MasprvauitA RrIcHENBACHIANA. 
Of the habitat of this species Consul Lehmann gives more detailed information than 
any hitherto published : 
M. Reichenbachiana is distributed over the Central Cordillera of Costa Rica, between 
the Vulcan de Barba and the Pico Blanco, at an elevation of 1,600 to 2,200 métres (5,200 
to 7,150 feet). It grows on trees in dense and damp woods, in an average summel 
temperature of 17° to 19° Centigrade (about 62° to 66° Fahrenheit), and an average winter 
temperature of 15°.5 to 17°.5 Centigrade (about 60° to 63° Fahrenheit). 
I first observed it in 1878, on the western slopes of the Vulean Frazti near San Isidro; 
also on the mountain range between Cartago and San Pedro; on the mountains between 
Desamparados and San Cristobal; and in the Montafia Dota. From these localities I 
sent a few living plants to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton. The first large 
consignment of living plants was sent by me to Messrs. Sander, of St. Albans, in 1882, 
with plants of WZ. calura and M. erythrochete, from the same localities. 
F. C. Lenmany. 
