. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . avescens.—Brazil. M. Regnelli, Rchb. f.—A very distinct and pretty species,which grows in the way of M. cuncaia. The pseudobulbs areancipitous narrow oblong, tapering to the apex, the leaveslinear ligulate, light green, and about twelve inches long,and the scapes erect from the axils of accessory leaves, andproducing from three to six flowers, which are about two anda half inches across, the lanceolate sepals and the oblongpetals white, and the subpandurate lip cuneate at the base,
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . avescens.—Brazil. M. Regnelli, Rchb. f.—A very distinct and pretty species,which grows in the way of M. cuncaia. The pseudobulbs areancipitous narrow oblong, tapering to the apex, the leaveslinear ligulate, light green, and about twelve inches long,and the scapes erect from the axils of accessory leaves, andproducing from three to six flowers, which are about two anda half inches across, the lanceolate sepals and the oblongpetals white, and the subpandurate lip cuneate at the base,quadrate and emarginate in front, and of a pale rosy pinkstreaked with darker rose in the centre, white at the edge andalong the median line ; there are three lamellae at the base ofthe lip, the middle one shorter than the others. The plantgenerally produces its blossoms in September or October, andlasts in bloom for some four or five weeks. It is best grownin a pot, with peat and moss.—Brazil. -EiG.—Bot. Mag.,t. 5436 ; Baiem. 2nd Cent. Orch. PI, ; Xenia Orch.,i. t. 47 ; Puydt, Les Orch., t. MILTONIA. 413 M. Eeglielli purpurea, Hort.—This is a most charmingform of M. Regnelli, and very rare. The habit of growth isthe same in both, but in the formhere referred to the spike is longer,and the flowers are larger, and al-together superior in colour ; thesepals and petals are delicate rose,margined with white, and the broadflat emarginate lip is of an intensemagenta-crimson, the three crestsbeing white, and accompanied byseveral small pinkish stripes.—Brazil. Fig.—Orchid Album, ii. t. 72 ; Floral Mag., t. 490. MILTONIA REGNELLI PURPDREA. M. spectabilis, LimUey.—A beautiful and well-knownpopular Orchid, which grows about six inches high, and pro-duces its large solitary showy flowers in July and August,lasting six weeks in beauty if kept in a cool house andfree from damp. The pseudobulbs are oval, ancipitous,and covered by a pair of hgulate leaves, of a terny
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