MILTONIA 



MIMOSA 



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

 loiid, slioathi'd witli Ivs. at the bii-so and "i-lvd. at the 

 apex: Ivs. dark green, strai>-shape(l, 1 ft. long: seape 

 erect, 5-S-t1d., a,s long as the Iv.s. ; fls. 3—4 in. across; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate, spreiKhng, mostly choco- 

 late-browii, gi-ecnish yellow at the tips, and few spots 

 of the same color: lalielluin obovate-rotund, slightly 

 wavy, creamy white, with 2 par- 

 allel ridges on the crest. Fell. 

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

 — A robust, free-flowering plant 

 of the habit of M. Candida. \'\\ If'/ in 



2374. Miltooia flavescens. ( Xt) 



10. Warscewiczii, Reichb. f. (OdoiUoglvssum Wel- 

 tonii, Hort. Onddium fitscatum, Reichb. f. Oncidium 

 Wellonii, Hort. M. Welto?m, Hort.). Pseudobulbs 

 3-5 in. long, much flattened: Ivs. linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 5-6 in. long: fls. 2 in. long from the tips of the hp to 

 that of the upper sepal, numerous, borne in a branched 

 nodding panicle; 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. F. 

 S. 18:1831. Var. leucochila, Hort. Fls. pale purple; 

 lower half of lip ruby-purple. 



11. Russelliana, Lindl. iPncidium Russellianum, 

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

 rowly lanceolate: fl.-sts. dark purple, few-fld.: sepals 

 and petals ovate-oblong, somewhat undulate, brownish 

 purple with green margins; labellum oblong-cuneate, 

 refuse, apiculate, \nolet, the crests or lamella' on the 

 disk margined with white. Dec. Brazil. B.R. 1830. 

 P.M. 7:217. — Fls. rather small and dull in color. 



12. flavescens, Lindl. Fig. 2374. Pseudobulbs nar- 

 row: Ivs. lineiir-ensiform : raceme many-fld., the stalk 

 sheathed with bracts; fls. stellate, yellow, with the 

 labellum somewhat spotted with purple; sepals and 

 petals linear-lanceolate, acuminate; labellum pandurate, 

 undulate-acuminate. June. Brazil. B.R. 1627 (as 

 Cyrtochilum flavescens). Var. grandifiora, Kegel. 

 Fls. larger, white at first, becoming wliitish yellow; 

 labellum obtuse. Gt. 39: 1328. 



M. Bt-rtii^yi. BleuanaxM. vexillaria. — M. Bleudria, Hort, 

 (Miltoniopsis Bleui. Bleu)=M.|vexillaria X M. Roezlii. Inhabit like 

 M. vexillaria: fls. 3-4 in. across; sepals and petals white, the latter 

 purple-stained at base; lip nearly orbicular, notched at apex, 

 white veined witli pinii in front of the yellow disk. Intermediate 

 between the parents. A.F. 6:6.31; 9:10S7. G. F. .1:198, 199. 

 J.H. III. 68:277. O. 1913:104. — M. Bkudria grandifldra, 3, large- 

 fld. form. G..M. 57: 207. — M. Bleuana Peilersix, Hort.=M. 

 Bleuana Peetersii M. Roezlii _X M. vexillaria Leopoldii) X M. 

 Bleuana. .Sepals and petals rose-purple below, the color on the 

 sepals lighter; lip witn the yellow crest crimson-l)ordered, with 

 a rose band in front. G.C. III. 49:274. — M. Bti-uiinti Stecenifii, 

 a dwarf variety with white fls. and lip crimson-striped. — M. 

 Bliintii LubliersiAna, Reichb. f. Fls. about i in. across; sepals 

 and petals light yellow, blotched and barred with brown; lip puri)lc 

 at base, lined red-brown, the nearl.v 

 orbicular front lobe lighter. .Supposed 

 to be a natural hybrid between .M. 

 speetabilisx M. Clowesii. G. 29:.503. 

 — M .ChdrhnwoTthii^'Sl. vexillaria "G. 

 D. Owen" X M. Hyeana. — M. /enlira 

 =M. spectabilis X M. flavescens, prob- 

 ably. — A/. //i/«i7M=M. BleuanaxM. _, .,. 

 vexillaria var. Leopoldii.— A/, radidla, 2375. Mimosa pudica 

 Hort. "Fls. larger, white, shaded pur- 



ple, and heavil.v blotched with purple and yellow." — A/. Hdbsome 

 =M. Roezlii xM. vexillaria "Queen Alexanilra." — A/. Iiot/frso7iii, 

 Hort. "Like a large pali; M. vexillaria." — M. Stintltr^r. Hort. Fls. 

 pale with a dark maroon eye. Hybrid betwi-ni M. S(. AndrcxM. 

 vexillaria "G. D. Owen." Gn. 77, p. 3.'>2. — M. Srhnnliriana, Horl. 

 Raceme 7-9-fld. ; fls. 2J-2 in. long, fragrant; sepals and petals 

 brown, .yellow-marked; petals falcate, turned toward dorsal sepal; 

 lip pandurate, rose-purple at base, the apex white. Cent. Amer. 

 R. 2:90. — M. travasaoaiihui, Hort. Apparently a form of M. Reg- 

 neilii with yellow sepals and peUils. 



Heinmch Hasselbking. 



George V. Nash.j 

 MILTONIODA. Orchidacese. Bigeneric hybrids of 

 Miltonia and Cochlioda. M. Codperi is a garden hybrid 

 between Milloiiui Warsccimczii and Cochlioda Noelz- 

 liaiia; fls. brick-red with lighter tip to labellum, in 

 slender briinched spikes. M. Hdrwoodii is a garden 

 hybrid between MiUonia vexillaria and Cochlioda 

 Noetzliana. Fl. about 2 in. long, the sepals and broader 

 petals bright cerise-rose; lip miltonia-like, cream-white 

 freckled with rose. M. Uridenii is a garden hybrid 

 probably of Cochlioda vulcanica and Miltonia Phalse- 

 nopsis. 



MILTONIOPSIS. Garden hybrid, M. Pauwelsiana, 

 between Miltonia Roezlii and M. vexillaria var. Leo- 

 poldii, recorded as distinct from other kinds. 



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

 the leaves of some species are sensitive). Leguminosse. 

 Woody or herbaceous plants, mostly tropical, grown for 

 the showy flowers or feathery foliage; of some species 

 the leaves are sensitive. What the florists know as 

 mimosas are acacias (chiefly A. armata). 



Trees, shrubs or herbs of varying habit (sometimes 

 woody climbers), mostly thorny or prickly, with bipin- 

 nate often sensitive Ivs. (sometimes the Ivs. reduced to 

 phyllodia): fls. not papilionaceous, in close heads or 

 head-like spikes, usually with 4 or 5 united petals, and 

 a minute or obsolete calyx; stamens 4-10, exserted; 

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

 into 1-seeded joints when ripe. Mimosa has stamens 

 10 or less (once or twice as many as the petals) ; Acacia 

 has numerous stamens. — Of Mimosas there are probably 

 300 species, chiefly of Trop. Amer. A number of the 

 bushy species, and the small trees, are planted more or 

 less in warm countries for ornament. They require the 

 treatment given the woody acacias. 



A. Plard herbaceous or practically so in cult. 

 pAdica, Linn. Sen.sitive Plant. Humble Plant. 

 Fig. 2375. Cult, as an annual, but probably perennial 

 in the tropics, and somewhat shrubby, erect, branching, 

 hairj' and sjiiny: Ivs. long-petioled, with 2 or 4 sub- 

 digifate pinnate linear-oblong Ifts.: fls. many, in globu- 

 lar-oblong heads on elongating axillary peduncles, 

 purplish : pods comprising 3 or 4 spiny joints. Brazil, but 

 widely naturalized in warm countries; run wild in the 

 Gulf States. G.W. 2, p. 18. — Ea.sily grown from seeds, 

 which are sold by seedsmen. The plant grows readily 

 in any place in which garden beans will thrive. It is 

 growii for its sensitive foliage. The movements are 

 usually quickest in yoving plants. When the Ivs. are 

 touched, the petiole falls and the Ifts. close. The util- 

 ity and the origin of these movements are not, well 

 understood. M. sensi&va, Linn., is a distinct plant 

 (B.R. 25); it is 

 a half - climbing 

 pereiini;d with 2 

 une(iually jiinnate 

 Ifts., not so sensi- 



— Sensitive plant. Normal position of the leaf is shown on the right, 

 and the collapsed position on the left. ( X ':i) 



