MILTONIA 



G.Jl. 40:37. F. 1850. 



31:.')93(habitpoor). P.M. 18 

 p. 123 (outline). A.F. 6:633. 



0. B6gnelli, Reichb. f. Like M. Candida in habit and 

 foliage: Ivs. 1 iu. broaJ: scapes erect, bearing several MIMBEES CliUoas. 



large lls.OTer 2 in. in diara. : sepals and petals spread- 

 ing, recurved at the apex, oblong, acute, white ; labellum — MIMOSA (Greek a n 



rounded flower. A.F. 6:6,-!l. G.P. 5:198, 199. A.F. 9:1087 (bo 

 var. splendens).— J/. PinelU. No description available. 



Heinrich Hasselbring. 



subpandurate, obtuse or emarginate, rose-purple 

 deeper veins and 3 yellow keels at the base. Sept. Brazil. 

 B.M. 5436. — Var. purpilrea, Pyn«rt. Sepals and petals 

 tinted with rose, with white margins; labellum crimson, 

 with a white crest. R.B. 17:253. 



7. CWwesii, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, leafy 

 at the base and bearing 2 narrow ensiform Ivs. at the 

 apex: scape erect, 1 ft. long, many-fld. : fls. 3 in. across, 

 orange-yellow, niorticd with brown, the lip white wuth a 

 violet ba^c; M|.:ii^ :iti.1 petals spreading, lanceolate, 

 acuminate: liili.lluni li.Mlc-shaped, with a cordate base 

 and a broad Iv rotund, acute terminal portion. Resembles 

 M. mndidn. Sept., Oct. Brazil. B. M. 4109. P.M. 

 9:241. 



8. Candida, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, 2-lvd., 

 with few Ivs. at base: Ivs. oblong-linear, 1 ft. long, \% 

 in. broad: raceme erect, 1 ft. long, 6-8-fld.: sepals and 

 petals spreading, oblong, acute, somewhat wavy, bright 

 yellow, with large red-brown blotches; labellum large, 

 broadly obovate, convolute, crenate and wavy on the 

 margin, white, changing to yellow, with a faint purple 

 blotch. A strange species producing 5-6 racemes, each 

 with 6-10 fls. about 2>^ in. across. Autumn. Brazil. 

 B.M. 3793 (var. «ai^esccns). P.M.6:241. Gn.20,p.463. 



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

 long, sheathed with Ivs. at the base and 2-lvd. at the 

 apex: Ivs. dark green, strap-shaped, 1 ft. long: scape 

 erect, 5-8-fld. as long as the Ivs.: fls. 3-4 in. across; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate, spreading, mostly chocolate 

 brown, gn-iiiisli yt-l' 



creamy wliii-'. with 

 robust, fri'.' il..\voiii 

 Feb. Brazil. U.K. 



10. Warscewiczii 

 Hort. ()iiri,li,ii,i f, 

 toni, Hort.). I'seiido- 

 bulbs 3-5 in. long, much 

 flattened : Ivs, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, 5-6 in. 

 long: fls. 2 in. long from 

 the tips of the lip to that 

 of the upper sepal, nu- 

 merous, borne in a 

 branched nodding pani- 

 cle; 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. 

 8.18:1831. 



11. Busselliina, Lindl. (Oncidium- Jf»s 

 Lindl.). Pseudobulbs ovate, ribbed, 2-lvd. 

 rowly lanceolate: flower stems dark purple, few-fld. : 

 sepals and petals ovate-oblong, somewhat undulate, 

 brownish purple with green margins; labellum oblong- 

 cuneate, refuse, apiculate, violet, the crests or lamellfe 

 on the disk margined with white. Fls. rather small and 

 dull in color. Dee. Brazil. B.R. 22:1830. P.M. 7:217. 



12. flavfisoens, Lindl. Pseudobulbs narrow: Ivs. 

 linear-ensiforra: raceme many-fld., the stalk sheathed 

 with bracts: fls. stellate, yellow, with the labellum some- 

 what spotted with purple; sepals and petals linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate; labellum pandurate, undulate-acumi- 

 nate. .June. Brazil. B.R. K:W27. {Cyrtochilam flaves- 

 ccrts).— Var. grandifldra, Regel. Fls. larger, white at 

 first, becoming whitish yellow ; labellum obtuse. Gt. 

 39:1328. 



M. hicolor and var. Candida are advertised.— 5f. Bleuctna, 

 Hort. (Miltonopsis Bleui, Bleu.). Garden hybrid between M. 

 vesillaria and M. Rrezlii, Intermediate between the parents: 

 fls. large, 4 iu.afrnss, white, with the bases of the segments 

 tinged witli rose-purple; labellum large, bilobed, veined with 

 pink. The sepals and petals are well developed, making a full. 



c, alluding to the fact that 



What t 



the tips, and few spots of 1 

 ilinvate-rotund, slightly wavy, 

 irullel ridges on the crest. A 

 lilt of the habit of M. Candida. 



l.H. 7:237. 

 ■Uh. t.iOdontogldssum WHtoni, 

 («i, Reichb. f. Oncidiutn WH- 





species are sensitive). Leguminbsm. 

 florists know as Mimosas are Acacias (chiefly 

 A. armata). Mimosa has stamens 10 or less (once or 

 twice as many as the petals); Acacia has numerous 

 stamens. Of Mimosas there are between 200 and 300 

 species of tropical regions, chiefly of tropical America. 

 Trees, shrubs or herbs (sometimes woody climbers), 

 with bipinnate often sensitive Ivs. (sometimes the Ivs. 

 reduced to phyllodia) : fls. usually with 4 or 5 united 

 petals, and a very minute or obsolete calyx: pollen 

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

 1-seeded joints when ripe. 



A, Herhaceous plants. 



pMica, Linn. Sensitive Plant. Humble Plant. 

 Fig. 1403. Cult, as an annual, but probably perennial in 

 the tropics, erect, branching, hairy and spiny: ivs. long- 

 petioled, with 2 or 4 sub-digitate pinnate linear-oblong 

 Ifts. : fls. many, in globular-oblong heads on elongating 

 axillary peduncles, purplish : pods comprising 3 or 4 spiny 

 joints. Brazil, but widely naturalized iu warm countries. 

 — Easily grown from seeds, which are sold by seedsmen. 

 The plant grows readily in any place in which garden 

 beans will thrive. It is grown for its sensitive foliage. 

 The movements are usually quickest in young plants. 

 When the Ivs. are toucli.'.]. th,- p.tiol,- fall; .-nid the leaf- 

 lets close. Neither the nirrliani^ni noi' ilio nt ilitv of these 



movements is well uu.l.r^t I. .1/. .,,,,,/,,„, Linn., 



is a distinct plant (B.K. l:L'.'il. It N a liall-diuiliing per- 

 ennial with 2 unequally pinnate Ut.s., nut .so sensitive as 

 M. pudica. The word piidica is Latin for modest or 

 retiring. 



aa. Woody plants. 

 B. Primary pinna 1 pair. 



Spegazlni, Pirotta. Spiny: pinnae 2, bearing very 

 numerous Ifts. : fls. light purple, in globular heads or 



eJlidnu 



spiny. Argentina. — Int. by 



BB. Primary pinnw 2 pairs. 



Guayaquilfinsis, Steud. {Ac&cia GuayaquiUnsis, 

 Desf . ) . Pinna? 4, with 3-5 pairs of ovate-obtuse glau- 

 cous Ifts., of which the lower ones are smaller: opposite 

 stipular spines at the base of the leaf. Ecuador. 

 BBS. Primary pinnce 3 pairs. 



Ceratdnia, Linn. (Acdcia Ceratdnia, Willi.}. Pinnse 



about 5 pairs; Ifts. obovate: pods glabrous, somewhat 



articulate and spiny. Small, spiny tree from W. Indies. 



BBBB. Primary pinna GS pairs. 



acanthocArpa, Poir. {Acuia a,;ni/hnr,!rp„. WiUd. 

 A. brachyacdntha, Humb. & I!"ii|.l.!. riiiiue 12-14, 

 with 6-15 pairs of oblonff-pnln-^'aiit in^.: stipular 

 spines 2: fls. in heads on twin :ixillarv |.r.luucles: pod 

 falcate, spiny. Mex.-Bush or small tree. 



DSnhardti, Tenore. Ornamental shrub: branches gla- 

 brous or minutely hairy, striate, usually bent at each 

 thorn: Ivs. hairy, the pinnae 12-14, the ultimate Ifts. 

 small i% in. long) and crowded and falcate-oblong- 

 acute: fls. in club-shaped, axillary clusters: thorns 1-3 

 in. long. S.Amer.-Cult. in S.Calif. Int. by Franceschi. 

 L. H. B. 



