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of a shining dull deep purple. It flowers during the autumn months.— JVetu 

 Grenada, 8,000 feet elevation. 



'Wia.—Flwal Mdfi., 2nd ser., t. 433 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., xiii. p. 756, f. 131—2 ; Id., 

 xvi. p. 236, f. 50 ; Belg. Sort., 1884, t. 3 ; Lindcnia. vi. t. 237 ; Woulward'.i Masd., i. t. 2 ; 

 T eitch's Man. Orch. PL, v. p. 26. 



M. BODDAERTII, Linden. — This species is named after the late Dr. Boddaert, 

 of Ghent, once a great enthusiast amongst Orchids. It was introduced by 

 Mr. Linden, who considered it to be a variety of M. ignea, but we cannot agree 

 with him in this, as both the foliage and flowers are more nearly akin to the old 

 M. coccineti. In fact we consider it may possibly be a gigantic free-flowering 

 form of that species, or if not, to be very closely allied to it. The leaves are of 

 leathery texture, lanceolate obovate, with sheathing truncate scales at the base ; 

 the flowers are solitary on tall peduncles, and are about 2^ inches long by 2 to 

 2^ inches broad, very flat, and of fine substance, the decurved filiform dorsal 

 lobe of the perianth, as well as the throat and lower portion of the ovate acute 

 (not tailed) lateral sepals, are yellow, gradually passing to a bright crimson- 

 scarlet more or less mottled with yellow, the broader segments having three 

 distinct crimson veins or stripes extending from the base to the apex. It 

 flowers in April and May. — New Grenada. 

 Fig.— nil. Sort., 3rd ser., t. 357. 

 Syn. — -)/. ij/nca Boddaertii. 



M. CANDIDA — See M. tovaeensis. 



M. CARDERI, Rchh. f. — The leaves are narrowly spathulate, some 4 or 

 5 inches long, deep green ; scape very slender terete, pendent, bearing a solitary 

 little campanulate flower, with long, slender, pale yellow tails, or points to the 

 sepals, these are creamy-white, blotched towards the base on the outside with 

 purple, the inside also similarly marked. — Frontino, Neio Grenada. 



Fig.— 0ard. Chron., N.S., 1888, xx. p. 181, f. 30; Bof. Mag., t. 7125 ; Woolward's 

 Miud., ill. t. 21. 



M. CASSIOPE, Hort. — One of the most curious hybrids in this genus, was 

 raised by Captain Hincks, of Breckenbrough, Thirsk ; it is the result of a cross 

 between 21. iriangidaris and M. Harnjana. "The shape is that of an enlarged 

 and improved M. triangularis, with the reflexed dorsal sepal of M. Harryana, 

 but scarcely modified in other respects. The colours are charming, but not 

 easily described in few words. Yiewed not too closely, the flower seems to be 

 a shade between pink and Indian yellow, with the three nerves of each sepal 

 reddish-purple. But when examined closely, and especially through a lens, it 

 is seen to be densely studded everywhere with minute reddish-purple dots on 

 a pale, almost yellowish, ground " (J. O'Brien, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 

 1892, xi. p. 749). — Garden hybrid. 



M. CAUDATA-ESTRADAE, Rolfe. — A cross obtained by Mr. Seden between 

 M. Estradae and M. ShuUleivorthii, and described by Mr. Eolfe as follows : — "In 

 size and shape of flowers it closely resembles M. caudata, though the sepals are 

 not quite so deeply connate, a character in which it shows a slight approach to 

 M. Estradae ; the colour is very beautiful ; the upper sepal a nearly uniform 



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