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Masdeuallia. 



recurved and acute-pointed, the base narrowed to a stalk. Scape 

 gin. long, erect, one-flowered ; tube i|in. long and curved, car- 

 mine above, pinkish below; upper sepal erect, jin. wide at the 

 base, narrowed to a tail i^in. long ; lower sepals iiin. long, 

 joined for about one-third of their length, the pair measuring 

 lin. across, the free portion narrowed to tails ; colour bright rosy- 

 carmine. This species blossoms freely in spring, well-flowered 

 plants making pretty and attractive-coloured specimens. It 

 requires the treatment recommended for M. locciiiea. Peru, 

 1872. (111. Hort., 1875, t. 196, as var. lincata:) 



M. anchorifera [Rclib. /.).— A synonym of SiafJiosepaluin 

 anclioriteniiit. 



M. astuta {Rchh. f.). — A synonym of J/, erythrochate. 



M. Backhouseana {Rclih. /.).— Now regarded as a variety 

 of AI. Cliinuera. 



M. bella {RM. /). — One of the most remarkable of the 

 species belonging to the Cliinuera section of the genus. The 

 flowers are large, and strangely formed, suggesting enormous 

 spiders. The leaves are channelled, about Sin. long, broadest 

 at the apex, narrowing downwards to a stalk-like base. The 

 flower-scape is pendent or horizontal, 6in. long, thin and wiry, 

 and bears a solitary flower, in which the three sepals are large, 

 partly united by their edges, forming a kind of triangle, 2in. 

 across ; the tails are 4in. long, rather stiff, the upper one bent 

 backwards, the two lower ones forwards and crossing each other ; 

 the lip is ijin. across, kidney-shaped, stalked ; and the two small 

 petals form a pair of ear-like appendages to the column. The 

 colour of the sepals and tails is pale yellow, thickly spotted with 

 brown-purple ; that of the lip and petals is white. Nothing can 

 be more interesting than a well-flow-ered example of this species. 

 It requires the treatment recommended for M. Chi)ihi:ra. 

 Colombia, 1S78. (Belg. Hort., 1SS4, t. 3.) 



M. Benedicti {Rclih. f.). — A synonym of M. JLiuttcana. 



M. brevis (Rchh. /.). — A synonym of Sca/'koscpa/i/m breve. 



M. Bruchmiilleri (Hurt.). — A s)'non)'m of M. coriacea. 



M. caAwYSi (Rclib. /.). — In this species the flowers have the 

 petals and lip bluish-purple, the inner surface being covered with 

 obtuse warts ; column white, with numerous pur[)le freckles ; tails 

 long. Costa Rica, 1883. 



M. Candida (A7. and Karsf.). — A synonym of Jll. tovarensis. 



M. Carderi (Rchh. /.). — A pretty little species related to 

 M. ery/hrochcE/e, but having exceptionally formed flowers. The 

 leaves are rather thin, 5in. long, ^in. broad, scarcely narrowed 



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