279 ORCHIDACEAE: MILTONIA. 280 
ad medium bidentata, alis magris, subquadrato-falcatis, margine 
subdenticulatis, postice cucullato-confluentibus. 
Miltonia Russelliana Lindl. Sert. Orch. sub tab. 48 (1840), 
in Bot. Regist. XXXI. sub tab. 8 (1845), Folia Orch., Milt. 2; 
Paxt. Mag. of Bot. VII. 217 cum tab. (1840); Reichb. f. 
Xenia Orch. I. 129 et 131; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. 
IV. 482; Stein, Orchideenb. 357; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. 
II. 369; Barb. Rodr. Struct. des Orch. tab. 12. fig. 2; Rolfe 
in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 716; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 
VIII. 106; Autran et Dur. Hort. Boiss. 336; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 126. 
Oncidium  Russellianum Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXII. 
tab, 1830 (1836); Drapiez, Encyclogr. Règn. Végét. IV. Févr. 
1836 (Bot. Reg.) fig. 2; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 761; 
Regel in Gartenfl. 1880. tab. 1012 (var. pallidum). 
Gynizodon Russellianum Rafin. Fl. Tellur. IV. 40 (1837). 
PSEUDOBULBI erecti, vix obliqui, superne longe attenuati, profundius- 
cule multisulcati, flavo-virides, E—7 cm. longi, 2—2'/» cm. lati, Fori4 
erecto-patula, basi conduplicata, superne leviter concava, supra intense 
viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 15 —22 cm. longa, 1'/:—2'/2 cm. lata, nervo 
mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde prominente; nervulis late- 
ralibus paulo distinctis. PrpuxcuLus communis leviter flexuosus, teretius- 
culus, laevis, obscure viridi-purpureus, 30—50 em. longus, 2—3 mm. 
crassus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, fulvae, 1—1'/s cm. longae. 
PEDICELLI erecti vel erecto-patuli, graciles, leviter arcuati, cum ovario 
lineari-clavato obscure trigono 2—2"/2 cm. longi. BRACTEAE adpressae, 
valde concavae, circiter 1 cm. longae. FLORES subnutantes, sepalis petalis- 
que purpureo-fuscis vel brunneo-olivaceis, apice margineque pallide flavis 
vel virescentibus. SEPALA satis concava, tenuissime 7—9-nervulosa, 25 ad 
27 mm. longa, 5—6 mm. lata, lateralia leviter obliqua. PETALA paulo 
concava, basi satis attenuata, leviter obliqua, 24—25 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. 
lata. LABELLUM leviter concavum, subtiliter multinervulosum nervulis 
ramosissimis, 22—24 mm. longum, superne 10—12 mm. latum, violaceo- 
lilacinum, posticum maculis quibusdam obscurioribus pallida zona margi- 
natis. CoLuMNA recta, lateraliter leviter compressa, antice canaliculata, 
6—8 mm. longa, viridis, alis luteis. CAPSULA ignota. 
Habitat in arboribus ad Tejuco prov. Rio de Janeiro: Moke. 
9. MILTONIA CLOWESII Lixpr. pseudobulbis majus- 
culis, anguste ovato-oblongis, valde compressis ancipitibusque, 
junioribus basi vaginis pluribus distichis valde inaequalibus 
externis squamiformibus internis foliaceis vestitis, vetusti- 
oribus denudatis, apice diphyllis; foliis magnis, subcoriaceis, 
lineari-ligulatis, apice acutis vel acutiusculis, inferne longis- 
sime attenuatis fere petiolatis; pedunculo communi erecto vel 
ascendente, satis gracili, foliis subduplo longiore, inferne 
vaginis paucis brevibus membranaceis remotissimis acutisque 
vestito, superne fere usque ad medium laxe 1—10- floro; 
bracteis eoriaceis, anguste triangularibus, acutissimis, ovario 
multo brevioribus; floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedicellatis, 
segmentis submembranaceis, patentissimis ; sepalis lanceolato- 
ligulatis, breviuscule acuminatis, lateralibus paulo longioribus, 
usque ad basin liberis; petalis lanceolato-oblongis, breviter 
acuminatis, tenuiter 7-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali subaequilongis; 
labello patenti-reflexo, sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, sessili, 
usque ad basin libero, panduriformi-subquadrangulo, apice 
abrupte breviterque acuminato, basi truncato subcordiformi, 
margine leviter undulato, utrinque glabro, disco basi breviter 
5-carinato, carinis apice leviter dilatatis, inaequalibus, mediano 
crassiore, intermediis longioribus; columna brevi, crassiuscula, 
glabra, alis angustis, margine integerrimis, clinandrio paulo 
profundo, immarginato. 
Miltonia Clowesii Lindl.! Sert. Orch. tab. 34 (1839), in 
Gard. Chron. 1843. p. 23, 1845. p. 84, Folia Orch., Milt. 2; 
Hook. in Bot. Mag. tab. 4109, Cent. Orch. tab. 86; Pazt. 
Mag. of Bot. IX. 241 cum tab.; Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 
129 et 130; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 269; Regel in 
Gartenfl. III. tab. 160; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 482; 
Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 386; Barb. Rodr. Struct. des Orch. tab. 12. 
fig. 2; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 367; Kerch. in Rev. Hort. 
Belg. 1887. p. 61. tab. 6, 1889. p. 26; Watson, Orch. 317 
cum tab.; Stein, Orchideenb. 353. fig. 116; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
Pl. VIII. 100; Bois, Orch. 164; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 
em T. 2519; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 838 ; Autran et Dur. 
Hort. Boiss. 336; Cogn. in Dict. Ic. Orch., Milt. tab. 4; 
Sander, Orch. Guide 125. 
Odontoglossum  Clowesii Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXV. 
Misc. 153 (1839). 
Brassia Clowesii Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXX. Misc. p. 7 
(1844), 
Oncidium Clowesii Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 284 
(1854); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 760 (1863). 
PsEUDOBULBI aggregati, erecti vel erecto-patuli, satis obliqui, superne 
longe attenuati, laeves vel leviter plurisulcati, laete virides, nitidi, 7 ad 
10 em. longi, 2'/:—3 em. lati. FoLıA erecto-patula, basi conduplicata, 
superne paulo concava et leviter recurva, supra intense viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, 25—40 cm. longa, 1!/»—2!/» em. lata; nervo mediano 
supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente; nervulis late- 
ralibus utrinque 3—5, gracilibus, in sicco utrinque satis prominentibus. 
PEDUNCULUS communis leviter flexuosus, teretiusculus, intense viridis et 
interdum dilute fuscescens, laevis, 40—80 em. longus vel longior, 3—4 mm. 
crassus; VAGINAE arcte adpressae, laeves, pallidae, 1—1'/2 cm. longae. 
PEDICELLI patuli, graciles, leviter arcuati, cum ovario lineari-clavato obtuse 
trigono 2!/3—3 em. longi. BRACTEAE arcte adpressae, satis concavae, pallide 
virides, 5—8 mm. longae. FLoRES subnutantes, sepalis petalisque castaneo- 
fuscis, maculis latis transversis luteis notatis. SePALA leviter concava, 
inferne satis attenuata, subtiliter 7—9-nervulosa, 8—9 mm. lata, dorsale 
3'/»—4 em. longum, lateralia satis obliqua, 4—4'/2 cm. longa. PETALA 
paulo concava, basi breviter attenuata, leviter obliqua, 32—36 mm. longa, 
8—10 mm. lata. LABELLUM leviter convexum vel subplanum, subtiliter 
multinervulosum nervulis ramosissimis, superne albo-lacteum, inferne 
violaceum vel purpureo-violaceum, circiter 3 em. longum, superne 18 ad 
20 mm. latum. CorcwwA paulo incurva, semiteres, antice concava, 7 ad 
8 mm. longa, flavescens, alis saepius violaceis. ANTHERA valde convexa, 
glabra, laevis, flavescens. CaPsULA nutans vel pendula, oblonga, obscure 
trigona, tenuiter 6-sulcata, basi acuta, apice obscure rostrata, 6—6!/» cm. 
longa, 15—16 mm. crassa. 
Formae hortenses principales sunt: 
Var. Docteur Epwoxp Fournier Hort.; Journ. Soc. Nat. Hort. de 
Fr. 1898. p. 949; Cogn. Chron. Orch. n. 21. p. 163. 
Var. GIGANTEA O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XII. 552 (1892); 
Journ. des Orch. III. 282; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 518; 
Kew Bull, Add. Ser. IV. 264. 
Var. masor Hort.; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 367 (1886); Stein, 
Orchideenb. 353 (1892). 
Var. PARDINA Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. I. 130 (1856), in Walp. Ann. 
Bot. VI. 761. 
Var. PAUCIGUTTATA Hort.; Stein, Orchideenb. 353 (1892). 
Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro supra arbores ad Serra dos Orgáos: 
Gardner n. 669; in prov. Minas Gerais loco haud indicato: Hort. Veitch. 
