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* MTI/IONIA specfabilis. 

 Showy Milfonia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. > 



Naf. ord. Orchidace-s, § Vande;e. 



MILTONIA. Perianihium explanatuiii, petalis revolutis scpalisquc late- 

 ralibus basi connatis sessilibus conforiiiibus. LaheUum maximum, dilatatum, 

 indivisum, sessile, cum columna leviter connatum, basi lamcllatum. Columna 



nana, semiteres, apice aurita. Pollinin 2, caudicula; oblongap adnata. 



Herb* epiphytcB, pseudobulboscB. Scapi unijiori, vnginati, squumis eqmtan- 

 tibus. Flores speciosissimi. 



M. spectabiils Supr^,fnl. \91Q ( Auyust \, 1837.) 



Macrochilus Fryanus. Floral Cabinet, t. 45. {September 1, 18IJ7.) 



Scapus teres, vaginalus ; squaviis carinatis. cnrtilagineis, equitantibus, 

 obtusis, virescenti- funds , siiperiorihus majoribus ovario stibaqualibus. Peri- 

 aiitbium patenlissinuivi, 4-poUices longiim, tres circiter latum, petalis expla- 

 natis. Sepala ■pallida, viridi-alba, oblonga, apicidatn, subimdulata, margine 

 rejlexa. Petala conformia et ejusdem coloris, sed latiora, margine crisputa, 

 revolula. Labellum maximum, subrotundo-cuneatum, vndulatum, ctim co- 

 luvma continuion, violaceum, basi iutensiks margi?ie pallidius, 7 tiervatam : 

 venis arcuatis, convergentibus, pictis, basi atropurpureis ; Iribus centralibus 

 basi cristatis : cristis iutegerrimis antice truncatis, intermedid breviore, 

 crassiore, magis elcvatd, lutescente. Columna hrevis, erecta, compressa, 

 petalorum colore, antice gibbosa, lutescens, it cum basi lahelli connatum ; 



alis ditabus purpureis , carnosis, acinaciformibus. Anthera 



PoUinia. 



A most beautiful Brazilian Orcliidaceous plant, which I 

 originally received from Messrs. Loddiges, and sul:)sequently, 

 at the end of July last, from George Barker, Esq. of Bir- 

 mingham. I had promulgated the name of Miltonia spec- 

 tabilis previously to hearing that Messrs. Knowles and 



* In some countries there is a difficulty in finding individuals whose love for 

 Natural History vi'ould justify such little compliments, as the naming after them 

 rare or beautiful plants. In this country, on the contrary, the crowd of claimants 

 is so great as to render a selection of names an embarrassing office : and it some- 

 times hapjjens that those who ought to be the earliest recognised are accidentally 

 lost sight of. Such is the case in the present instance, where the name of a 

 Nobleman, one of the oldest and steadiest friends of Natural Science in this 

 country is only now, for the first time, fixed among the imperishable records of 

 Botany. Let me hope, however, that the present beautiful genus, selected from 

 among his favourite flowers, will be some atonement to Lord Fitzwilliam for the 

 obliviousness of which I at least have to confess myself guilty. 

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