MASDEVALLIA. 



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recently in Peru. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, having a short petiole at the base, 

 carinate beneath, leathery in texture, 3 to 6 inches long, bright shining green, per- 

 sistent ; scape erect, slender, one-iiowered, flowers oampanulate, furnished with 

 long spreading yellowish-green tails, inside of sepals reddish-violet or rosy-pur- 

 ple, upper sepal yellowish-white. Flowers in the winter months. — BrarM; Peru. 



Fig. — Flore dcs Serrcs, xxiii. t. 2389; Wuolward's Musih, ii. t. 14. 

 Syn. — M. lonjiicandiita. 



M. lONOCHARIS, Itchh. f. — This is another of the small species, but it is 

 very elegant. The whole plant is less than 6 inches high, notwithstanding, it is 

 hardy enough to exist at 10,000 feet elevation in the Andes of Peru. The stems 

 are densely tufted, and the lanceolate leaves narrowed below into a petiole, 

 leathery, persistent, and deep green ; scape erect, about 3 inches long, bearing a 

 single oampanulate flower, which 

 is about \ inch across, tailed, 

 white, stained with violet-purple 

 at the base, tails yellow. Blooms 

 in the autumn months. — Teru. 



Fig,.— Sot. May., t. 6262; L'Or- 

 cTiidopUle, 1883, p. 667 (plate). 



M. LEONTOGLOSSA, Rchh. /. 

 — This is a curious species, which 

 we have seen but once, and that 

 was in the collection of Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., at Burf ord Lodge, 

 Dorking. Stems tufted, bearing 

 oblong -lanceolate leaves, which 

 are about 6 inches long, leathery 

 in texture, deep green and per- 

 sistent ; scape short, one-flowered, 

 sepals lengthened out into tail-like 

 points, .yellowish-green, heavily 

 spotted and blotched with deep 

 purple ; petals small, white ; lip 

 protruding, tongue-like, purple. 

 Blooms in the winter months. — 

 Venezuela. 



Fm.—Bot. Mag., t. 7245 ; Vcitcli's 

 Man. Orch. PI., v. p. 49 ; Woolward's 

 Masd., ii. t. 15. 



Nl. LINDENI, Andre. — A very 

 handsome and brilliant species, 

 evidently closely related to M. 

 Earryana,, as some of the varieties run so near to that species to be scarcely 

 distinguishable therefrom. Like its allies it has tufts of oblong-lanceolate 

 obtuse or emarginate leaves, tapered below, and solitary flowers on scapes 

 taller than the leaves, of a rich magenta-purple, the short curved tube and 

 throat being white. The flowers of this species are not so large as those of 



MASDEVALLIA LINDENI. 



(From the Gardeners' Clironiele.') 



