ONCIDICM. 



ORCHIDES. 759 



Huc: Miltonia anceps Lindl. Fol, sub Nr. 7. p. S; 



M. Pseudobulbis corr.pressis versus apicem attenuatis, foliis binis 



oblongis apice oblique rotundalis, racemo ancipiti unifloro foliis longiore 



biarticulalo, sepalis petalisque lanceolato-oblongis patenti-recurvis, la- 



bello rbomboideo-lyrato apice recurvo basi pubescente bilamellato dente 



intermedio breviore adjecto, clinandrio circiilari carnoso dentato. 



Odonlogl. anceps Klotzsch in Ailgem. Garlenztg., Aug. 9, 1851. 



..Pseudobulbs two inches long. Leaves four inches long, by six lines broad. Scape 



iwo-cdged. four and a half inches long. Sepals an inch long . greenish yellow. ihc 



two side ones with a purple line, the upper and ihc petnls without marks. Lip whiie 



wilh purple lines and spots at the base.'' Such is an abridgment of Dr. Kloizscirs 



account of his 0. anceps which I enteriain no doubt is the same as a Brazilian plant, 



which many years since llowered with ihe latc Messrs. Loddiges, aithough the co- 



lour is somewhat different. In ihat plant ihe leaves etc, had the same scorched 



yellow appcarance which characterizes M. flavescens. The sepals were dull yellow, 



iinear. acuminaie; the petals exactly tbe same except being much broader. The lip 



was yellow wilh a liltle tinged, brown near the base, and with three purple downy yeins 



proceeding from the point of the dewny lamellae. Of these there were three, com- 



pletely confluent except at the point, and the middle one rauch shorter than the 



others. The anther-bed was expanded into a circular purple hood, white and toothed 



at the edge, and much longer, than the anther. 



Wild in Drazil— Klolzsch; Loddiges. 



116. — 3. — ONCIDIUM SPECTABILE Rchb. fll. Mss. Huc : Rchb. fil. Xen. 1.129: MiUoma 

 sjiectabilis Lindl. B. Reg. 1837. sub 1976 : 



Pedunculo ancipiti dense ac imbricanter ancipiti vaginato, labeilo 

 cuneato pandurato obovato rotundato retuso lamellis ternis in basi. 



Bot. R. 1837. 1992—1815. sub 8. B. M. 4204. Endlich Parad. Vindob. XI. Macrochi- 

 lus Fnjanus Knwl. Westc. FI. Cab. 45. (1. Sept. 1837.) Pseudobulbus oblongo ligula- 

 lus anceps diphyllus. Folia lineari ligulata obtuse acuta. Pedunculus usque pedalis. 

 Vaginae argute carinatae; carina vulgo paulo infra apicem abrupta. Bractea sub- 

 aequalis ovario aequilonga. Sepala oblonga acuta , lateralia ima basi cum labello 

 connata. Tepala latiora, vulgo apicibus revoluia. Labellum panduratum, aniice ob- 

 lusatum manifeste latius; lineae carinatae geminae in basi, apice obtusanguio diver- 

 genles, carinula inlerposita; velutina uti nervi primarii. Gynostemium crassum; ta- 

 bula infrastigmatica ima basi introrsum angulato impressa, infra foveam emarginaia. 

 Limbi foveae laierales ab alis liberae. Alae anguste quadratae, integerrimae lobula- 

 taeve, saepe dorso androclinii cucuUaio concrctae, dura alias dorsum androclinii 

 nudum. Anthera obtusa conica laevis. — Ex colore tres habemus varietates: 



a) porphyrorjlof!sa: perigonium candidum, labellum totum purpureum; alae gyno- 

 stemii purpureae. Icones supra ciiatae. Planta vulgaris. 



b) radians: recedit a praecedcnti labelii candidi basi purpurea aquosis radiis in 

 dimidium anticum transcuntibus. (.'V.ndroclinium valde cucullatum.) An Mil- 

 tonia bicolor Ilort. cum amic. Iioriul. Kramer in liiteris nuperrime nosmonuerit, 

 hanc nonnisi varictatem csse Miltoniae spectabilis? Adest sppcimen unum 

 cultum in herbario, quod unde acccperimus nescimus ; nisi tamen egregie fal- 

 limur: ex borto Jcnischiano. 



c) Morcliana Gardn. Mag. XIV. 41: totus flos pulchre purpureus. B. M. 4425. 

 Paxt. Mag. XVI. 77. MiUonia Moreliana Hort. Ilaec autumno, vulgaris Junio" 

 floret. 



In lirasilia et quidcra in Scrra dc Estrclla Weddell ic. itin. 17 ex ill, Lindl. 

 Folia V. Miltonia p. 1. 



M. spcctubilis Lindl. Fol. 1. c, p. 1: 



M. psoudobuibis ovalibus ancipitibus laevib*us, foliis ligulalis palen- 



