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long, each having a pair of narrow ligulate leaves four or five 

 inches long, and ancipitous scapes taller than the leaves and 

 invested by long sheathing pointed bracts. The flowers are 

 about two inches in diameter, produced singly, the sepals and 

 petals oblong-lanceolate, spreading, of a pale greenish olive 

 colour, the two lateral ones with a bar of reddish purple near 

 the base, the lip rhomboideo-lyrate, recurved at the apex, 

 white with two or three reddish purple bars and spots on the 

 lower half, behind which are a similar number of lamellae on 

 the pubescent base. Prof. Keichenbach's figure shows the 

 sepals and petals of a citron 3'ellow. It requires the same 

 treatment as that indicated for Miltonias generally. — Brazil. 



'Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 6572; Xenia Orch,, i. t. 21. 

 Stn. — M. Pinellii; Odontoglossum anceps. 



M. Mcolor, Hort. — A beautiful species with the aspect of 

 M. spectabilis, but of a more vigorous habit, growing about 

 eight inches high. The flowers are large, with white sepals 

 and petals, the lip being also white, with a blotch of violet in 

 the upper part. It blooms in August, and lasts in perfection 

 for six weeks. Of this there are two varieties, one called 

 M. hicolor siiperha, with larger flowers and more white on the 

 lip than in the other. — Brazil. 



M. Candida, Lindley. — A very beautiful strong-growing 

 species, one of the finest in the genus, of which there are two 

 or three distinct forms known. The pseudobulbs are oblong 

 ovate, narrowed to the apex, two-leaved, the leaves ligulate, 

 the scape one and a half to two feet high, arising from the base 

 of the bulbs, and bearing an erect raceme of very hand- 

 some large flowers, of which the sepals and petals are oblong, 

 nearly covered with large blotches of bright reddish brown, 

 with a bright yellow margin, and the broadly roundish obovate 

 wavy lip is white with flve small lamellte at the base. It 

 produces its flowers during the autumn, lasting three weeks 

 m bloom. 



The Botanical Magazine figure represents a form with a 

 yellow lip flushed with purple (var. fiavescens, Hook.) ; that in 

 Xenia Orchidacea a very large form with the sepals and petals 

 almost wholly reddish brown except the yellow fringe, and the 

 lip pure white (var. Jenischiana, Rchb. f.). — Brazil. 



-FlG.—Sertum Orch., t. 21 ; Paxion, Mag. Bot., vi. 241, with tab.; Bot. 

 Mag., t. 3793 (flavescens) ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 64 (Jenischiana). 



M. Candida grandiflora, Hort. — This, which is a very rare 

 handsome plant, is much finer than M. Candida, being not only 



