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JIASDEVALLIA 



First discovered in 1850 by Warscewicz^ on tlie Andes of northern 

 Peru, but not introduced into European gardens till 1872, when it 

 was re-discovered in the same region by Roezl. Its brilliant-coloured 

 flowers bring it under our sub-section Goccinece, its nearest allies 

 beinu' Masdevallia Bailceana and M. Vsitchiana. 



Masdevallia aiuabilis. 



M. Arminii. 



Leaves ohiong-lanceolate, 1^ inches long, narrowed below into a somewhat 

 slender petiole as long as the blade. Scapes slender, longer than the 

 leaves, one-flowered. Perianth tnbe short, whitish ; free portion of sepals 

 crimson-puriile, the dorsal one snb-orbicular, concave ; the lateral two 

 broadly oval-oblong, nearly flat, and contracted to filiform, yellowish tails 

 1 — 2 inches long. Petals linear-oblong, toothed at the apex, white ; lip 

 oblong, reflexed at the tip, where there is a blackish purple Avarty blotch. 

 Masdevallia Arminii, Rchb. in Bonpl. II. p. 283 (1854). Id. Card. Chron. XVIII. 

 (1882), p. 102. 



First discovered on the eastern Cordillera (f New Granada^ in the 

 Pamplona district, more than thirty years ago, by Sclilim, but dedi- 



