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resembles M, Candida in its manner of growth. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are ovate-oblong, compressed and narrowed at the apex, 

 diphyllous, the leaves ligulate-oblong, keeled on the under 

 side. The scape is radical, bearing an erect raceme of from 

 six to eight flowers which are nearly four inches across ; the 

 sepals and petals are of a deep chestnut brown, tipped with 

 pale greenish yellow, and the lip is white, with a claw-like 

 wedge-shaped bilamellate base, each keel terminating in a 

 chocolate-coloured spot at the base of the broad roundish 

 anterior part. These flowers are produced in February, and 

 continue four or five weeks in perfection. The plant is best 

 grown in a pot, in peat, with good drainage. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 8 ; 31oore, Illust. Orch. PI, Miltonia, t. 2 ; lllust. 

 Eort., t. 237 ; Orchid Album, \. t. 46. _ 

 Syn. — M. speciosa ; Oncidium sjpeciosum. 



M. festiva, -Rc/ti. /. — A rare and showy species, resembling 

 ill. spectabilis in its growth and general appearance, but having 

 very distinct flowers, which are borne in pairs, and are as large 

 as those of M. spectabilis itself. They have oblong ochro- 

 leucous sepals and petals, and a large cuneately flabellate 

 acutely pointed lip of a purplish lilac, with eleven radiating 

 veins of deep purple on the disk, two yellow keels, and 

 dark purple column wings. Reichenbach suggests it may 

 be a wild hybrid between M. S2)ectabilis and M. Jlavescens. — 

 Brazil. 



M. Regnelli, Rchb. f. — A very distinct and pretty species, 

 which grows in the way of M. cuncaia. The pseudobulbs are 

 ancipitous narrow oblong, tapering to the apex, the leaves 

 linear ligulate, light green, and about twelve inches long, 

 and the scapes erect from the axils of accessory leaves, and 

 producing from three to six flowers, which are about two and 

 a half inches across, the lanceolate sepals and the oblong 

 petals white, and the subpandurate lip cuneate at the base, 

 quadrate and emarginate in front, and of a pale rosy pink 

 streaked with darker rose in the centre, white at the edge and 

 along the median line ; there are three lamellae at the base of 

 the lip, the middle one shorter than the others. The plant 

 generally produces its blossoms in September or October, and 

 lasts in bloom for some four or five weeks. It is best grown 

 in a pot, with peat and moss. — Brazil. 



-EiG.—Bot. Mag.,t. 5436 ; Baiem. 2nd Cent. Orch. PI, 1. 182 ; Xenia Orch., 

 i. t. 47 ; Puydt, Les Orch., t. 26. 



