. 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. THUNIA THURBER 1801 ceolate, striate Ivs. 6 in. long: raceme drooping at the end of the stem, 6-12-fld.: fis. white, 3-4 in. across when fully open; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; shorter than the segments, not manifestly 3-lobed, hiteral lobes convolute over the column, apex spreadi
. 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. THUNIA THURBER 1801 ceolate, striate Ivs. 6 in. long: raceme drooping at the end of the stem, 6-12-fld.: fis. white, 3-4 in. across when fully open; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; shorter than the segments, not manifestly 3-lobed, hiteral lobes convolute over the column, apex spreading, wavy and finely crisp. The color of the labellum is white veined with purple in the throat, with 5-9 purple or yellow fringed keels. Wings of the column entire. April-Aug. Burma and S. Hini- alaya region. 3991. 2-4:33. 5:125, 3:125. 1874:450. Gt. 47, p. are several varieties of this species. Tlie throat of the labellum is often yellow. B^nsoniae, Hook. (PhAius B^nsonifn, Benth.). Stems fascicled, 1-2 ft. high, leafy: Ivs. liuear-hmceolate, 8-10 in. long: fls. like those of T. alba but of a pale purple color; labellum large, 3-lobed, deep purple in front, with a yellow crested disk, with 6-7 rows of fringe-like golden yellow hairs; spur short, slender. India. July- Sept. 5694. 31 most showy spe- cies of the genus. Marshalliana,(P7iAi«sJlfar6*ftaniff?,Nichols.). Closely related to T. alba. Stems somewhat stronger: segments pure white, acuminate: labellum evidently 3- lobed, with the lateral lobes surrounding the column, middle lobe wavy and crisp. The color of the labellum is yellowish white, with five orange-fringed keels in the throat: wings of the column toothed. May-Aug. India. 21:229. Gt. 47, p. 233. 2, p. var. ionophlebia, Reichb. f., has the center of the labellum bright yellow, paler toward the margin. Heinrich Hasselbking. THURBER, GEORGE (Plate XLI), botanist, natur- alist and editor,
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