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Var. 4. GRANDIFLORA Regel! in Act. Hort. Petrop. X. 369 
(1887), XI. 309; Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 264. 
BRACTEAE flavescentes. FLORES magni, sepalis petalis labelloque 
pallide flavescentibus. 
Habitat in prov. Minas Gerais prope Caldas: Lindberg n. 541, 
Regnell ser. I. n. 430; in sylvis supra arbores ad Lagoa Santa: Warming ; 
in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou n. 12210 et 14293; ad Canta Gallo: 
Riedel; in prov. S. Catharina ad Blumenau: Guill. Mueller; in prov. 
Rio Grande do Sul ad Canóas: Czermak et Reineck n. 159; in Brasilia 
austro-orientali loco accurato haud indicato: Glaziou n. 18515. Etiam in 
Paraguay in sylvis supra arbores ad Villa Rica: Balansa n. 637; in 
sylvis supra arbores ad Santo-Thomas et ad San-Bernardino: Hassler 
n. 1299 et 1971. — Var. 8. In prov. Minas Gerais ad Macahé et Bananal: 
Descourtilz. — Var. y. In prov. Minas Gerais loco accurato haud indi- 
cato: Lietze. — Floret Octobri—Novembri. 
2. MILTONIA FESTIVA ReıcHe. F. pseudobulbis 
mediocribus, oblongis vel longe ovoideis, leviter compressis, 
basi primum foliis quibusdam ovatis acutis vaginantibus 
vestitis demum fere denudatis, apice diphyllis; foliis medi- 
ocribus, anguste ligulatis, apice abrupte acutiusculis, inferne 
satis attenuatis; pedunculo communi erecto vel ascendente, 
robusto, foliis satis breviore, inferne vaginis pluribus distichis 
scariosis longiusculis acutis vel breviter acuminatis internodiis 
vix longioribus vestitis, apice bifloris vel rarius trifloris; 
bracteis anguste triangularibus, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, 
dorso carinatis, ovario aequilongis vel paulo longioribus; 
floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis patentis- 
simis; sepalis anguste oblongis, subabrupte acutis, lateralibus 
paulo longioribus, basi brevissime connatis; petalis oblongis, 
acutis, tenuiter 9-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello 
patenti-reflexo, sepalis lateralibus aequilongo, anguste ovato, 
apice abrupte acuto, margine valde undulato fere lobulato, 
basi vix attenuato, disco basi breviter trilamellato lamellis 
pubescentibus mediana recta breviore externis curvis, lineis 
pluribus puberulis externis brevibus divergentibus internis 
fere usque ad apicem decurrentibus decorato; columna crassa, 
brevi, latiuscule bialata, alis undulato-subdentatis; anthera 
obtuse cristata. 
Miltonia festiva Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1868. p. 572; 
Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 387; Kraenzl. in Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. 
III. 66; Kerch. in Rev. Hort. Belg. X V. 27 ; Stein, Orchideenb. 
355; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 118; Bois, Orch. 165 ; 
Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 520; L. Lind. Orch. 
Exot. 839; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1X. 289; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 125. 
Miltonia cyrtochiloides Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. 
Nov. I. 99 (1877). 
Oncidium festivum Reichb. f. Msc. ex Kraenzl. in Reichb. fi 
Xenia Orch. III. 67. tab. 232 (1890). 
PsEUDOBUI.BI pauci aggregati, erecti, leviter obliqui, superne longe 
attenuati, laeves, 7—10 cm. Jongi, 2—9!/s cm. lati. FoLia erecto-patula, 
superne plus minusve recurva, basi conduplieata, superne satis concava, 
15—20 em. longa, 2—2!/» em. lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule 
canaliculato, subtus valde prominente; nervulis lateralibus paulo distinctis. 
PEDUNCULUS communis leviter arcuatus, valde compressus, laevis, 15 ad 
18 em. longus, 4—5 mm. latus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, lateraliter valde 
compressae, laeves, 4—5 cm. longae. PEDICELLI erecto-patuli, satis arcuati, 
robustiusculi, virides, cum ovario 3—4 cm. longi. BRACTEAE erecto-patulae, 
dorso carinatae, ad 4 cm. longae. FLORES nutantes, sepalis petalisque 
pallide flavis. Separa leviter concava, basi satis attenuata, tenuiter 
9-nervulosa, 8—9 mm. lata, dorsale 3—3'/2 cm. longum, lateralia paulo 
obliqua, 3'/2—4 cm. longa. PETALA subplana, leviter obliqua, basi paulo 
attenuata, 3—3'/2 cm. longa, 9—10 mm. lata. LABELLUM paulo concavum, 
crassiuscule 9—11-nervulosum, album callis lineisque purpureis, 3!/2—4 em. 
longum, 2 cm. latum. CoruwwA vix incurva, 7—8 mm. longa, viridis, 
alis purpureis. ANTHERA pallide lutea. CaPsULA ignota. — An hybrida 
naturalis inter M. flavescens Lixpr. et M. spectabilis LixnL.? 
Habitat in Brasilia locis accuratis haud indicatis: Hort. Lüddemann, 
Veitch, etc.; in prov. Espiritu Santo locis humidis supra arbores: Barbosa 
Rodrigues. — Floret Decembri. 
3. MILTONIA ANCEPS Luinpt. pseudobulbis medi- 
ocribus, anguste oblongis, valde compressis ancipitibusque, 
junioribus vaginis pluribus imbricatis valle inaequalibus exteri- 
oribus brevissimis squamiformibus ovatis acutisque interioribus 
foliaceis vestitis, vetustioribus denudatis, apice diphyllis; foliis 
mediocribus, anguste ligulato-oblongis, apice acutis, inferne 
longe attenuatis; pedunculo erecto vel erecto-patulo, satis 
gracili, unifloro, foliis satis longiore, vaginis pluribus distichis 
scariosis longiusculis acutis dorso acute carinatis remotius- 
culis vestito; braetea scariosa, inferne vaginante, adpressa, 
triangulari, acuta, ovario leviter longiore; flore mediocri, 
breviter pedicellato, segmentis patulis vel erecto-patulis, sub- 
membranaceis; sepalis oblongo-ligulatis, obtusis, lateralibus 
paulo longioribus, usque ad basin liberis; petalis oblongis, 
obtusiusculis, subtiliter 7-nervulosis, apice recurvis, sepalo 
dorsali aequilongis; labello patenti-reflexo, sepalis lateralibus 
paulo longiore, late ligulato-panduriformi, apice abrupte acuto, 
parte anteriori latiori vel angustiori, inferne saepius minute 
crenulato, basi breviter attenuato, disco inferne subtiliter 
furfuraceo, basi breviuscule trilamellato, lamella intermedia 
paulo breviore; columna crassa, brevi, clinandrio cucullato, 
cucullo crenulato, utrinque antrorsum descendente angulato, 
alas sistente; rostello retuso. 
Miltonia anceps Lindl. Folia Orch., Milt. 3 (1853) : 
Reichb. f.! Xenia Orch. I. 56. 128 et 129. tab. 21; Duchartre, 
Man. Gén. des PI. IV. 483; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 5572; 
Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 285; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 367; 
Kerch. in Rev. Hort. Belg. 1889. p. 26; Watson, Orch. 316; 
Stein, Orchideenb. 352; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 98; 
Bois, Orch. 163; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 516; 
L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 838; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 336 ; 
Sander, Orch. Guide 125. 
Odontoglossum anceps Klotzsch in Allgem. Gartenz. 1851. 
p. 250. 
Miltonia Pinelii Hort. ex Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 56 
(1854). 
Oncidium anceps Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 758 
(1863). 
PLANTA „pallidissime flaveola“. PsEUDOBULBI pauci aggregati, erecti 
vel erecto-patuli, paulo obliqui, versus apicem satis attenuati, laeves, 5 ad 
6 cm. longi, 12—16 mm. lati. Four ereeto-patula, satis arcuata, basi 
conduplicata, superne plus minusve concava, 8—12 em. longa, 14—18 mm, 
lata. PEDUNCULUS rectus vel leviter arcuatus, valde compressus, anceps 
