. 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. 996 MAXILLARIA acuminate: scape short, with 1 small fl.: sepals and petals oblong obtuse, yellow-tingeil and spotted with reddish orange; side lobes of labellum small, sharp; middle lobe elongate, sub-quadrate, emarginate; all yel- low, spotted with crimson. Trinidad. 22 Not valuable. 8. eleg4ntula,
. 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. 996 MAXILLARIA acuminate: scape short, with 1 small fl.: sepals and petals oblong obtuse, yellow-tingeil and spotted with reddish orange; side lobes of labellum small, sharp; middle lobe elongate, sub-quadrate, emarginate; all yel- low, spotted with crimson. Trinidad. 22 Not valuable. 8. eleg4ntula, Rolfe. The bases o£ the segments are white, the outer halves pale yellow, marked with choco- latecolor. Nov. , the sepals are ovate-lanceolate, wavy and recurved, the lower pair broader; petals smaller, pointing forward, concave, wavy, with reflexed tips: Ivs. lanceolate-acute. 9. liiteo-41ba, Lindl. Pseudobulbs long-ovate, 1-lvd., 2K in. high: Ivs. broad, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 1 ft. long: scapes 6 in. long: sepals 3 in. long, Vi in. wide, tawny yellow fading to white at the base, brown on theback, the lower pair drooping; petals erect, point- ing forward, one-half as long, white to brown and yel- low above; side lobes of the labellum yellow with pur- ple streaks; middle lobe recurved, hairy, yellow, with white margins. Colombia.âA robust species, which soon fills large-sized pans, making very ornamental plants. 10. Striata, Rolfe. Scapes G-8 in. long, bearing soli- tary fls. 4-5 in. across the sepals: dorsal sepals ovate- oblong; lateral sepals ovate-attenuate, forming a broad mentum at the base, often twisted and recurved; petals narrower, wavy; both sepals and petals are yellow, striped with red-brown; lobes of the labellum crenate- wavy, white with purple veins, the lateral ones re- curved. Aug. Peru. 111. 2n:(;:il. 41 '«- 13S0. Maxillaria Houtteana (X about J^). 11. Houtteina, Reichb. f. Fig. 1380. Rhizome
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