MASDEVALLIA GEMMATA Rchb. f. 
Masprvauria Gemmata Rehb. f. Gard. Chron. 1883, pt. II, p. 294; Orchidophile (Godefroy) 1884, 
p. 36; Veitch Manual Orch. pt: V. (1889), p. 44. 
M. trichete Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. 1883, pt. IL, p- 860 ; Orchidophile (Godefroy) 1884, p. 223 ; Veitch 
Manual Orch., pt. V. (1889), p. 44. 
Leaf 15 or 2 inches long, linear, fleshy, grooved on the upper side, apex tridenticulate, narrowing 
below into a slender terete petiole, sheathed at the base, dull green, often deeply tinged with reddish- 
purple. 
Peduncle nearly 3 inches long, terete, thread-like or wiry, ascending or lateral from the base of the 
petiole, producing two or three flowers in succession, with one or two closely-sheathing bracts, dull 
reddish-green ; flowering bract about 4 inch long, ovate, apiculate, sheathing below, dull green or 
brownish. 
Ovary about 4 inch long, with six rounded angles, sometimes crenate, dull green. 
Sepals : dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals only near the base, free portion triangular-ovate for 
about 4 inch, 3-nerved, cucullate, reddish-yellow, veined with crimson, and terminating in a slender yellow 
tail about ? inch long ; lateral sepals cohering for 3 inch, boat-shaped, 3-nerved, terminating in slender 
yellow tails about 3 inch long, dull reddish, shaded and veined with crimson. 
Petals 3 inch long, oval, apex tridentate, pale yellow, with a crimson central streak. 
Lip longer than the petals, united to the foot of the column by a flexible hinge, cordate, with three 
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longitudinal lines, margins and apex reflexed, mauve-purple, shaded and spotted with crimson. 
Column a little longer than the petals, narrowly winged, apex denticulate, yellow tipped with green, 
the foot pink. 
MPORTED by Mr. F. Wallace, of Colchester, and named by Professor Reichenbach 
in 1883, with no record of its habitat. 
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 ;—4, column ;—4a, apex of column ;—5, apex and section of leaf ; all enlarged. 
