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125. MASDEVALLIA cuprea. 
M. cuprea ; folio obovato-lanceolato basi angustato subapice levissime triden- 
tato carinato, scapo paulo longiore triquetro bifloro, bracteis carinatis 
pedicellorum longitudine, sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis tricarinatis 
semiconnatis supremo lineari-lanceolato paulo longiore marginibus re- 
flexis, petalis linearibus truncatis apiculatis, labello basi concavo oblongo 
versus apicem convexo lineari apice obtuso reflexo. 
An unknown correspondent has sent this from Hamburgh, 
as a native of Cayenne. Its leaf was four inches long ; the 
scape a little longer ; the upper sepal copper-coloured, the 
lower dark purple, copper-coloured at the point. It manifestly 
differs from M. guayanensis in its sepals not being caudate. 
126. CROCUS pulchellus. Herbert. 
Crocus pulchellus ; cormo e minimis tunicis non fibrosis, praccipua truncata 
dura intus glabra prope basim affixa annulo inferne circumscisso fibris 
alterne brevioribus ciliato, persistente, interioribus (i. e. foliaceis) summo 
cormo affixis, spatha f unc. liyalina inclusa albescente acuta, bractea 
sequali lata lorata germine sublutescente, tubo l|-2^ unc. exserto sub- 
lutescente estriato fauce subcrocea, limbo unc. laciniarum obtu- 
sarum basi intus saturate crocea subbarbata pallide subpurpureo, venis 
prsecipuis sepalorum tribus petalorum quinque purpureis, filamentis ^ unc. 
hispidis croceis, antheris T 5 ^ unc. cum polline albis ! ! ! stylo pallid^ croceo 
lobis tribus sub sole flaccide recumbentibus f unc. superne furcatis rarius 
trifidis stigmatibus erosis saturatioribus, seminibus e minimis rotundatis 
vel subangulate compressis pallide rufis hilo apiculato raphe ad chalazam 
valde prominente. Obs. In specioso anther ce aurece triplo fere filamentis 
longiores, fil. alba, tubus pur pur ascens, limbi basis extus saturate purpu- 
rascens intus immaculata, stylus erectior, tunica prcecipua tenuis neque 
annulo ad basim persistente duro, foliac. exter. medio cirt. cormo affixa, 
semina obscure rufo-brunnea superficie quasi velutind hilo apiculato raphe 
et chalazd inconspicuis. — W. H. 
127. CROCUS nubigena. Herbert. 
Crocus nubigena; nisi potiiis C. nubigena, v. Troicus ; adjectis v. 2. Sib- 
thorpianus ex ins. Cretd tunicis obsoletis tenuibus recte {et forsan v. 3. 
Icevigatus duris squammae.fi or miter) incisis ; quod , his minus cognitis, neque 
negare neque affirmare ausim. Cormi basis in speciminibus C. Sib- 
thorpiani caret ; annulus in icone Boryano C. Icevigati et in spec. Sib- 
thorpiano deest, sed curatius inquirendum est ; a C. Tournefortiano, a me 
non viso, certb distinguendus ) cormi tun. vaginacea interiore membranacea 
tenui, basi annulate circumscissa, annulo duro persistente fibris aculei- 
formibus ciliato, foliacea exteriore membranacea dura intus nitida prope 
basim affixa, foliaceis interioribus obsoletis basi gracili circum-bracteata, 
bracteis tunicarum fragmenta apiculata mentientibus, foliis circiter 4, 
M. — 1843. v 
