. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MILTONIA MIMOSA 1017 31:503 (habit poor). 1874:U3. 40:37. F. 1850. p. 123 (outline). 6:633. G. Regnelli, Reiclib. f. Like M. Candida in liabit and foliage: Ivs. 1 iu. broatl: scapes ei'ect, bearing several large 2 in. in iliam.: sepals and petals spread- ing, recurved at the apex, oblon
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MILTONIA MIMOSA 1017 31:503 (habit poor). 1874:U3. 40:37. F. 1850. p. 123 (outline). 6:633. G. Regnelli, Reiclib. f. Like M. Candida in liabit and foliage: Ivs. 1 iu. broatl: scapes ei'ect, bearing several large 2 in. in iliam.: sepals and petals spread- ing, recurved at the apex, oblong, acute,white; labellum subpandurate, obtuse or emarginate, rose-purple, with deeper veins and 3 yellow keels at the base. Sept. Brazil. 5436.— Var. purpiirea, Pynsert. Sepals and petals tinted with rose, with white margins; labellum crimson, with a white crest. 17:253. 7. Clowesii, Lindl. Fseudobulbs ovate-oblong, leafy at the base and bearing 2 narrow ensiform Ivs. at the apex; scape erect, 1 ft. long, many-fid.: ds. 3 in. across, orange-yellow, mottled with brown, the lip white with a violet base; sepals and petals spreading, lanceolate, acuminate; labellum fiddle-shaped, witli a cordate base and a broadly rotund, acute terminal portion. Resembles M. Candida. Sept., Oct. Brazil. B. M. 4109. 9:241. 8. cindida, Lindl. Fseudobulbs ovate-oblong, 2-lvd., "with few Ivs. at base: Ivs. oblong-linear, 1 ft. long, 1>2 in. broad: raceme erect, 1 ft. long, 6-8-fld.: sepals and petals spreading, oblong, acute, somewhat wavy, bright yellow, with large red-brown blotches; labellum large, broadly obovate, convolute, crenate and wavy on the margin, white, ciianging to yellow, with a faint purple blotch. A strange species producing 5-0 racemes, eacli with 6-10 fis. about 2H in. across. Autumn. Brazil. 3793 (var. «aresce«s). 6:241. Gn. 20, p. 463. 9. cune&ta, Lindl. Fseudobulbs ovate, clustered, 4 in. long, sheathed with Ivs. at the base and 2-lvd. at
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