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MILTON I A CLOWBSIl 



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M. Cloitesii; pseudobnlbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliia ensifonnibud angiitis nwih 

 *m\n longiorilins niccmo paucifloro laxo, bractefe minimis setaceis, so]wtli* 

 petalisque lanccolalis tcqualibus, labclli cordati hi medio constrict! apico mib- 

 rotundo acuto bagi lornellis 5 iniequalibus abruptis quincuncialibue auctfi. 



OdonlOglossum Clowerfi. Botanical Register for 18:}*), miseeUan&ntS matter, no. 153, 



Among die dried specimen* of (llama collected by Mr. George Onrdnor in hi* early journey* 

 in Brawl was this plant, Nn.frffcr of his herbarium, found upon the Organ mountain*, in a deep ravine, 

 A supply sent homo by thai indefatigable naturalist afforded the specimen now represented, from n 

 drawing by Miss M. A, Means of a plant in ihc valuable collection of the Hew John Clowe* of 

 Broughton Hall, a moat zealous and successful cultivator of tbcao curious production*. It flowered 

 in September, !&*), under the care of Mr. Wm. Hammond, the gardener to Air. Clowes, from 

 whom I have received the following memorandum concerning its habit** 



"The pseudo-boll* nre ovate, gradually tapering into a ucefc. glaucous and smooth, (tin* old 

 ones slightly furrowed), and are each terminated by a pair of coriaceous leaves, narrow and acuminate 

 at the point, slightly twisting, spreading, and longer than the raceme, which springs from the axils of 

 the primary leaves that surround the base of the p»eudo*bulbs. The latter stand erect on a stimt 

 rhi/.oma, about one inch in length, covered with n few yellowish brown imbricated scales. 



11 Tim lip when first expanded is the most beautiful white, and afterwards changes as shown in 

 the drawing/' 



At Mr, Hammond's wish it has been named after hi* master, than whom few persons can In* 

 found having a Stronger claim to such a little compliment. 



When 1 first received it from Mr. Gardner I regarded it as an Odontoglossum, and at the time 

 Mr, Clowes* specimen reached me I had nor seen cause to change my opinion ; on which account I 

 referred it to that genus instead of Milionia, of which Mr. Clowe* bad correctly considered it a 

 species. Mora recent information has however satisfied me that nothing must be admitted into 

 Odontoglossum unless with an unguieulatO lip, and consequently the name under which it was first 

 published has lo be altered. 



Each nacf.hf, bears from four to wen flowers, as much as three inches from the tips of the petals 

 to that of the opposite sepals, seated on footstalks about an inch ami a half long, and disposed in a 

 loose manner, something in the way of a corymb when the lower flowers arc removed, but in a perfect 

 state in the usual equidistant manner. The sepal* and petals are lanceolate, distinct, quite equal 

 and uniform both in colour and form, richly spotted wiih brown upon a yellow ground. The laukl* 

 llm i> sessile, heart-shaped at the ba*e, oblong, contracted in the middle, and n rich lilac up to the 

 point of contraction ; above this it expands into a roundish white rather acute extremity, which 

 finally rolls up and becomes dull yellow; at the base of the luhelluin are Ave narrow elevated lines, 

 abruptly cut off at the end, of which the two lateral exterior are the shortest, the two intermediate 

 the longest, and that in the middle deeper than any, but intermediate in length. The Column i* 

 erect, earless, abruptly terraced in front ; with a tall obtuse capdike anther, bevond which lite small 

 brown gland just projects* 





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