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brown outside ; lower part of tube and lateral sepals light rose colour ; 

 petals, lip and column white," 



Masdevallia Coartauldiana, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. V. s. 3 (1889), p. 200. 

 Raised by Mr. Norman C. Cookson, of Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, and 

 dedicated to Mr. Sydney Courtauld, of Booking Place, Braintree, an 

 ardent amateur of Masdevallias. The flower is said to he equal in size 

 to that of Masdevallia rosea, with the general shape of M. caudata 

 Shuttleworthn. 



M. EUisiana. 



ili. cocdnea Harryana X M. igiiea. 



Flowers nearly as in Masdevallia ignea but larger, and with the tail of 

 the upper sepal erect, as in M. coccinea {Lindenii); perianth tube l)right 

 yellow at the base, passing into rose-carmine upwards ; upper sepal light 

 rose-carmine, tip of tail orange-yeUow ; lateral sepals of the richest 

 crimson faintly toned Avith orange-red, the veins deeper as in the parents. 

 Masdevallia EUisiana, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. VI. s. 3 (1889), p. 154. 



Raised by Seden at our nursery, and dedicated to Lady Howard de 

 Walden, of the Mote Park, Maidstone. For brilliancy and distinctness in 

 colour it is one of the best hybrids yet raised. 



M. Fraseri. 



M. ignea X M. coccinea {Lindenii). 



Perianth tube dull orange-red ; free portion of sepals magenta -crimson 

 suffused with orange. The form of the flower is nearly that of 

 Masdevallia ignea except that the perianth tube is narrower, and the 

 tail of the upper sepal is not curved downwards into the angle between 

 the two lateral sepals, which terminate in short cusps. 



Masdevallia Fraseri, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XVII. (1882), p. 143. 



Raised in the collection of Mr. Fraser, of Derncleugh, near Aberdeen. 



M. Gairiana. 



M. Veitchiana X M. Davisii. 



Upper sepal triangular, elongated, yellow studded with crimson papillae 

 and contracted into a slender, golden yellow tail ; connate lateral sepals 

 broadly oblong, bright orange-yellow Avith numerous crimson papillae 

 towards the base and along the veins ; the apical sinus rather broad, 

 and the tails short. 



Masdevallia Gairiana, l^chb. in Gard. Chron. XXII. (1884), p. 38. 



Raised by Seden at our nursery, and dedicated to Mr. John Gair, 

 of The Kilns, Falkirk, the possessor of one of the most select collections 

 of orchids in Scotland. It is a very handsome Masdevallia ; the upper 



