273 ORCHIDACEAE: 
laevis, 10—16 cm. longus, superne 4—5 mm. latus, inferne leviter atte- 
nuatus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, membranaceae, lateraliter valde com- 
pressae, laeves, 2—3'/2 em. longae. BRACTEA lateraliter valde compressa, 
laevis, 3—4 cm. longa. FLores erecto-patuli, sepalis petalisque pallide 
flavis vel flavo-viridibus. Ovarium rectum, trigono - cylindraceum, cum 
pedicello 2!/3—3 cm. longum. SEPALA satis concava, inferne leviter atte- 
nuata, subtiliter multinervulosa, 5 mm. lata, dorsale 22—24 mm. longum, 
lateralia paulo obliqua, 24—25 mm. longa. Petata paulo concava, leviter 
obliqua, inferne paulo attenuata, 22—23 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. lata. 
LABELLUM paulo convexum vel subplanum, tenuiter 7-nervulosum nervulis 
valde ramosis, album, basi punctis vel striis antice lineis 2—3 roseo- 
purpureis notatum, 26—28 mm. longum, 11—16 mm. latum. COLUMNA 
recta vel paulo incurva, acutiuscule trigona, 8—9 mm. longa, flavo-rubes- 
cens, alis purpureis CapsuLa ignota. 
Habitat in Brasilia locis accuratis haud indicatis: Allardt, Loddiges, 
Blunt. 
4. MILTONIA SPECTABILIS Lrxor. pseudobulbis 
majusculis, oblongo-ligulatis, valde compressis ancipitibusque, 
basi primum vaginis pluribus distichis squarrosis inaequalibus 
triangularibus acutis dorso alato-carinatis densiuscule imbri- 
catis vestitis demum denudatis, apice diphyllis; foliis medi- 
ocribus, lineari-ligulatis, apice obtusis vel obtusiusculis et 
oblique leviter emarginatis, basi longe attenuatis; pedunculo 
patulo vel ascendente, robustiusculo, unifloro, foliis circiter 
aequilongo, vaginis numerosis distichis scariosis longiusculis 
acutis vel obtusiusculis dorso alato-carinatis densiuscule imbri- 
eatis vestito; bracteis scariosis, triangulari-ligulatis, obtusius- 
culis, basi vaginantibus, ovario aequilongis vel paulo longi- 
oribus; floribus magnis, breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis 
membranaceis, patentissimis; sepalis oblongo-Janceolatis, acutis, 
aequilongis, lateralibus basi brevissime connatis; petalis late 
lanceolatis, acutis, tenuiter multinervulosis, apice revolutis, 
sepalo dorsali satis brevioribus; labello patenti-recurvo, sepalis 
lateralibus paulo longiore, latissime obovato-suborbiculari, 
apice late rotundato-subtruneato, margine satis undulato, basi 
breviter attenuato, supra subtiliter furfuraceo-puberulo, disco 
basi breviuscule trilamellato, lamellis contiguis, apice dilatatis, 
intermedia paulo breviore; columna crassa, breviuscula, superne 
bialata, alis anguste quadratis vel subtriangulis, integerrimis 
vel lobulatis, clinandrio leviter cucullato; anthera laevi, apice 
leviter cristata. 
Tabula nosira LXI. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
Miltonia spectabilis Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXIII. sub 
tab. 1976 et tab. 1992 (1837), XXXI. sub tab. 8, Fol. Orch., 
Milt. 1; Drapiez, Enc. Règne Végét. V. Oct. 1837 (Bot. Reg.) 
fig. 1; Meisser, Misc. Bot. 1838. tab. 63; Pact. Mag. of Bot. 
VII. tab. 97; Hartig Parad. Vindob. I. tab. 11; Hook. in 
Bot. Mag. tab. 4204, Cent. Orch. tab. 84; Morren in Ann. 
de Gand II. 103; Beer, Prakt. Siud. Fam. Orch. 269; 
Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 128 et 129, in Hamb. Gartenz. 
XVI. 424; Duchartre, Man. Gén. des PI. IV. 482; Lemaire 
in Ill. Hort. VI. tab. 216; Prillieux in Ann. Sc. Nat, Bot. 
ser. 4. XIII. tab. 14. fig. 6—16; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 388; 
Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369. fig. 572; L'Orchidoph. 1886. 
p. 136, 1889. p. 270; The Garden, XXXI. 374. tab. 593 
(1887), 1901. II. 115; Pfite. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. 
Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 199. fig. 214; Kerch. in Rev. Hort. 
MILTONIA. 274 
Belg. X V. 26. tab. 3, Livre des Orch. 182. fig. 165 el tab. 29; 
Watson, Orch. 320. fig. 76; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; Veitch, 
Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 108 cum ic.; Bois, Orch. 166; Williams, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 522, Orch. Alb. XI. tab. 491; 
Gard. Mag. 1895. p. 642 cum ic.; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 111. 295, 
IV. 289 et 321; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 840; Journ. des Orch. 
V. 330; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 337; Cogn. Dict. Ic. 
Orch., Milt. tab. 2; Sander, Orch. Guid. 127; Ballif in Monit. 
d'Hort. 1902. p. 126. cum tab. col. fig. 1. 
Macrochilus Fryanus Knowl. et Weste. Fl. Cabin. I. 93. 
tab. 45 (1837). 
Oncidium spectabile Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 293 
(1854); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 759 (1863). 
Ruizoma oblique repens, robustum, teretiusculum, tortuosum, 
ramosum, creberrime articulatum, squamis breviusculis tenuiter squarrosis 
basi vaginantibus ovato-triangularibus acutis dorso acute carinatis dense 
imbricatis vestitum ; RADICIBUS numerosis, breviusculis, subfiliformibus, 
tortuosis, simplicibus vel leviter ramosis, canescentibus. Pskuponvtst paulo 
distantes fere aggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, plus minusve obliqui, 
laeves, laete virides, 5—10 cm. longi, 1'/»—3 cm. lati, FoLia erecta vel 
erecto-patula, superne leviter recurva, basi subconduplicata, superne satis 
concava, laete viridia vel flavo-viridia, 10—15 cm. longa, 1'/1—2 cm. lata; 
nervo mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde prominente; 
nervulis lateralibus vix distinctis, Pepuxouivs satis arcuatus vel sub- 
rectus, valde compressus, laevis, pallide viridis, 15—25 cm. longus, 3 ad 
4 mm. latus; vAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, lateraliter valde compressae, 
pallide virides vel flavescentes, 2'/2—4 cm. longae. Bracrkar adpressae, 
lateraliter valde compressae, dorso alato-carinatae, flavescentes, 4—6 cm. 
longae. Fronrs erecti vel subnutantes, suaveolentes, sepalis petalisque 
saepius albis interdum albo-flavescentibus vel leviter dilute roseis, Ovanrom 
rectum vel leviter arcuatum, lineari-clavatum, obtuse trigonum et tenuiter 
6-sulcatum, cum ovario 8—5 cm. longum. Separa leviter concava, inferne 
satis attenuata, tenuiter 9—11-nervulosa, usque 5 cm. longa et 13—14 mm. 
lata, lateralia subfalcata, PkraLa subplana, apice satis revoluta, leviter 
obliqua, basi satis attenuata, usque 4'/» cm. longa, 13—14 mm. lata. 
LABELLUM leviter convexum, tenuiter 9—13-nervulosum nervulis valde 
ramosis, usque 6 cm. longum et totidem latum, saepius inferne purpureo- 
violaceum et superne roseum, lamellis luteis. Corumxa recta, lateraliter 
compressa, 8—9 mm. longa, alis purpureo-vinosis. AxTHERA alba vel 
flavescens. CaPsura ignota. 
Formae hortenses numerosae; principales sunt: 
Var. ASPERSA Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXIV. 70 
(1885); Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 569; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 
edit. 7. p. 523; Kew Bull, Add. ser. IV. 264. 
Var. ATRORUBENS Hort.; Orch. Rev. II. 350 (1894); Rolfe in Orch. 
Rev. III. 295. — M. spectabilis var. Moreliana atrorubens Hort.; Williams, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 6. p. 414 (1885), edit. 7. p. 523; Nichols. Dict. 
of Gard. IV. 569; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 841; 
Le Jardin, 1898. p. 118; The Garden, 1901. II. 115; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 127. — M. spectabilis var. Moreliana atropurpurea Hort.; Gard. 
Mag. 1894. p. 617 cum ic. 
Var. BICOLOR Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369 (1886); Veitch, Man. 
Orch. Pl. VIII. 108 (1892); Stein, Orchideenb. 357 (1892); Rolfe in Orch. 
Rev. III. 296; Cogn. Dict. Ic. Orch, Milt. tab. 24; The Garden 1901. 
II. 115; Sander, Orch. Guide 127. — Miltonia bicolor Lodd. ex W. Baxt. 
in Loudon, Hort. Brit. Suppl. III. 589 (1839, — nomen); Du Buyss. 
L'Orchid. 385; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 517. 
Var. 11xEaTA L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia II. 31. tab. 62 (1886) ; 
Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 569; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; Veitch, Man. 
Orch. Pl. VIII. 108; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 523; Rolfe 
in Orch. Rev. III. 296; Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 264; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 127. 
Var. MoreLiana Henfr. in Gard. Mag. of Bot. III. 41 cum tab. 
(1951); Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. I. tab. 108, in Ill. Hort. II. tab. 71; 
J. E. Planch. in Fl. des Serres X. 105. tab. 1008; Moore, IU. Orch. PI., 
Milt. tab. 1; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 270 (var. Moretiana) ; 
Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 130; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369, trad. 
