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MASDEVALLIA 



:\IASDEVALLIA 



peduncles several, 1-lld., sometimes overtopping the 

 Ivs. : tis. large (i in. across and the tails 2-'S tiiiies as 

 long), mauve, dotted with crimson; tails all yelIo^v in 

 the upper lialt, very slender, tlio upper one sonn^times 

 bent or hooked at the top ; petals wliite. (Jolomljia. 

 B.:\l. (;;-{T2. I.H. 28:4:!."'i. Var. xanthocbrys, Kei.ld.. f., 

 lias smaller lis. of pale yellow, dotttr-^l \virli brown or 

 I'ose. 



]!). Estradae, Reichl). f. Very densely tufted; Ivs.aud 

 ]ierii)I(.-s ;.! in. Ii'iig, tin- Idade hroad, s|ionn-shaped, and 

 tifti-ti retuse at the apex: peduncle usnidly somewhat 

 exceeding the Ivs., erect, l-Hd.: tlowrr ct marked col- 

 ors—the upper concave lobe yellow at bast? and viulet- 

 inirple above, tlie lateral lol.ies viidet-purple at l»asi' and 

 white or straw-colored above; tails iilifurm, yi'ilnw; 

 petals white, very small. L'oluml)ia. B.iM.fllTI. 



'20. xanthina, Reicli>>. f. Like the last. ex<-e])t that, 

 the tlower is yelk.'W, with a purplish sjxit on tlic lateral 

 h.l)es. Var. pallida, llort., has tls. nbiM.st white. C.- 

 loJiihia. 



:^1. triangularis, Lindl. Lvs. ohlance<dafe : pednncU-i 

 erect, about 4 in. tall: Us. yellow, marked or spotted 

 with purple, the tails dark crimson; loli^s similar, tri- 

 angular-ovate; petals white, tlie lip spoiii^d with pink 

 or purple and hairy. \'enezuela. 



'2'2. hieroffljphica, Reichb. f. Lvs. oval or oblong; 

 peduncle short (about :i in. long) : tlower with tul>e yel- 

 lowish at bottont. becomijig whitish, marked with crim- 

 son; lobes triangular-ovate, all with long tails, the tail 

 ot the dorsal lolie hanging forward and nuirked with 

 purple at its base; X'L'tals ^'ellow. June. (Jolombia. 



"2;^. Wageneri^na, Linden. Very small, neat and at- 

 tractive, tufted, 2-3 in. high ; l\ s. spuon -shafted : pednn- 

 <des e(|naling or exceeding the lvs., neaiiy erect; tls. 

 yellow and <-rinison-<lotteil, with slender \-ellow tails, 

 the upper one inclined l.>ack\\'ards ; lobes hiMad. cordate 

 or uvate; pefaN yellow. '">dd in shape, the lip rhundioid 

 and toothed. VcnezLuda. B.'M. 4it2]. 



24. elephjlnticeps, Reichb. f. An odd species: lvs. 

 lu-<iad-spatulate, obtuse: peduncles I ft. long, erecf: 

 tluwer single, party-colored — tlie dorsal or uiii)er lobe 

 light yellow, the lateral ones ribl.ied and crimson; calyx- 

 tube gibbous at the base below, all of them gradually 

 ]>roduced into stout yellow tails (one of them often 

 crimson) , arranged so as to suggest the tusks and raised 

 trunk of an elephant (whence the specihc nann-)- <'"- 

 lombia. F. S. I(l;9il7. Var. pacliys6pala, Reichl*. f. (.1/. 

 Jloorcdna . Reichb. f.), lias the dorsal lobe If-nerved with 

 crimson and the tube si^otted. 



SECTION 111. 



A. Lis. rorrn'il >r!fj, roun<l pa - 



piU'i': snipe luihij 25. mUSCOSa 



AA. Lr><. siii'ioth . 



n. J'ls. siiiaJl, in tii'i iiif-fhJ . ra- 

 rritK'.s, irin//i'.'< of tin' urtini 

 i-nmnlate' «r the jx-hifs 



l(>('/h<'(! 2ii. abbreviata 



27. polysticta 

 2H. melanopus 

 21*. caloptera 

 HO. pachyura 



liR. /Vx. /iir(/i.-)\ offrii i'.r/Ki 11(1/ n</ 

 ill .sifrce-^siou: rilri:iiic scv- 



eral-fhl.: itiif/J<\s of the 

 orartf and pctifl.'< en/in'. 



c. Color of fj!<. irhifc '\\ . Tovarensis 



00. Color of f?s. ip-Uow, ilofU'il 



and shadrd with hroirii 



or r<^d. 



r>. Lalrral sr/>,ils iniifrd, 



fnrniiinj.i /,uof-.sh</prd 



>■!(/.> ;i2. EpMppium 



I'D. Liili'iiil si'paU iifiirhi 



ploilf, af IrnsI not 

 .si rniH/hf ritrnlhilf . 

 v.. 'foils 'of Ihi^ hihral 

 SI- pills v<-;rii slioii 

 or iii'iir ;;:;. racemosa 



EE. 7V///.S- of Ihf hllfnil 

 sepals loiuj. 



y. Lrs. brood, oho- 



rote-elliptic ;!4. Schlimli 



yv. Lrs.ohlomi-hi iire- 



olote or nhlauee- 



olafe. 



i:. Cotii.r-hihe fiiii- 



Url-sho ped, 



uarroivrd ot 



the hose :!.">. EeichenbacMana 



<;<;. Co I ii.r-t ,1 hr 

 b ro'i d.' r or 

 ,/ihhonso/ ll,e 



l"'s(' ;i(;. maculata 



37. infracta 



25. muscosa, Rei<dib. f. Lvs. oval-oblong, papillose: 

 pedunele luiirv, ;i times exceeding the lvs., with 1 or 

 more yellow tls.: loiies triangular, with reJlexed tails; 

 petals narrow and yellow \vitli a brown line in the cen- 

 ter, the li). bearing a raised yellow disk and moving up- 

 ward with a jerk when this disk is ii:iuidied. St. l)o- 

 )iiingo. — Fls. ^2 in. across. 



20. abbreviata, Reichb. f. Lvs. oblong-IanceoIate; 

 ]teduncle manv-tld., about i] in. long; fl. white and freely 

 dotted with red. the tails all deep yellow, the lobes ser- 

 rate on the etlges; petals white, longer than the colunm, 

 serrate. Peru. 



27. polysticta, Reichb. f. Densely tufted: Ivs.narrow- 

 spatulate, obtuse and often retuse: peduncle exceeding 

 the lvs., alxnit 8 or 9 in. tall ami many-tld. ; fls. pale 

 lilac, spotted with purple, the margins of the sepals 

 ciliate but not serrate, the tails very slender and 

 siu-eading (fl. 2-2^o in. across) and velfowish ; petals 

 spatulate and serrate. I'eru. B.M. "(.;:U.i8. I.H. 22 : ID',*. 

 R.H. 1:^8U:250. 



28. melandpus, Reichb. f. Much like ^f. poh/sticfa: 

 Ms. smaller, white specked with I'urple, the dorsal sepal 

 keeled, the IoIm-s ni.d ciliate or serrate on the edges and 

 vi'ry sinhlenly contracted into slender yellowish or dark- 

 enlnred tails ; jietals linear-oblong, toothed below the 

 apex. Peru. B.M. 6258 (as M. pobj.iticta) . 



29. cal6ptera, Reichb, f. Lvs. oblong-ovate: pediincle 

 short (5 <u- (> in.), many-tld.; tl. white with crimson 

 streaks, the tails all slender and orange; dorsal lobe 

 keeletl.and somewhat liooded; the lateral ones ovate-ob- 

 long; petals white, crimson-keeled, serrate. Peru. 



;-'0, pachyCira, Reichb. f. Lvs. oval-oblong: peduncle 

 erect, slender; calyx with triangular, short-tailed lobes, 

 yellow", with transverse bars and spots of reddish crim- 

 son; dorsal se]ial triangular, with a thick tail equaling 

 the sepal in length; petals pale vellow. Ec .lador. G.C. 

 111.22:255. 



:!1. Tovarensis, Reichb. f. Lvs. rather small, oblong- 

 spatulate: peduiiele 5 or fi in. long, sometimes exceed- 

 ing the lvs.. 2-edged, several-tld. : fls. clear white and 

 fragrant, the tails yellowish at the ends; dorsal lobe 

 IK in. long, very narrow and produced into a reflexed 

 tail; lateral lobes oval, grailually prodxiced into tails 

 sJHU'ter than that of the <lorsal lobe ; petals white. 

 Dec, dan. Colondda. B.M. 5505. I.H. 2i;::^G.'i. Un. 

 4S::!,S4. (i.e. 18115:914; 1871 : 1421 . -One of the best of 

 the genTis. 



32. Ephippium, Reichb. f. {^[. troclCilns, Linden <fr 

 And.}. Lvs. broad, oblong, 5-7 in. long: pedunele 

 erect, about a foot long, sharply r>-4-angled, stout : ca- 

 lyx with the dorsal lobe cucuUate, yellow, dotted with 

 lirown, y, in. in diam.; lateral lobes united, forming a 

 deep boat-shaped, chestnut-brown cup, with several 

 ridges which are greenish outside; all the lobes pass into 

 yellowish tails about 4 in. long; petals white. Colom- 

 bia. B.Jl. f.;208. I.H. 21;1S0. -According to Index Kew- 

 ensis, i)[. trorh/lns and J[. Ephi ppi ii ni are distinct 

 species. The former is described as having terete 

 stems. 



:!:l. racemdsa, Lindl. {^[. Crossi! . Hort.'t. Stems 

 creepinij:: Ivs. oblong-<.'vate, much shorter than the sev- 

 eral -ltd. racenutse pedun(des: tls. membranaceous, 

 orange with red lines, erect, 1 in. across, tails very 

 slntrt or none; lateral loltes ovale, bhmt-pointed, curv- 

 ing outward so as to inrni a 2-lobed limb, tlie dorsal 

 lobe ',, in. long and poiiited. Pern. — Not a popular spe- 

 cies. Ketniil'es a coolboiise. 



