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and forms of 1/. militaris and M. icjnea have been cultivated 

 under the name of M. coccinea. The typical M. cocci aca was intro- 

 duced in 1869, in which year it was re-discovered by Gustav Wallis 

 and sent by him to M. Linden, ia whose horticultural establishment^ 

 at Ghent, it flowered for the first time in Europe in June in the 

 following year, when it was described by M. Andre, and figured 

 in the Illustration Ilorticole under the name of M. Lindenii. It is 

 abundant on the rocks along the western slopes of the eastern Cordillera 

 of New Granada, near Pamplona, at a great elevation, where it is 

 associated with the small-flowered, inattractive M. oefhodes, which is 



Masdevallia coccinea Harryana. 



also very abundant. The variety conchi flora, which is very distinct 

 in form but in colour agreeing with the first-introduced form, appeared 

 some years ago in Mr. Bviirs horticultural establishment, at Chelsea. 

 Far superior both to the type and to the variety conchflora, from 

 a horticultural point of view, is the variety Harryana j this 

 superiority is due to its great variability in colour, which in all the 

 cultivated forms is characterised by great brilliancy, and to a less extent, 



