MILTONIA. 
Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1976, et t. 1992. 
Separa explanata, eequalia : _—— basi pauld connatis. 
PETALA conformia, equilon 
LaBELLUM indivisum, sess ne Cc. — continuum, lineis 
quibusdam elevatis interruptis juxta bas 
CoLUMNA nana, auriculis 2, nunc cum clinandrio cucullato 
confluentibus. Stigma excavatum. 
OLLINIA 2, cereacea, posticé sulcata; eaudiculd obovatd; 
— sidengh: Anthera operculata, membranacea, nuda. 
rhe eyiphyte Americe tropice, pseudobulbose, colore sepins 
Titania, Folia a usta, plana. Racemi simplices, radicales, 
pe —— _— squamis arcte imbricato, Flores speciosi, lutei, 
v. ——_ 
hort col separates this genus from Oncidium and Odontoglossum ; 
its iets from Brassia. Its habit is peculiar, The section B bears the 
same relation to Miltonia as the § Trymenium to Odo ontoglossum., 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE GENUS. 
§ A. Column with two auricles; anther-bed nak 
§ B. Column wings blended with the cucullate ee 
raised edge of the anther-bed. 
§ A. 
. M. spectabilis, sane, & ry Bot. Reg. sub t. 1976, Aug, A 
ar " 1992. Bot. Mag., t. 
M. pseudobulbis ovalibus encpibs levibus, foliis ligulatis 
patentissimis, pedun culis unifloris squamis magnis fuscis striatis 
inatis dens¢ imbricatis, sepalis eeniibas planis, petalis con- 
formibus latioribus ee Mbello maximo cuneato rotundato 
basi trilamellato, columne alis angustis acutissimis. 
A) Sepals and petals white. Macrochilus Fryanus. Floral Cab., t. 45, 
Sept. 1, 1837. 
(B) Sepals and petals purple. Bot. Mag., t. 4425, Miltonia Moreliana. 
Hort. 
Wild in Braztz; Serra de eee ic. —? no. a7, 
gone wisi 
coloured sepals = pir d trond wile pate ct iek tim inition: 
sary eens except colour Tit The 
Dao. 1, 1853. 
