100 MILTOXIA, 



M. Clowesii. 



l*s('U(l()-l)iill>s iiaiiiiwlv ovute-obloBg, compressed, atteniiated upwards, 

 3 — i inches long, dipliyllous. Loaves linear-ligulate, 12 — 18 inclies long. 

 Peduncles nearly as long again as tlic leaves, racemose along the distal 

 half, 7 — 10 flowered. Floweis 2—3 inclies in diameter; sepals and 

 petals similar and suh-equal, lanceolate, acuminate, chestnut-hrown barred 

 and tipped with yellow ; lip suh-pauduriform, [iroducetl at the apical 

 margin to an acuminate jjoint, the basal half violet-piu^ple the distal half 

 white ; crest consisting of 5 — 7 raised lines of unequal length that are 

 sometimes white, sometimes yellow, of which the middle one is the 

 broadest, and the two next to it are the longest. Column wings very 

 narrow, entire. 



Miltonia Clowesii, Lindl. Serf. Oreh. t. 34 (1839). Id. Fol. Orch. Milt. No. 3. 

 Bot. Maq. t. 4109. Paxt. Mag. Bot. IX. p. 241. Rchb. Xen. Orcli. I. p. 130. 

 Kegel's Garlenfl. III. t. 160. Belrj. hort. 1876, p. 174. Odontoglossum Clowesii, 

 Liudl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. 153. Brassia Clowesii, Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. 1844, 

 misc. ji. 7. Oncidium Clowesii, Eehb. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 760 (1863). 



SUb-var. — raxfanea (Rchb. Xen. Orch. I. \k 30), sepals and petals chestnut- 

 In'dwn, paliT towards the tips, stained witli jilnm Cdlour at the base; lip 

 wholly pluiu-pur})le, shaded with maroon at the liase, paler at the apex. 



Miltonia Clowesii was first detected by Gardner in a ravine of the 

 Organ Mountains, and sent by liim to the Rev. John Clowes, in 

 whose garden at Broughton Hall, near Manchester, it flowered in 

 the autumn of 1839. It has been occasionally received since from 

 correspondents in Bio de Janeiro and the adjacent province of Miiias 

 Geraes. The sub-variety castaiiea, which is a very handsome form, 

 that was first noticed by Reichenbach many years ago, recently 

 reappeared in our houses, when the above description was taken. 



M. cuneata. 



A robust plant with a stoutish creeping rhizome. Pseudo-bulbs ovate- 

 oblong, compressed, 3 — 4 inches long, diphyllous. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate, acute, 9 — 15 inches long. Peduncles as long again as the 

 leaves, erect, racemed above, 5 — 8 flowered ; bracts triangular, acute, 

 glumaceous. Flowers 2|- — 3 inches in diameter; sepals and petals similar, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with recurved tips and luidulate margin, 

 chestnut-brown tipped with light yellow and sometimes with a few 

 yellow streaks near the base ; lip white with a long narrow claw and 

 sub-quadrate, undulate blade, on the disk of which are two slightly 

 divergent raised plates that are sometimes spotted with rose. Column 

 wings narrow, denticulate. 



Miltonia cuneata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, niiso, No. 28. Td. 184.5, t. 8. Id. Fol. 

 Orch. Milt. No. 8. Echb. Xen. Orch. I. p. 131. lUus. hort. 1860, t. 237. Williams' 

 Orch. Alb. I. t. 46. M. speciosa, Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenz. XVII. p. 129. Oncidium 

 speciosum, Echb. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 761 (1863). 



