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MASDEVALLIA. 



M. caudata. 



Foliis obovato-oblongis, scapo paulo brevioribus, sepalis longissime 

 aristato-caudatis. Hab. in sulifrigidis regni Novogranatensis prope S. 

 Fortunato, florens Junio. (Liiull. Gen. ct Sp. Orch. p. 193.) 



var.— Shuttle worthii. 



Leaves obovatc-oblong, often elliptic-oblong, 2 — 3 inches long, narrowed 

 to a slender petiole of about the same length. Scapes equalling or 

 longer than the leaves, with 1 — 2 acuminate, appressed bracts, one- 



Masdevallia caudata Shuttleworthii. 



flowered. Flowers 1 — 1-|- inches across, exclusive of the sepaline tails 

 perianth tube short, campanulate gibbous below ; upper sepal obovate, 

 concave, light yellow spotted witli red and with 5 — 7 red veins 



