275 ORCHIDACEAE: MILTONIA. 276 
Mottet cum tab. col.; De Puydt, Orch. 293. tab. 27; Kerch. in Rev. Hort. 
Belge XIII. 229. tab. 19; Williams, Orch. Alb. VIII, tab. 364, Orch. 
Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 523; L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia III. 21. 
tab. 105; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 108; 
Sander, Reichenb. ser. 2. II. tab. 83, Orch. Guide 127; L. Lind. Orch. 
Exot. 840; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 295, IV. 290; Autran et Dur. Hort. 
Boiss. 337; Cogn. Dict. Ic. Orch, Milt. tab. 2B; The Garden, 1887. 
tab. 593, 1901. II. 115 cum ic.; Ballif in Monit. d' Hort. 1902. p. 126. 
cum tab. col. fig. 2. — Miltonia Moreliana Hort.; Portef. des Hort. I. 195 
(1847, — nomen tantum), II. 38 cum tab. col. (1848); Beer, Prakt. Stud. 
Fam. Orch. 269, Beitr. Morph. und Biol. Orch. tab. 3. fig. 22, tab. 9. 
fig. 34; Warner, Sel. Orch. Pl. I. tab. 32 (1967); Flor. Mag. new ser. 
III tab. 143; Jennings, Orch. tab. 37; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 387; Watson, 
Orch. 318; Journ. des Orch. V. 330. — M. spectabilis. var. purpureo- 
tiolacea Hook. in Bot. Mag. tab. 4425 (1849); Allgem. Gartenz. XVII. 
127; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 269. — M. spectabilis var. B. Lindl. 
Fol. Orch., Milt. 1 (1853); Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 482. — 
Oncidium spectabile var. Morelianus Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 293 
(1854); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 759 (var. Moreliana). — 
O. spectabile var. purpureum violaceum Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 
293 (1854). — Miltonia Warneri Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369 (1896). — 
M. illustris Hort.; L'Orchidoph. 1892. p. 258. 
Var. MORELIANA Vixckit Hort.; Rev. Hort. Belg. 1900. p. 259. 
Var. PORPHYROGLOSSA Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 130 (1856), in 
Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 759. 
Var. RADIAXS Heichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 130 (1856), in Walp. Ann. 
Bot. VI. 759, in Hamb. Gartenz. XVI. 422 (1860); Williams, Orch. 
Alb. IV. tab. 164, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 523; L'Orchidoph. 1888. 
p. 258; Watson, Orch. 322; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
PI. VIII. 108; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 569; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 840; 
Holfe in Orch. Rev. III. 295; The Garden 1901. II. 115; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 127. — M. spectabilis var. Moreliana radians Reichb. f. in Gard. 
Chron. new ser. X1V. 166 (1880); Kew Bull, Add. Ser. 1V. 264. 
Var. rosea Hort.; Gard. Chron. 1967. p. 1239; Du Buyss. L Orchid. 
3S8; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369; Watson, Orch. 322; Stein, 
Orchideenb. 358; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. VIII. 108; Williams, Orch. 
Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 524; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 840; Rolfe in Orch. 
Rev. III. 296; The Garden. 1901. II. 115; Sander, Orch. Guide 127; 
Ballif in Monit. d' Hort. 1902. p. 126. — M. rosea Verschaf. ex Lemaire 
in Ill. Hort. XIV. tab. 521 (1967). — M. spectabilis var. Moreliana rosea 
Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XIV. 166 (1880); Stein, Orchideenb. 
357; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 523; Kew Bull, Add. Ser 
IV. 264; Sander, Orch. Guide 127. 
Var. vircivaLis Lemaire in Ill. Hort. XV. tab. 573 (1868); Du 
Buyss. L'Ofchid. 388 ; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 369; Watson, Orch. 322; 
Stein, Orchideenb. 358; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII. 108; Rolfe in 
Orch. Rev. I. 304, III. 296; The Garden. 1901. II. 115 ; Ballif in 
Monit. d' Hort. 1902. p. 126 cum tab. col. fig. 3. — M. virginalis Hort. È 
Gard. Chron. 1869. p. 1182. 
Habitat în prov. Bahia: Blanchet, Forget; in arboribus prov. Rio 
de Janeiro: Riedel, Binot; prope Rio de Janeiro (culta): H. Schenck 
n. 2449; ad Mandiocca: Langsdorff n. 52; ad Serra de Estrella: Weddell $ 
‘in prov. S. Paulo: Hort. Kew.; in Brasilia locis accuratis haud indicatis: 
Porte, Fry. — Floret Februario. 
5. MILTONIA FLAVA Lixpr. pedunculo- unifloro, 
vaginis distichis acutisque vestito; sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis; petalis sepalo dorsali similibus sed duplo latioribus; 
labello panduriformi-ovato, leviter piloso, apice cordato, disco 
inferne usque ad medium calloso, callo apice breviter bifur- 
cato et applanato. 
Miltonia flava Lindl. ex W. Baxt. in Loudon, Hort. 
Brit. Suppl. 111. 589 (1839, — nomen tantum); Gard. Chron. 
1848. p. 475; „Hortic. Magaz., Decembr. 1848“ ex Morren in 
Ann. de Gand V. 16 (1849). 
Frores lutei. — Species valde imperfecte cognita. 
Habitat în Brasilia loco accurato haud indicato. 
II. Bracteae ovario pedicellato multo breviores. — 
Species 6—12. 
A. Clinandrium profunde cucullatum, membrana lata scariosa cum 
auriculis continua marginatum, — Species 6—7. 
6. MILTONIA CUNEATA Lixpr. pseudobulbis majus- 
culis, anguste ovato-oblongis, valde compressis, basi junioribus 
vaginis paucis distichis magnis foliaceis vestitis vetustioribus 
nudis, apice diphyllis; foliis majusculis, subcoriaceis, lineari- 
ligulatis, acutis, inferne longe attenuatis; pedunculo communi 
robusto, erecto vel ascendente, foliis duplo longiore, inferne 
vaginis pluribus mediocribus tenuiter membranaceis remotis 
acutisque vestito, superne laxe 5—8-floro; bracteis submem- 
branaceis, triangulari-lanceolatis, acutis, basi amplexicaulibus, 
ovario dimidio brevioribus; floribus majusculis, longiuscule 
pedicellatis, segmentis membranaceis, patentissimis, apice 
leviter recurvis, margine valde undulatis; sepalis oblongo- 
lanceolatis, apice longiuseule acuminatis, lateralibus paulo 
longioribus, basi brevissime connatis; petalis lanceolatis, bre- 
viter acuminatis, tenuiter 7-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis; 
labello patenti-deflexo, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, basi 
eum columna breviter connato, anguste longeque unguiculato, 
limbo basi abrupte dilatato, late subquadrangulo, margine 
leviter undulato, apice subtruncato vel leviter emarginato, 
utrinque glabro, disco inferne -usque ad medium bicristato, 
cristis contiguis, crassiusculis, apice saepius leviter divergenti- 
bus; columna longiuscula, satis gracili, usque ad basin latius- 
cule bialata, clinandrio profunde cucullato, membrana lata 
scariosa margine irregulariter denticulata cincto. 
Tabula nostra LX. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
Miltonia cuneata Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXX. Misc. 
n. 28 (1844), XXXI. tab. 8, in Gard. Chron. 1845. p. 71, 
Folia Orch., Milt. 4; Portef. des Hort. I. 195 cum tab. col. 
(1847); Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 269; Reichb. f. Xenia 
Orch. I. 129 et 131; Chenu, Encycl, Bot. I. 88. fig. 133; 
Moore, Ill. Orch. Pl, Milt. tab. 2; Duchartre, Man. Gén. des 
Pl. IV. 483; Lemaire in Ill. Hort. VII. tab. 237 ; Du Buyss. 
L'Orchid. 386; Williams, Orch. Alb. I. tab. 46, Orch. Grow. 
Man. edit. 7. p. 519 cum ic.; Gard. Chron. 1889. I. 381; 
Watson, Orch. 317; Stein, Orchideenb: 353; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
Pl. VIII. 100; Bois, Orch. 164; Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. 
IV. 82, Dict. Ic. Orch, Milt. tab. 9; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 
839; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 367; Autran et Dur. Hort. 
Boiss. 336; Lindenia, X V. tab. 714; Sander, Orch. Guide 125. 
Oncidium cuneatum Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 285 
(1854, — non Lindl. nec Scheidw.). 
Miltonia speciosa Klotesch in Otto et Dietr. Allgem. 
Gartenz. XVII. 129 (1855). 
Oncidium speciosum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 
761 (1863). 
RuizoMA robustum, breve, repens, creberrime articulatum. PsEUDO- 
BULBI Subaggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, paulo obliqui, superne satis 
attenuati, laeves, laete virides, nitiduli, 6—10 cm. longi, 2—3 cm. lati. 
FoLIA erecta vel erecto-patula, basi conduplicata, superne plus minusve 
concava, supra laete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 20—35 em. longa, 
2—3"/2 em. lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus 
satis prominente; nervulis lateralibus numerosis, tenuissimis, in sicco 
