98 :\iiLTOXiA. 



tlnivc liettev iiiulci' a iiKirc (M|iial>k' teiiipcratuic tliroiigluait tlic year than 

 uiuler tlie wider raiigo allmved to Cattlryas, it is the ])ractice of many 

 cultivators to place them with, or under the sanic conditions as Cattleyas 

 during the winter months, and to remove them to the Odontoglossum house 

 in the summer. Miltonia lioezlii requires more heat and more sliacle, and 

 may he cultivated in i)ans suspended near the roof-glass of the warmest 

 house. M. Wurscewiczu also requires more lieat and shade than either 

 the Brazilian or ColomT)ian species except M liordii. M. Schroederiana 

 is a rare species of whieli we have had no cultural experience. All 

 the Colomluan Miltonias are naturally found in shady and moist 

 situations; under cultivation tlierefore the supjily of moisture must not 

 be intermittent, hut simply varied in amount according to the season of 

 the year. Those with pallid pseudo-hull^s ai\d leaves are particularly 

 liable to the attacks of thrip and red-spider, and the freeing of the 

 plants from these pests is one of the most onerous duties of the 

 cidtivators of tliem. 



Synopsis op Species and Varieties. 

 Miltonia anceps. 



" Pseudo-bulbs oblong, compressed, 2 — 3 inches long, diphyllons. 



Leaves linear-oldong, sub-acute, 4 — 6 inches long. Peduncles longer 



tlian the leaves, two-edged, sheathed by long, alternate, compressed 



.bracts, one flowered. PloAvers 2 — 2|- inches in diameter ; sepals and 



petals similar, oblong-lanceolate with recurved tips, yellow-green ; lip 



sub-panduriform, white witli 2 — .3 imrple longitudinal streaks on the 



disk, in front of which are a few purple spots ; l)asilar lamellae two, 



Avith a small tooth between them. Column wings purple.'' — Botanical 



Magazine. 



Miltonia anceps, LinJl. Fol. Orcb. Milt. No. 7 (1853). Eclib. Xen. Orch. I. 

 p. 56, t. 21. £ot. Mag. t. 5572. Odontoolossiun anceps, Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenz. 

 1851, p. 250. Oncidium anceps, Rclib. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 758 (1863). 



Originally introduced by Messrs. Loddiges from Brazil, and sub- 

 sequently, about the year 1850, it was sent to Herr Jenisch's 

 collection at Flotbeck, near Hamburg, by Allardt. It was re- 

 introduced by Messrs. Low and Co. in 1861, through tlieir collector 

 Blunt, and flowered in Mr. Bateman's collection at Knypersley in 

 tbe spring of the following year. We find no record of its habitat 

 nor any notice of its having flowered in this country since the last 

 mentioned date. 



M. Candida. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, elongated, compressed, 3 — 4 inches long, diphyllous. 

 Leaves liuear-ol)lanceolate, acute, couqilicate at l)ase, 9 — 1.5 inclies long. 



