MILLA 



MILTHNIA 



2051 



MiUa (as Cavanilles, its author, intemied) to one 

 Mexican s[)t"eies. From Hroilia>a tlu> ({oiiiis diffors in 

 the fact that the i)o<licols arc not jointed and the peri- 

 anth-sepins. are always ;i-ncrvcd. Milla and l5rodia'a 

 are native to tlic northern half of the western hemi- 

 sphere. In S. Amer. is the genus Triteleia, which is by 

 some referred to Milla, by others to Brodi;ra, and by still 

 others ke])t distinct. There is one Triteleia (T. uniflnni) 

 in common cult. In his monograph (Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 11, p. 37.S), Baker refers the tritcleia-s to Milla, and this 

 disposition is followed bv Index Kewensis, but in a 

 later account (G.C. III. 20, ji. 4,59,1 he refers them to 

 Brodi;ea. Watson iProc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 9, 

 p. 240) restricts Milla to one species. The N. American 

 plants wliich have been referred to Triteleia are jjer- 

 haps best treated as brodia'as, and they are so considered 

 in the account of that genus in Vol. I of this work 

 (p. o7C). The S. American triteleias are described under 

 that genus in Vol. VI. 



biflora, Cav. Scape 6-18 in. high from a small coated 

 bulb, bearing 1-5 (usually 2) star-like, waxy white, 

 fragrant fls. 2-2}^ in. across, with oblong-lanceolate 

 segms.: Ivs. rough, nearly terete. S. Ariz, and New 

 Mex. to Cent. Mex. B.R. 1555. F.S. 14:1459. Gn. 

 24, p. 155. J. H. III. .55:133. G. 6:271.— One of the 

 best of the small bulbs. It is known as Mexican star, 

 Mexican star of Bethlehem, frost flower, and floating 

 star. The fls. are of a charming waxy consistence, and 

 are borne on long sts. They are excellent for cutting, 

 and last several days. Planted in the border early in 

 spring, they soon throw up their fls. and Ivs. They 

 should be allowed to remain until Sept. or Oct., when 

 they may be taken up and stored for the winter. Our 

 gardeners know milla mostly as a pot bulb for flowering 

 under glass late in winter or early in spring. It blooms 

 readily in the conditioas given to freesias. Several 

 bulbs should be placed in a pot, although a number of 

 stalks will spring from one bulo. The plant is little 

 offered by dealers. L. jj. B. 



MILLER, 



Artemisia. 



DUSTY: Lychnis Coronaria; also Senecio and 



MILLETS are important agricultural grasses. The 

 tnie millet or Broom-corn millet of Europe is Panicum 

 miliaceum. The common millets of the tjnited States, 

 the Foxtail millets, are forms of Selaria italica. African 

 millet, also called Black, Chinese, Indian, and 

 iniiiroperly Pearl millet, is Holcus Sorghum. The name 

 African millet is sometimes applied to Eleusine Cora- 

 cana. Barnyard or Japanese millet is Echinochloa 

 frumentacea. Pearl millet is Pennischun americanum. 

 Dept. Agric, Farmer's BuU. No. 101 is devoted to 

 foxtail mUlets. A. S. Hitchcock. 



MILLETTIA (named in honor of Dr. J. A. Millett, 

 botanist, and who wrote on China in 1726). Lrguminosa:. 

 Ab<jut 100 or so species of Old World tropical trees and 

 large shrubs, usuaJly climbers; differs from the .Iapane.se 

 and N. American genus Wistaria in the hard us\ially 

 flat and thick pod not opening so readily: Ivs. large, odd- 

 pinnate; Ifts. opposite, stipellate: fls. showy, in axillary 

 racemes often fascicled, simple or jjaniculate and term- 

 inal, white, purple or reddish. — Although an abimdant 

 genus in Trop. Afr. and the far E., it ha.s yielded little 

 for American horticulture. 



.\. Fl.'i. purple. 



cafira, Meissn. Ikotwood. A S. African tree, 

 20-30 ft. high, with very hard close-grained brown 

 wood and dark, rough, rugulose bark: Ivs. on chan- 

 neled petioles 6-8 in. long; Ifts. lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, in 5-6 pairs, 2-2,'.^ in. long, 1 in. apart; slender 

 stipules 2-3 lines long: panicle 6-.S in. long: fr. heathery, 

 velvety, usetl as a medicine by the Kafirs. Intro, into 

 Fla. in 1891. 



AA. Fls. while. 

 jap6nica, Gray. A .JapaTicse woody (^limber: Ivs. 

 light grccm, odd-piiuiate; Ifts. narrowly ovate, 4-6 

 l)airs, l}i in. long, 1 in. apart: racemes simple, nod- 

 ding, .5-8 in. long. Probably not hardy in the N. Has 

 been otTenxl by dealers in .Jaimnese plants. S.Z. 1: 13 

 (]Vi.^lfiria jiiponiai). — At. the Arnold Arboretum (Bo.s- 

 ton) it kills to ground but comes up in sjiring, not 

 blooming; on Long Island, it blooms and even fruits. 



L. II. B. 



MILTONIA (named for Lord FitzwiUiam, Viscount 

 Milton, a patron of horticvilture). Orchidaccx. Some 

 of the most beautiful orchids in cultivation, with 

 pseudobulbs closely clustered and slicathed with long 

 graceful dark green leaves, forming plants over 1 foot 

 in tliameter, bearing numerous large flowers. 



Herbs, with short pseudobulbs, bearing 1-2 Ivs. at 

 the summit and few or many sheathing Ivs. at the biuse: 

 the infl. arises from the base of the jjseudobulbs, and 

 consists of a singlc-fld. peduncle or of a loose raeeme 

 of long-pedicelled fls.; sepals sub-eciual, spreading, free 

 or the lateral ones slightly united; petals similar or a 

 little wider; labellum not distinctly clawed, large, 

 expanded, not 3-lobed, but often bifid at the ajicx; 

 both the segms. and the labellum are expanded, fonn- 

 ing a flat fl. ; column short. — About 20 species, mostly 

 from Brazil. M. Roezlii, M. vexillaria, and some closely 

 related kinds were until recently known in gardens as 

 odontoglossums. In the group containing the "true" 

 miltonias, the pseudobulbs are separated from each 

 other on the rhizome, and bear 1-2 yellowish green 

 Ivs. at the summit and few sheathing Ivs. of the same 

 color at the base. The fls. of nearly all miltonias 

 remain on the plants in a fresh condition for a month 

 or more. The leading species run into many horticul- 

 tural forms listed under Latin names. 



INDEX. 



alba. 1, 4. grandiflora, 2, 12. rosea, 2. 



bicolor, 5. leucochila, 10. roacfieldiensis, 7. 



Candida, 8. Moreliana, 5. Russclliana, 11. 



Clowesii, 7. Phat-pnopsiB, 4. spectabiiis, 5. 



Coljbiana, 2. picta, 2. Buperba, 8. 



cuneata. 9. purpurea, 6. vexillaria, 2. 



Endresii, 3. Regnellii, 6. Warscewiczii, 10, 



flavcscens, 12. Roezlii, 1. Weltonii, 10. 

 gigantea, 2. 



KEV TO THE SPECIES. 



A. Pseudobulbs crowded, unth numerous 

 dark or gray-green sheathing lis. nt 

 the base. 



B. Labellum sagittate at the base 1 . Roezlii 



'2. vexillaria 

 IJB. Labellum not sagittate, constricted in 



middle, (broadly panduriform) ... A. Endresii 



I. Phaleenopsis 



AA. Pseudobulbs situate^l at intervals on the 



rhizome, unth few yellowish green Ivs. 



B. Segms. of perianth broad, ovate fa 



oblong. 



c. PerUmth uniformly colored white, 



rose or purple 5. spectabiiis 



G. Regnellii 

 cc. Perian h variegated, yellow and 

 hnnrn orttrown and green. 



V>. Liihilluni fidd i-xhniiid 7. Clowesii 



DD. Lalteltitm hriHidty obitvate .S. Candida 



9. cuneata 



DDD. Labellum ohlonn HI. Warscewiczii 



1 1. RusselUana 

 BB. Segms. of perianth linear-laneeolote. . 12, flavescens 



1. Rodzlii, Nichols. iOdonlogldssum Roezlii, Rciehb. 

 f.). P.scudobulbs narrowly ovate, 1-2 in. long: Ivs. 

 numerous, slender, 8-12 in. long, narrowly lim^ar- 

 lanceolate: scapes about half ;us long as the Ivs., bear- 

 ing 2-3 large fls.; fls. flat, 3-3 '2 in. across, jiure white, 

 with a purjde ban<l at the ba.sc of t,h(^ petals an<l a 

 yellow stain, more or less marked with reddish brown 



