MILTONIA 



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31 :r>93( habit poor). P.M. 1874:143. G.M. 40:37. P. 1850. 

 p. 123 (outline). A.F. 6:633. 



6. B6^elli, Reichb. f. Lilie M. Candida in habit and 

 foliage; Ivs. 1 iu. broad: scapes erect, bearing .several 

 large Hs. over 2 in. in diam. : sepals and petals spread- 

 ing, recurved at the apex, oblong, acute, white; labelluni 

 subpandurate, obtuse or emarginate, rose-purple, with 

 deeper veins and 3 yellow lieels at the base. Sept. Brazil. 

 H.M. 5430. — Var. purptirea, Pyn»rt. Sepals and petals 

 tintivl with rose, with white margins; labellum crimson, 

 with a white crest. E.B. 17:253. 



7. C16wesii, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, leafy 

 at the base and bearing 2 narrow eusiform Ivs. at the 

 apex: scape erect, 1 ft. long, many-fld.: Hs. 3 in. across, 

 orange-yellow, mottled with brown, the lip white with a 

 violet base; sepals and petals spreading, lanceolate, 

 acuminate; labellum fiddle-shaped, with a cordate base 

 and a broadly rotund, acute terminal portion. Resembles 

 il. Candida. Sept., Oct. Brazil. B. M. 4109. P.M. 

 9:241. 



8. Candida, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, 2-lvd., 

 with few Ivs. at base: Ivs. oblong-linear, 1 ft. long, 1]4 

 in. broad: raceme erect, 1 ft. long, 6-8-fld. : sepals and 

 petals spreading, oblong, acute, somewhat wavy, bright 

 yellow, with large red-brown blotches; labellum large, 

 broadly obovate, convolute, crenate and wavy on the 

 margin, white, changing to yellow, with a faint purple 

 blotch. A strange species producing 5-6 racemes, each 

 with 6-10 fls. about 2% in. across. Autumn. Brazil. 

 B.M. 3793 (var. Wncescens). P.M. 6:241. Gn. 20, p. 463. 



9. cuneita, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate, clustered, 4 in. 

 long, sheathed with Ivs. at the base and 2-lvd. at the 

 apex: Ivs. dark green, strap-shaped, 1 ft. long: scape 

 erect, 5-8-fld. as long as the Ivs.: fls. 3-4 in. across; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate, spreading, mostly chocolate 

 brown, greenish yellow at the tips, and few spots of the 

 same color; labelhim obovate-rotund, slightly wavy, 

 creamy white, with 2 parallel ridges on the crest. A 

 robust, free-flowering plant of the habit of 3f. Candida. 

 Feb. Brazil. B.R. 31: 8. I. H. 7:237. 



10. Warscewiczii, Reichb. f. {OdontogUssjim Wiltoni, 

 Hort. Oiicidiiim fascatum, Reichh. t. Oncidium WH- 

 tniii, Hort.). Pseudo- 



rounded flower. A.F. 6:631. G.F. 5:198, 199. A.F. 9:1087 (both 

 var. splendens).— Jf. Pinelli. No description available. 



Heinrioh Hasselbbing. 

 MIMBEES. Chilopsis saligiia. 



UIMOSA (Greek, a mimic, alluding to the fact that 

 the leaves of some species are sensitive). Legumindsce. 

 What the florists know as Mimosas are Acacias (chiefly 

 A. armata). Mimosa has stamens 10 or less (once or 

 twice as many as the petals); Acacia has numerous 

 stamens. Of Mimosas there are between 200 and 300 

 species of tropical regions, chiefly of tropical America. 

 Trees, shrubs or herbs (sometimes woody climbers), 

 with bipinnate often sensitive Ivs. (sometimes the Ivs. 

 reduced to phyllodia): fls. usually with 4 or 5 united 

 petals, and a very minute or obsolete calyx: poUen 

 granular: pod flat, oblong or linear, breaking up into 

 1-seeded joints when ripe. 



A. Herbacecms plants. 



ptidica, Linn. Sensitive Plant. Humble Plant. 

 Fig. 1403. Cult, as an annual, but probably perennial in 

 the tropics, erect, branching, hairy and spiny: Ivs. long- 

 petioled, with 2 or 4 sub-digitate pinnate linear-oblong 

 Ifts. : fls. many, in globular-oblong heads on elongating 

 axillary peduncles, purplish : pods comprising 3 or 4 spiny 

 joints. Brazil, but widely naturalized in warm countries. 

 — Easily grown from seeds, which are sold by seedsmen. 

 The plant grows readily in any place in which garden 

 beans will thrive. It is grown for its sensitive foliage. 

 The movements are usually quickest in young plants. 

 When the Ivs. are touched, the petiole falls and the leaf- 

 lets close. Neither the mechanism nor the utility of these 

 movements is well understood. M. sensitlva, Linn., 

 is a distinct plant (B.R. 1:25). It is a half -climbing per- 

 ennial with 2 unequally pinnate Ifts., not so sensitive as 

 M. piidica. The word pndica is Latin for modest or 

 retirinfj. 



AA. Woody plants. 

 B. Primary jiinnce 1 pair. 



Spegazini, Pirotta. Spiny: pinnse 2, bearing very 

 numerous Ifts. : fls. light purple, in globular heads or 



1403. Sensitive Plant (X J^). 

 Normal position of the leaf is shown 

 on the 



bulbs 3-5 in. long, much 

 flattened : Ivs. linear- 

 ohlong, obtuse, 5-6 in. 

 long: fls. 2 in. long from 

 tlie tips of the lip to that 

 of the upper sepal, nu- 

 merous, borne in a 

 branched nodding pani- 

 cle; sepals and petals 

 cuneate - obovate, waved 

 and crisped, pale reddish 

 brown, with whitish tips ; 

 labellum oblong, fan-shaped, bifid, white, with a large 

 rose-purple disk on the center of which is a large, 

 brownish yellow blotch. March. Peru. B.M. 5843. P. 

 S. 18:1831. 



U. Russelllina, Lindl. {Oncidium Bitssellidnum, 

 Lindl.). Pseudobulbs ovate, ribbed, 2-lvd.: Ivs. nar- 

 rowly lanceolate: flower stems dark purple, few-fld. : 

 sepals and petals ovate-oblong, somewhat undulate, 

 brownish purple with green margins; labellum oblong- 

 cuneate, retuse. apiculate, violet, the crests or lamella* 

 on the disk margined with white. Fls. rather small and 

 dull in color. Dec. Brazil. B.R. 22:1830 P.M. 7:217. 



12. flavSscens, Lindl. Pseudobulbs narrow: Ivs. 

 linear-ensitorm: raceme many-fld., the stalk sheathed 

 with bracts: fls. stellate, yellow, with the labellum some- 

 what spotted with purple; sepals and petals linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate ; labellum pandurate, undulate-acumi- 

 nate. June. Brazil. B.R. 19:l(}27. (Ctjrtochilum flaves- 

 cens). — Var. grandlJldra, Regel. Fls. larger, white at 

 first, becoming whitish yellow ; labellum obtuse. Gt. 

 39:1328. 



M. Mentor and var. Candida are advertised.— ilf. BleuAna. 

 Hort. (Miltonopsis Bleui. Bleu.). Garden liybrid between M. 

 vexillaria and M.Roezlii. Intermediate between the parents; 

 fls. large. 4 in. across, white, with the bases of the segments 

 tinged with rose-purple: labellum large, bilobed, veined with 

 pink. The sepals and petals are well developed, making a full, 



clusters: pod of 3 or 4 parts, spiny. 

 Frauceschi. Small tree. 



Argentina. — Int. liy 



BE. Primary pinna; 2 pairs. 



Guayaquil^nsis, Steud. (Acdcia Guayaqiiileiisis, 

 Desf. ). Pinnae 4, with 3-5 pairs of ovate-obtuse glau- 

 cous Ifts., of which the lower ones are smaller: opposite 

 stipular spines at the base of the leaf. Ecuador. 

 EBB. Primary pinnce 5 pairs. 



Cerat6nia, Linn. (Acdcia Ceratdnia, Willd.). Pinnae 



about 5 pairs; Ifts. obovate: pods glabrous, somewhat 



articulate and spiny. Small, spiny tree from W. Indies. 



BBBB. Primary pinnw €-S pairs. 



acanthocArpa, Poir. {Acdcia acanthocdrpa, Willd. 

 A. brachyacdntlia, Humb. & Bonpl.). Pinnae 12-14, 

 with 6-15 pairs of oblong-pubescent Ifts. : stipular 

 spines 2; fls. in heads on twin axillary peduncles; pod 

 falcate, spiny. Mex. — Bush or small tree. 



D6nhardti, Tenore. Ornamental shrub: branches gla- 

 brous or minutely hairy, striate, usually bent at each 

 thorn: Ivs. hairy, the pinnae 12-14, the ultimate Ifts. 

 small {% in. long) and crowded and falcate-oblong- 

 acute; fls. in club-shaped, axillary clusters: thorns 1-3 

 in. long. S. Amer. — Cult, in S. Calif. Int. by Franceschi. 



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