SECTION VIII. 
POLYANTHZE Rchb. f. 
M°st of the plants included in this Section, of which the greater number are known 
only by name, produce more than one flower upon each stem, the flowers of some 
Species expanding at the same time, as in J. Schlimii, and of others in succession, as 
in M. infracta. In all the cultivated species, with the exception of ¥. Schlimii, the 
stem is triquetrous, or three-angled. 
M. Forgetiana, lately described by Dr. Kriinzlin as a distinct species, is a beautiful 
yellow variety of M. infracta, and is found in the same habitat, the Organ Mountains, 
in the south of Brazil, not in the north, as stated in Dr. Krinzlin’s account of the plant. 
[ received flowers from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, Dublin, in April, 1896, 
unfortunately too late to be included in my Plate of WM. infracta. 
M. melanoxantha Rehb. f. Bonplandia II. (1854), p. 283; ITT. (1855), p. 69; Walp. 
Ann. VI. (1861), p. 190; Gard. Chron. 1875, pt. IL., p. 580; 1881, pt. II., p. 336; 1895, 
pt. L, p. 359, fig. 46.—A rare species, which, although known by name for many years, 
has seldom flowered in cultivation, and is not available for figuring in this work. The 
flowers are yellow and dark brown, and are represented in a woodcut in the “Gardeners’ 
Chronicle” for March 28rd, 1895, p. 359, from a plant in Mr. Sander’s collection at 
St. Albans. JZ. Mooreana, a very different species (see Section ITI. Coriacee.), is often 
exhibited under the name of M. melanoxantha, and there is frequent confusion between 
the two plants. The specimens first described by Reichenbach in 1854, were collected 
by Louis Schlim, at Aspasica, near Ocafia, at an elevation of 5,000 feet. 
9 species figured : 
Masdevallia aristata Rodrig. (not in cultivation.) 
auropurpurea Rchb. f. 
curtipes Rodrig. (not in cultivation.) 
Ephippium Rehb. f. (=J2. Trochilus Lind. et M. Colibri, hort.) 
guttulata Rehb. f. 
infracta Lindl. (=. longicaudata Lemaire et M. albida Pinel.) 
maculata Klotzsch (=J. bicolor Poenp. et Endl.) 
Schlimii Lind. 
Tovarensis Rehb. f. (=M. candida Klotesch et Karst.) 
Not in cultivation : 
M. aristata Rodrig. (see Plate. ) 
aurantiaca Lindl. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. IT. (1886), p. 357. 
Buccinator Rehb. f. Bonplandia IT. (1854), p. 115. 
cinnamomea Rehb. f. Bonplandia ITI, (1855 ), p. 2265. 
cuprea Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Mise. 125, p. 81. 
curtipes Rodrig. (see Plate. ) 
hematocantha Lindl. Orch. p. 193. 
lata Rehb. f. Gard Chron. 1877, pt. ., p. 658. 
Mastodon Rehb. f- Bonplandia ITT. (1855 ), p. 69. 
tridentata, Lindl. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. II. (1836), p. 357. 
triquetra Scheidw. Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. VIT. (1839), p. 146. 
urostachya Rehb. f: Gard. Chron. 1882, pt. L., p. 765. 
xylina Rehb. f: Bot. Zeit. X X_XI. (1873 ), p. 390. 
