The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . nslana (Stevens), fl. white (changing to buff as theybecome older), with a rosy-purple spot on the lip; scape erect, Calanthe—continued. hairy, eight-to ten-flowered. Bulbs greyish, stout-juinted. CochinChina, 1883. A pretty species. C. striata (striated). The correct name of C. Sieboldii. (B. ; L. S. ()., t. 9.) Stn. C. bicolor. C. sylvatica (sylvan). A synonym of C. natalentis. C. trlcarlnata (three keeled), fl. lin. across; sepals whitish,tinge
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . nslana (Stevens), fl. white (changing to buff as theybecome older), with a rosy-purple spot on the lip; scape erect, Calanthe—continued. hairy, eight-to ten-flowered. Bulbs greyish, stout-juinted. CochinChina, 1883. A pretty species. C. striata (striated). The correct name of C. Sieboldii. (B. ; L. S. ()., t. 9.) Stn. C. bicolor. C. sylvatica (sylvan). A synonym of C. natalentis. C. trlcarlnata (three keeled), fl. lin. across; sepals whitish,tinged with pale green and rose-pink ; petals narrower, the basalhalf whitish, the apical half stained with rose-pink ; lip rose-purple bordered with white, the disk having three white keels;spur obsolete ; scape erect, loosely racemose, t. broadly oval oroval-oblong, Sin. to 6in. long. Nepal, 1879. C. Tumerl (Turners), fl. pure white, with a deep rose eye,resembling those of C. vestita, but more compact, and producedin larger and longer spikes than in that species. Pseudo-bulbsjointed. Java. C. T. nivalis (snowy), n. wholly white. Fig. 195. C.*, C. veratrlfolia. This time-honoured species, with its boldfoliage and erect flower-spikes, is shown at Fig. 195. C. V. colorans (coloured), fl. whife ; lip changing to ochre,with calli of ramboge-yellow ; spur generally bidentate at apex ;raceme ratlicr dense, elongated, the rachis, bracts, ovaries,and sepals velvety. India, 1885. (W. O. A. 218.) C, versicolor (various-coloured). A synonym of C. C. vestita Foumlerl (Fourniers). fl. of a rosy tint,smaller than in the type. 1892. A pretty variety. C. V. gigantea (gigantic). //. white, large, with a blood-red eye ;spike verv stout. November to March. Plant larger in allits parts than in the type, retaining its foliage until new growthbegins. See Fig. 196. C. V. luteo-oculata (yeUow-eyed). fl. white, with a blotch ofyeUow in the middle of the lip. Octobe
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