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 Miltonia Clowesii. Mr. Clowes' 



MlLTONIA. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^s. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium explanatum, petalis revolutis sepalisque 

 lateralibus basi connatis sessilibus conformibus. Labellum 

 maximum, dilatatum, indivisum, sessile, cum columna laevi- 

 ter connatuin, basi larnellatum. Columna nana, semiteres, 

 apice aurita. Pollinia %, caudiculae oblongae adnata. — 

 Herbae epiphytce, pseudo-bulbosm . Scapi unijiori, vaginati, 

 squamis equitantibus. Flores speciosissimi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Miltonia* Clowesii; pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis, t'oliis 

 ensiformibus angustiserectis scapo longioribus, racemo 

 paucifloro iaxo, bracteis minimis setaceis, sepalis peta- 

 lisque lanceolatis aequalibus, labelli cordati in medio 

 constricti apice subrotundo acuto basi lamellis 5 inae- 

 qualibus abruptis quincnncialibus aucta. Lindl. 



Miltonia Clowesii. Lindl. Sertum Orchid. 



Odontoglossum Clowesii. Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. n. 152. 



A very beautiful Orchidaceous plant, detected by Mr. 

 Gardner in the Organ Mountains (No. 669 of his Herb. 

 Brazil), and of which living specimens were also sent by 

 ™ to this country. It first flowered with the Rev. John 

 Clowes, at Broughton Hall, in 1839; and from that 



specimen, 



* So named by Professor Lindley, in compliment to the Right Honor- 

 *We Lord Fitzwilliam, a distinguished and scientific cultivator of plants. 



