MASDEVALLIA CAMPYLOGLOSSA Rchb. f. 
Masprvatria cAmpyrociossa Rchb. f.. Gard. Chron. 1878, pt. IL, p. 588; Orchidophile (Godefroy) 
1881, p. 84; Veitch Manual Orch. pt. V. (1889), p. 27. 
Leaf about 4 inches long, oblong-lanceolate, very thick and leathery, stiff and erect, obtusely triden- 
ticulate, dark green, sometimes tinged with dull red, narrowing below into a stout grooved petiole, 
sheathed at the base. 
Peduncle, with the pedicel, about 2 inches long, terete, slender, growing laterally from the base of 
the petiole, with two or three sheathing bracts, pale green spotted with crimson ; flowering bract about 
4 inch long, apiculate, sheathing below, with a rudimentary bud within at the base, pale green when 
young, with crimson spots, fading to pale brownish-yellow. 
Ovary a little more than } inch long, much curved, with six rounded angles, very dark green, with 
minute crimson spots. 
Sepals: dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals for } inch, forming a wide tube or cup, free portion 
ovate-triangular for nearly 2 inch, 3-nerved, tapering into a fleshy tail nearly } inch long ; lateral sepals 
cohering for about 2 inch, free portion ovate-triangular for nearly 3 inch, 3-nerved, terminating in a fleshy 
tail 4 inch long ; all pale greenish yellow, with numerous crimson spots, chiefly upon the nerves. 
Petals nearly 2 inch long, linear at the base, upper part ovate, acuminate, with a sharp angle on the 
anterior margin, very pale green, with a central line of dull crimson spots. 
Lip about § inch long, united by a strong hinge to the foot of the column, oblong, curved, crenate at 
the margin, surface rough, especially towards the apex, whitish-green, with three longitudinal crimson 
lines, apex green. 
Column shorter than the petals, stout, narrowly winged, apex slightly crenate, green, the foot yellow. 
fj pune habitat of this species is unknown, and the only information to be obtained 
about it is, that it was purchased at a sale of Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms, in 1878, 
by Messrs. Veitch, who distributed specimens among the few collections which possess 
the plant. 
Explanation of Plate, drawn from a plant at Newbattle Abbey : 
Fig. 1, petal, lip, and column, in natural position ;—la, section of ovary ;—2, petal, inner side ;— 
3, lip ;—3a, base of lip (much enlarged) ;—4, column ;—4a, apex of column; all enlarged ; 5, apex and 
section of leaf, natural size. 
