AXD THEIR M.LWiGEMEXT. 



^o\ 



Macodes. 



M. Petola (LiiufL). — This very beautiful and easil>- cultivated 

 S[iccies grows rapidly, formintj; stems oin. or more long, which 

 arc clothed with o\:al leaves, 3in. by 2in., fleshy in texture, 

 the surlace a solt, mossy, shining green, the veins being of a 

 pale golden, sparkling colour. There are several fine examples 

 of this charming little Orchid in the Kew collection. In Java it 

 is exceedingly plentiful, but from the nature of its stems it is 

 ditticult to itnport alive. 

 Syn. .4/id\-/,h-///7us P.in/ns. 

 (Fig. 92 : X., t. g6.) ~ 



M. Rollissonii (H,irt.). 

 — A synonym of Goiidycra 

 Hi'Iiissonii. 





AlACRADENIA. 



A genu.s of two 1 >r 

 three ,specie.s oi epi- 

 ph\-tal Orchid.s, nati\-es 

 of the \\'e.st Indies. 

 The\- belong to the 

 ti'ibe Vaiidcu. The 



name, gix'cn by Robt. 

 Brown, is deri\-ed from 

 makros. long, and cuh'ti. 

 a gland, and i.s in reter- 

 ence to the long process 

 of the pollen - mas.ses. 

 The species are closely 

 allied to, and require 

 the same cidtural con- 

 ditions as, the warm- 

 growing species of Oii- 

 cidiinii. 



M. lutescens 

 brownish-purple ; 

 peduncle four- or nve 

 November. (B. R., t. 612.) 









i-IG. '12 



JlAConi-^ Pi J' 



{5 nat. size). 



("A'. I>'/:). — I'lowers dingy yellow, si)Otted with 



lip undivided, cucullate-concave, taper-pomted ; 



' five-flowered. The flowers are produced in 



MASDEVALLIA 



A lar: 

 tropical 



-e number of terrestrial Orchids peculiar to 

 America, and especially numerous m Colombia. 



