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prettily spotted over its entire surface witli the same colour 

 as the centre of the leaf, the under surface pale green. 

 Flowers small, yellowish. — Malaya; Java. 



M. cMorophrys, Rchb. f. — This is a most desirable species, 

 with foliage of a very distinct character. The leaves are 

 elongate elliptic acute, with neatly undulated mai-gins, the 

 upper surface of a purplish brown colour, bordered with light 

 green, and the under surface light purple. The flowers are 

 purple with an orange-coloured lip. — Borneo. 



M. discolor, Lindley. — This is the prettiest of the species 

 of this curious family yet in cultivation. It is a terrestrial 

 plant, with clustered stems eight or ten inches high, which 

 are leafy above, the broadish leaves, which are ovate oblong 

 with a sheathing petiole, being plaited, of a deep reddish 

 purple, with an elegantly crisped green border, and terminate 

 in a short upright spike or raceme of small crowded flowers, 

 which are at first yellow and change to orange-colour. — 

 Ceylon. 



'ElGr.—Bot. Mag., t. 5403 ; Wight, Icon. PI. Ind. Or., t. 1631. 



M. metallica, Bchb. /. — An extremely attractive little plant, 

 six or eight inches high, with richly-coloured foliage, which is 

 elliptic acute plicate, slightly undulated at the margin, and of 

 a dark glossy purple above, tinged with light rose colour 

 beneath. The diminutive flowers are rosy purple, on erect 

 spikes, and have very narrow sepals and petals, and an 

 obovate pink lip, sagittate at the base. — Borneo. 



'ElG.—Bot. Mag., t. 6668 ; Belg. Hort., 1884, t. 14, fig. 1. 



M. purpurea, Lindley. — A fine species, with broadly ovate 

 leaves four to five inches long and two inches or more broad, 

 very much undulated, the upper surface of the leaves of a 

 dark metallic crimson colour, the under surface and petioles 

 of a pale reddish metallic grey. The flowers are yellowish 

 purple. — Ceylon. 



MiLTONIA, Lindley. 

 {Tribe Vandese, subtribe Oncidieae.) 



This genus includes several beautiful Orchids. They are 

 all of evergreen habit, and compact in growth, and for the 

 most part produce light green foliage which sometimes has a 



