Masdevallia 



themselves, they are dreadful. But that is easily 

 prevented if the gardener keep watch from the 

 first. 



Amubilis.~Fi-etty and free-flowering, but small. 

 Orange or rose, side sepals spotted with carmine. 

 Summer. Peru. 1874. 5s. 



Arininii (Mr. Armin Wagener). - Small, rosy- 

 purple. Spring. N"ew Granada 1854 Gem. 

 lO.s. Qd. 



Ijackhouslaiut. — Synonym for Cliimnra. 



Bdla. — Very effective and very free-flowering. 

 Sepals and petals yellowish, thickly speckled with 

 red-brown. Lip white. The red tails are four 

 inches long, the upper one bent back and aside, 

 the two lower crossed. It flowers dowuAvards, and 

 I have seen a basket so densely encircled by 

 blooms, each two inches broad, that they looked 

 like a turban round it. Autumn and winter. New 

 Granada. 1878. Basket — warm end. 5.s. 



Bciicdieti (Benedict Eoezl, the great collector). — 

 A synonym for Houtteana, which see. Warm end 

 — basket. 



Cardcri (Mr. Carder, collector). — Small, but very 

 pretty, white, with brown spots ; yellow tails. 

 Summer. New Granada. 1883. Basket — warm 

 end. 31s. Qd. 



Caudata. — Synonym for SkiMlciuorthi. 



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