masdevallia; 4^9f^ 



flowering it proved to be distinct, being more allied to M. hella.'' The"flowers 

 measure 1| inch from tip to tip of the sepals, which are ovate, bright green, 

 minutely spotted with black ; the apices are abruptly terminated by a thread- . 

 like tail as long as the sepals themselves; lip broadly sub-panduriform, bright 

 orange-yellow, veined with dark orange. — New Cfreiiada. 



Fig.— Gaitcnjtura, 1891, t. 1344, fi. 4—6. 



M. MACRURA, Rchh.f. — A very rare and stately-growing species, producing 

 tufts of unusually large stout coriaceous bluntly oblong glossy leaves, from, 

 2 to 3 inches in breadth, the scapes bearing solitary flowers, which have a broad, 

 short perianth divided into an upper and lower lip ; the former corresponding 

 with the dorsal sepal has a triangular base extending into a stout tail, while , 

 the lower lip formed of the lateral sepals is somewhat larger, but parted so as , 

 to form two tails; the broader parts of the sepals are light reddish-brown, 

 marked with dark purple-brown streaks and spots, the tails, which are from 

 4 to 6 inches in length, being yellow ; the principal nerves of the interior of the 

 flowers are quite prominent, and covered with numerous blunt warts. Flowers 

 produced in winter. — New Crrenada. 



Fig. — G/ird. Citron., N.S., vii. p. 12, i 2 ; Id., xvi. p. 336, f . 65 ; Lindenia, iii. t. 113 ; 

 Woolward''s J/a.vl. i. t. 5 ; But. Mag., t. 7164 ; Orchid Album, ix. t. 431. 



M. MACULATA, Klotzsch et Karst. — A remarkable species of this very 

 remarkable genus, of stoutish habit, producing tufts of oblong spathulate 

 leaves, narrowed to the base, and solitary horizontal flowers, which have a 

 cylindrical tube, of which the upper side is yellow, the subulate dorsal sepal 

 being of the same colour, and fully 3 inches long, while the lower side of the 

 tube is rich purple-brown, which colour is continued on the two lanceolate ' 

 lateral sepals, the subulate tails of which are as long as that of the dorsal- 

 sepal, and green for fully two-thirds of their length. Flowers produced during 

 the summer months.— Caracas. 



FlO. — Flore das Scrrcs; t. 2150 ; Woolward's Masd., ii. t. 16. 



M. MEASURESIANA, Rolfe. — One of the now becoming numerous hybrid 

 Masdevallias, the result of a cross between M. tovarensis, the seed-bearer, and 

 If. amabilis, named after B. J. Measures, Esq., of Camberwell. " In habit the 

 plant somewhat resembles the pollen-parent, also in the terete peduncles ; but, 

 in shape and colour of the flower the characters approximate more nearly to the 

 mother plant. The perianth is white, the nerves and margin lilac, and the 

 tails purplish-brown near the base, paler and greener towards the apex " (R.- 

 A. Eolfe, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1890, viii. p. 379).— GarcJera hybrid. 



M. MELANOPUS, Rchh. f. — This is a small-growing and very beautiful . 

 small-flowered species, which requires to be grown into a good mass to become 

 effective. The stems are tufted, and with the leaves attain to about 6 inches 

 in height; soape slender erect, bearing numerous flowers which are oam- 

 panulate, white, dotted with purple, each sepal bearing a long yellow tail at 

 the tip. Flowers in spring and early summer. — Peru. 



Fig.— But: .Vrirj.,t. C25S {M. poUjstlcta:). 



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