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MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA cus. ¥. VARIETATES ALIQUOT. 
Mr. HARRY VEITCH’S MASDEVALLIA, VARIETIES. 
MASDEVALLIA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., II, p. 17. 
Masdevallia Harryana. Folio elongato spatulato obtuso, basin versus late ac sensim attenuato ; sepalis lateralibus 
late semiovatis apiculatis, sepalo dorsali lineari porrecto. 
Masdevallia Harryana Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1871, p. 1421. 
Var. Kegeljani. Flore maximo, splendidissime carmineo-rubro, sepalorum parte media pallidiore. 
Var. lilacina. Flore bene lato, lilacino-roseo, rubro venato et marginato. 
Var. carnea. Sepalis pallide roseis, rubro venatis, apice aurantiaco-rubro, tubuli ore luteo. 
Var. Reginae. Sepalis sanguineo-rubris. 
Var. illustris, Sepalorum basi violaceo-roseis, venis et apice carmineis, 
asdevallia Harryana flowered for the first time in Europe in the month 
of September, 1871, among the importations of Messrs Vertcu. It was 
et | discovered, we are told in their Manual of Orchidaceous plants, by Ches- 
terton, in 1871, near Sogamosa. Its principal habitat is on the eastern Cordillera, 
between Sogamosa and Concepcion, where it occurs between 7,000 and 10,000 
feet above the level of the sea. It is particularly abundant in that part of the 
eastern Cordillera called the Sierra Nevada de Chita, where it spreads in unin- 
terrupted masses for miles, growing in the partial shade afforded by the low 
shrubs that abound in the place. 
In describing this species, RricHENBACH spoke of it in the following terms : 
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aoett The flower is a very dangerous, if not a victorious, rival of the 
Masdevallia that has been called M. Lindeni by Monsieur Anprt. The large 
broad shining leaves may form a great attraction to Masdevalliophilists, but the 
blossom itself must move the admiration of every one who appreciates a won- 
derful flower. ” 
Masdevallia Harryana is as beautiful as M. Lindeni, though not more so. 
The two are of remarkable and ample form, rich and varied in colour, and of 
magnificent brilliancy. They are also very closely allied, for which reason 
many authors have reduced ReIcHENBAcH’s species to the rank of a variety of 
M. Lindeni, not as we may suppose that M. Lindeni was well and known to the 
German professor in 1871 (for it was described a year earlier), we may also 
adopt this opinion. 
The two Masdevallias of which we have just spoken are remarkably flori- 
ferous, and when they are cultivated in specimens, as we have seen them in 
many large collections — notably those of Hotproox GasKELL, Esq., of Liver- 
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