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Miltonia continued. 



Miltonia continued. 



white stained with yellow at the base, and ornamented more or 

 less with streaks of chocolate - brown ; racemes three or four- 

 flowered. Autumn. 1. narrowly-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 2Jin. 

 high. 1873. In general habit and appearance there is little 

 difference between this species and M. vexillaria, but the 

 sepals and petals are longer than in the latter. (B. M. 6085 ; 

 B. O. 30, under name of Odontoglosmm Roezlii.) 



M. R. album (white), fl. large ; lip broad, obcordate, pure 

 white, with a small yellow crest. 1875. 



M. Russellianum (Duke of Bedford's). /., sepals and petals 

 dark purple, margined with green, ovate-oblong ; lip lilac, with 

 "sk, margined with white; raceme few-flowered, radical, 

 ligulate-lanceolate, green, spreading. Pseudo-bulbs 



ovate, costate, two-leaved. 

 Oncidium Russellianum.) 



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FIG. 572. FLOWER OF MILTONIA SPECTABILIS. 



M. Lamarcheana (Mons. Oscar Lamarche de Rossius')-* fl. 



sepals and petals yellow, with broad cinnamon bars lip cordate' 



at base, abruptly broader from the 



middle ; base with an obscure globu- 

 lar tumour ; front part with seven 



keels, whitish-ochre, with a broad, 



pandurate blotch before the keels. 



1881. This species is closely allied to 



M. Candida. (B. H. 1876, 13, under 



name of JU. Clowesii Lamarcheana.) 

 M. Phalsenopsis (Phalrenopsis).*/., 



sepals and petals pure white, about 



2in. across ; lip white, with a large 



portion of the centre rich purplish- 

 crimson, and a yellow base ; spike 



slender, from one to three-flowered, 



shorter than the leaves. May. I. 



slender, grass-like, pale green or 



glaucous. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, of a 



very pale whitish-green. 1850. A 



very distinct and handsome species, 



seldom exceeding Sin. in height. See 



Fig. 571. (B. O. 3, under name of 



Odontoglossnm Phalcenopsis.) 

 M. P. luxurians (luxuriant), fl., lip 



having two large crimson blotches on 



the front lobe, some crimson streaks 



on the side lobes, and the callus broadly bordered with yellow. 



1881. A free-growing, floriferous variety. (I. H. 417.) 

 M. P. solar e (solar), fl., anterior part of lip very broad, basilar 



portion broad, nearly circular, and of a yellow colour, with 



stripes, all with outward points of purple. 1879. A curious and 



interesting variety. 

 M. Regnelli (Regnell's).* /., sepals and petals soft rosy-white, 



bordered with white, broad, spreading ; Up flat, lilac-rose ; 



scape erect, as long as the leaves, many-flowered. Autumn. 



Pseudo-bulbs somewhat conical, bearing narrow pale green leaves 



upon their summit, h. 1ft. 1864. A very desirable erect-growing 



species. (B. M. 5436.) There is a handsome variety, purpurea, 



with lip of a rich rosy-purple hue. 

 M. Roezli (Boezl's). /., sepals pearly -white ; petals stained with 



a rich vinous-purple at the base ; lip large, flat, bilobed in front, 



M. spectabilis (showy).* fl., very showy, from 3in. to 4in. across ; 

 sepals and petals somewhat short, pure white, often tinged with 

 rose at the base ; lip very large, of a rosy-violet, margined 

 with white ; scape one-flowered. Autumn. Pseudo-bulbs pro- 

 duced upon a creeping stem, considerably compressed, and 

 bearing a pair of thin, strap-shaped leaves upon their summit. 

 h. bin. to Sin. 1835. This species is by far the best known 

 of the genus, and, when well grown, is a most beautiful plant. 

 See Fig. 572. (B. M. 4204.) There are several varieties of more or 

 less excellence. 



ML s. bicolor (two-coloured), fl. white; lip white, with a 

 blotch of violet in the upper part. August. 1839. A handsome 

 variety, but with a stronger habit and larger flowers than the type. 



M. s. Moreliana (Morel's).* fl., sepals and petals deep purple ; 

 lip also of a rich deep purple, streaked and shaded with rose. 

 In habit of growth this closely resembles the type ; indeed, it 

 can only be distinguished by the flowers, which are even larger 

 than those of if. spectaMMs. (B. M. 4425.) 



M. 8. rosea (rose-coloured). /., lip rose. SYN. M. Warneri. 



M. 8. virginalis (virgin), fl. pure white, with a spot of rose. 



M. vexillaria (standard).* /. variable in size, in three or four- 

 flowered racemes ; perianth quite flat ; sepals sub-equal, obovate- 

 oblong or obovate-cuneate, sub-acute or truncate, flat, rather 

 recurved, very pale rose; petals larger or smaller than the 

 sepals, deep rose, with a broad white margin ; lip white, suffused 

 with deep rose on the disk of each half, and pale yellow, streaked 

 with red, on the claw ; column very short. I. narrowly-elliptic- 

 lanceolate, from a narrower sheathing base, acute, keeled, deep 

 green above, paler beneath. Pseudo-bulbs narrow-oblong, com- 

 pressed. 187. See Fig. 573. (B. M. 6037, under name of 

 Odontoglossum vexillarium.) 



M. Warner! (Warner's). A synonym of M. spectabilis rosea. 



M. Warscewiczii (Warscewicz's).* fl., sepals and petals bright 

 cinnamon, tipped with yellow, undulate at the margins ; lip flat, 

 of a soft violet-purple, white in front, tinged or blotched occa- 

 sionally with brownish-yellow; scape, in vigorous specimens. 



FIG. 674. FLOWERS OF MILTOIMA WARSCEWICZII. 



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