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MILTONIA cuneata. 
Wedge-lipped Miltonia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipacexz. $ VanDEæ — Brassip#, Lindl. Natural 
System of Botany, Ed. 3. ined. 
MILTONIA. Botanical Register, fol. 1992. 
M. cuneata (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. mise. 28.); pseudobulbis ovato- 
oblongis, foliis oblongis striatis subundulatis, racemo plurifloro, sepalis 
petalisque lanceolatis undulatis, labello cuneato rotundato basi bilamellato 
utrinque subrepando, columnä medio bidentatä, clinandrio integerrimo. 
This very handsome addition to the beautiful genus 
Miltonia, has already been noticed at No. 28 of the miscel- 
laneous matter of last year; its figure completes its history. 
It is a most beautiful Epiphyte, allied to M. candida, 
with flowers nearly four inches in diameter ; the sepals and 
petals a rich brown tipped with green. The lip is pure 
white, with a tinge of pink near the base, in form quite 
different from M. candida, for it is scarcely at all curled at 
the edge, is very much narrowed to the base, and has only 
one pair of plates instead of two and a half. The wings of 
the column too are scarcely divided or at all events not at all 
notched. Fig. 2 represents the pollen-masses with their 
appendages. 
It should be potted in turfy heath mould mixed with pot- 
sherds. During the summer an ample supply of water should 
be given to its roots, and it should be syringed over head 
once or twice a day. To prevent the leaves from being 
scorched as well as to keep the temperature between 80° and 
90° by day without admitting much air, shading will be neces- 
sary in sunny weather. In winter for a few weeks little or 
no water should be given, but the house should be filled with 
steam once every fine day. The temperature should never 
be raised above 66° by fire heat. 
The following is a classed list of the species of Miltonia 
at present known. 
1. M. spectabilis (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1976. Aug. 1. 
1837. t. 1992. Macrochilus Fryanus, Floral Cabinet, 
t. 45. Sept. 1, 1837); pseudobulbis ovalibus ancipitibus 
levibus, foliis ligulatis patentissimis, pedunculis unifloris 
squamis magnis fuscis striatis imbricatis carinatis densè 
imbricatis, sepalis ovalibus planis, petalis conformibus 
revolutis, labello maximo cuneato rotundato basi trila- 
mellato, columnæ alis angustis acutissimis—— Brazil. 
—— Flowers very large, solitary, with pale straw-coloured 
sepals and petals, and a broad violet purple lip ribbed 
with crimson. 
