l\rASDEVALLIA. 



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10 000 feet elevation. The specific name is a compound of two 

 wJrd8//o. (ion), ^'a violet/' and x«P'^- (^1^^^'^^)' pleasure or joy. 



Masdevallia leontoglossa. 



tinged with dcq,, dull p.u-plc. Flower, w.th -'T - 1 > "'^ ; 

 perla,.th t.,be broadly eyliiuU-ic, gibbou. be ow pale [« » ^ ;e.>eath ■ 

 three p...ple spotted ribs above, and spotted w.th dull l^^P'^ '^~ 

 free portion of uppe.- «epal triangular, co.rtracted ,.rto a b.oad ta.l 



