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cult to distinguish from those of Miltonia spectabilis Moreliana, but the lip 
is narrower at the base and dilated suddenly and acutely at the top. Both 
the sepals and petals are a little narrower and more acute, of the finest dark 
horse-chestnut purple. The lip is of the richest purple, with five, unequal, 
yellow keels at the base, and numerous dark purple blotches, with nearly 
white margins, occupy the base and inside line of the disc. The auricles of 
the column are bilobed. The yellow tabula infrastigmatica is provided with 
two erect teeth. It is probably a hybrid between M. spectabilis Moreliana and 
M. Clowesii. I received five flowers, an inflorescence, bulb, and leaf from 
M.A. A. Peeters, St. Gilles, Bruxelles, to whom it is dedicated with 
pleasure. I believe I saw the very same plant at Mr. W. Bull’s some days 
ago, when it was nearly dark.” 
Var. LUBBERSIANA was described by Reichenbach in 1887, as follows :— 
‘* This very fine variety has both the sepals and petals covered with very dark, 
horse-chestnut coloured spots, which are very often confluent in the middle. 
The peduncle at hand, the first one developed, is two-flowered, but may attain 
higher development. It was kindly sent me by M. A.A. Peeters, St. Gilles, 
Bruxelles. It is dedicated, at the wish of Mr. Peeters, and with great satis- 
faction on my part to Mr. Lubbers, of the Botanic Garden of Bruxelles, 
whom I have had the pleasure of knowing for nearly a third of a century as 
a most intelligent and a most enthusiastic grower and lover of plants.” 
All the forms of this hybrid are remarkably handsome. The following are 
the references to descriptions and figures :— 
M. x Biuntu, Rchb. f.in Gard. Chron., 1897, xii., p. 489; Cogn. et 
Gooss. Icon. Orch., Milt. hybr., t. 2. 
Var. LUBBERSIANA, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1887, ii., p. 649 ; Orchido- 
phile, 1890, p. 176, with plate; Journ. Hort., 1892, xxiv., pp. 379 373; 
fig. 65; Lindenia, v., t. 203 ; Veitch Man. Orch., viii., p. 117, with fig ; Journ. 
Hort., 1892, xxiv., pp. 370, 373, fig. 65 ; Gard. Mag., 1898, p. 736, with fig. ; 
Cogn. et Gooss. Icon. Orch., Milt. hybr. t. 2a. 
Var. PEETERSIANA. M. X Peetersiana, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1886, 
xxvi., p. 326; Cogn. et Gooss. Dict. Icon. Orch., Milt. hybr., t. 3. 
M. x Lamarcheana was described by Reichenbach as a new hybrid in 
1881, though this was not the first appearance of the plant, it having been 
figured by E. Morren, in 1876, as M. Clowesii var. Lamarcheana. Reichen- 
bach remarked, “I have at hand a beautiful inflorescence coming from the 
excellent collection of M. Massange de Louvrex, of Liege, grown by M. 
Kramer,” and, after pointing out various intermediate characters, added, 
“* My opinion is, that the plant may be a mule between M. candida and M. 
Clowesii.” According to Morren it first flowered in August, 1874, in the 
garden of M. Oscar Lamarche de Rossius, President of the Société Royale 
d’ Horticulture of Liege, the plant having been received from the province 
