MASDEVALLIA TRIGLOCHIN Rchb. f. 
Masprvauiia trIGLocnin Rehb. f. Gard. Chron. 1877, pt. IL., p. 648; 1881, pt. IL, p. 409; Otia. Bot. 
Hamb. p. 14 (1878) ; Garden, 1880, pt. IL., p. 614; 1890, pt. IL, p. 475. 
Leaf about 14 inch long, linear, fleshy, apex tridenticulate, narrowing below into a grooved petiole, 
sheathed at the base, dull purplish-green. 
Peduncle about 2 inches long, terete, wiry, studded with minute asperities, ascending from the base 
of the petiole, bearing two or three flowers in succession, each having a minute membranous apiculate 
bract at the base of the pedicel, dull brownish-green. 
Ovary § inch long, hexagonal, with six crenate wings, dull green. 
Sepals: dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals for } inch, free portion triangular-ovate for about 
4 inch, 3-nerved, cucullate, terminating in a slender yellow tail 3 inch long ; lateral sepals cohering for 
nearly ? inch, boat-shaped, 3-nerved, terminating in slender yellow tails $ inch long; all dark reddish- 
yellow shaded and veined with dark red. 
Petals scarcely 4 inch long, oblong, apiculate, orange-yellow, with a broad crimson central streak. 
Lip longer than the petals, united to the foot of the column by a flexible hinge, oblong-cordate, with 
two angled longitudinal lines, dull orange-yellow, margined with red. 
Column a little longer than the petals, narrowly winged, apex denticulate, yellow and green, the base 
and foot edged with red. 
ASDEVALLIA TRIGLOCHIN was discovered by Consul Lehmann at Quito, in 
the north of Ecuador, at an elevation of 5,500 feet. Living plants were sent by 
him to Messrs. Low, of Clapton, and first flowered in 1877, supplying the specimens 
named and described by Professor Reichenbach. Since its first introduction, this 
curious little plant has become very scarce in cultivation, and has almost died out, even 
in the most complete collections of Masdevallias. For the specimen here figured, I am 
indebted to Mr. F. W. Moore, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, 
Explanation of Plate : 
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; al enlarged. 
