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MILTONIA. 



syn. Laicrenceana. Gard. Chroii. XXII. (1884), p. 396), rose-pink, the 



lateral sepals with 1 — 2 red-puriile streaks near the base, the lip with a 



large triangular rayed blotch at the base, of maroon-purple toned with 



red and bordered with a zone of the purest Avhite. 



This popular and charming Miltonia is supposed to have been 



originally discovered by Bowman^ while collecting plants in New 



Granada in 1866 — 67, and where he shortly afterwards succumbed 



to the climate and fatigue. This belief is strengthened by the 



Miltonia vexillaria. 



following passage that occurs in his letter of October 14th, 1867, to 

 the late Mr. James Veitch, giving an account of his journey across 

 New Granada from Buenaventura to Bogota: — "Another good plant 

 is the scarlet Odontoglossum ; this is the brightest I have yet seen 

 among orchidaceous plants." From the route taken, it is probable 

 that he met with the plant, assuming that the extract refers to 

 MiUonin vexillaria, in some locality on the western slopes of the 

 coast Cordillera, but where it is comparatively rare. It first became 



