. 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. latf. lar- the the GONGORA AA. Lateral sepa}.-< broad, ovate, pointed. B. F!s. JigJtt sepia hrown : ovanj niurJi i)ici<rved. galeata, Reich, f. {^f(txillllria gahdfa, Lindl. Arm- pera Loddigc'^ii, Liinil.). Pseiulobulbs ovate-conical, clothed with membranous scales : Ivs. broadly laueeo- late, it in. lon^
. 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. latf. lar- the the GONGORA AA. Lateral sepa}.-< broad, ovate, pointed. B. F!s. JigJtt sepia hrown : ovanj niurJi i)ici<rved. galeata, Reich, f. {^f(txillllria gahdfa, Lindl. Arm- pera Loddigc'^ii, Liinil.). Pseiulobulbs ovate-conical, clothed with membranous scales : Ivs. broadly laueeo- late, it in. lon^: racemes drooping;, 0-8 in. long, with (1-12 pale sepia brown fls.: dorsal sepal galeate; petals small, oblong-truneate; labellum 3-lobed ; lateral lobes in- rtexed, middle one saccate. The plants bear several short, rather large-fld. racemes. Aug. Mex. 35G3. 17:1645. BB. Fls. yellow: ovary someivliat iucitrr<'d. Armeniaca, Reichb. f. {Acrojunt Ari»cu)aco, Lindl.). PseudobulLis ovate, sulcate, 2-lvtl.: raceme lodse, bear- ing many yellow Us.: sepals ovate, rounded, apiculate, the lateral ones oblique; petals one-half as long as the column; labellum tleshy; apex ovate, plane, acuminate, base tuberculate, crested. 5501. AAA. Lateral sepals lanceolate to ovafc-laueeolate. B. Fls. ehoeolate-hrotvn, spotted. atropurpiirea, Hook. Pscudobulbs oblong-cylimlrical, deeply sulcate, 2-lvd.: Ivs. about 1 ft. long, fane subplicate: racemes numerous, '2 ft. long, bearing m chocolate-colored, spotted tls. about 2 in. in diam.: n gins of the sepals revolute; i)etals small, twisted at apex; labellum 4-hornetl at the base; apex folded soeyndeeep. A monotypic genus containing a South African shrub. John Saul, of Washington, D. C, spoke of it as having racemes of double white fls., borne on the point of every shoot, and suggesting the Cape Jessamine by their form and fra- grance. He probably had some other plant in mind, for. according to DeCandollo, Gonioma has yellowish fls.
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