506 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
ently from the general type prevailing in the genus. The height refers 
to the flower-scapes. 
MASDEVALLIA AMABILIS (lovely). Free-flowering, orange-scarlet, 6 
inches high. Introduced from Columbia, 1874. 
M. BELLA (charming). Flowers large ; upper sepal spotted with dark 
purple-brown, its base ochre-yellow ; inner half of lower sepals yellow, 
outer half and long tails dark purplish brown. Introduced from 
Columbia, 1878. 
M. caupaTA (tailed). Flowers long-tailed, streaked with purple, 
green, and yellow; 4 inches high. Introduced from Columbia, 1874. 
Also known as M. Shuttleworthii. The var. xanthocorys has the upper 
sepal almost yellow, streaked with brown. 
M. CHELSONI (Chelsea). Flowers white, the fiddle-shaped labellum 
marked with brown and mauve. <A garden hybrid, raised 1880 from 
M. veitchiana and M. amabilis; believed to have been the first raised 
from seed in Europe. 
-M. Cummra (Chimeera-like). Leaves narrow-lance-shaped, 6 to 9 
inches long. Sepals yellow with close mottling of dark red, and clothed 
with hairs; triangular, each tapering to a very slender and very long 
tail; total length of sepal, 10 or 12 inches. Native of Columbia. Plate 
236c. Several good varieties are in cultivation, among them back- 
houseana (1879), with larger flowers of brighter tints; Roezlii (1880), a 
handsome plant with blackish purple sepals, and light mauve petals and 
lip. 
M. coccINEA (scarlet). Sepals yellow without, bright scarlet within ; 
upper one narrow. Winter-flowering. Introduced from Columbia. Plate 
236A, fig. 1. Several good varieties are grown, including Linden (also 
known as Harryana), in which the sepals vary from brilliant violet to 
rose and magenta. Introduced 1869. 
M. GEMMATA (adorned). Leaves obscurely three-toothed at apex. 
Upper sepal ochreous, triangular, with a tail of equal length; lower sepals 
purple with ochreous base and orange tails. Lip heart-shaped, purple. 
Introduced from Columbia, 1883. Plate 236n. 
M. IGNEA (fiery). Leaves oblong on long foot-stalks. Flowers ex- 
ceedingly brilliant, of a dazzling fiery red, sometimes shaded with crimson 
or violet-rose ; upper sepal narrow, tapering gradually to a long tail, and 
bent close over remainder of flower. Height 6 inches. Introduced from 
Columbia, 1871. The var. marshalliana has yellow flowers. 
M. MELANOPUS (black-stalked). Flowers white with purple dots 
and yellow tails; 6 inches high. Introduced from Peru, 1874. 
M. MuscosaA (mossy). Flowers yellowish, with reddish nerves; lip 
