. 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. 30 AERIDES ^SCHTNANTHUS long, IM in. in diam.; sepals and petals white, tipped with amethyst; side lobes of labellum falcate, pale ame- thyst ; front lobe convex, denticulate, keeled above, amethyst in center, margined with white and barred with rose; spur short. Upper Burmah. Var. HouUetlS,- num (A. HouUetihnu
. 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. 30 AERIDES ^SCHTNANTHUS long, IM in. in diam.; sepals and petals white, tipped with amethyst; side lobes of labellum falcate, pale ame- thyst ; front lobe convex, denticulate, keeled above, amethyst in center, margined with white and barred with rose; spur short. Upper Burmah. Var. HouUetlS,- num (A. HouUetihnum., Reichb. f.). Ms. large, IJ^in. in diam.; petals and sepals pale buff, magenta apical blotch; labellum creamy white; side lobes penciled with magenta, front lobe keeled. Cochin China. :205. R. H. 1891:324. Var. Leonsei (A. Leonaii, Reichb. f.). Side lobes blunt and retuse. AAA. MuUiflorum section; apical lobe of labellum hastate, B. Peduncles not ascending. 11. multlilonun, Rosb. (A. affme, Wall. A, rdseuin, Lodd.). Plant compact, dwarf: Ivs. stout, leathery, 6-10 in. long, dotted with brown (?): scapes 15-20 in. long, often branching : fls. small and crowded ; petals and dorsal sepals ovate, equal in length, rose-colored shading to white at the base, dotted and spotted with crimson, inferior sepals pale, less spotted ; labellum cordate-rhomboid at right angles, with other segments scarcely trilobed, deep rose ; spur compressed, very short. India. 4049. Gt. 8:267. Var. L6bbi (4. I/6bbii, JloTt.). Lvs. crowded: peduncles more branch- ing ; fls. more intensely colored ; very distinct. I. H. 15:559. Var. Godefroy^ntmi, Hort. (A. Godefroydnum, Reichb. f.). Fls. larger than in type and more brilliant in color. 17:169. This is the most widely distributed of the East Indian species, if we except A. odoratum. 12. macnldsiun, Lindl. Plant compact: lvs. dark spotted : racemes pendent, sometimes branching; se- pals and petals pale rose, dotted with purple; anterior lobe
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