal portion, 

 dull red and purple-spotted within, the cylindrical tails 

 yellow, the lateral ones 7-ribbed; petals yellow, spotted 

 brown. Colombia. B.M. 7164. 



15. iondcharis, Reichb. f. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, ex- 

 ceeding the erect peduncle : fl. whitish, purple- spotted 

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

 petals cream-white. Peru. 



16. 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 and with long, slender tails, 

 which are yellow in the lateral lobes and crimson in the 

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



17. calura, Reichb. f. Lvs. mostly shorter than the 

 peduncles, oblong-lanceolate : fl. glossy crimson, with 

 slender, flat tails ; dorsal lobe somewhat triangular at 

 base, the lateral ones round-ovate; petals crimson, with 

 white on tip and margins. Aug. Costa Rica. -A free- 

 flowering species. 



18. Shuttleworthii, Reichb. f. A small species, with 

 Ivs. only 2 in. long, on distinct petioles of equal length: 



