. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. H^MANTHUS in. tall, compressed, mottled : bracts large and thick, ascending and forming a cup, in which the red fls. are borne: fls. 1 in. long, with linear segments and a short tube. S. Africa. 1075. 3:240. Var. coarc- tatus, Baker, has smaller Ivs. and sh
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. H^MANTHUS in. tall, compressed, mottled : bracts large and thick, ascending and forming a cup, in which the red fls. are borne: fls. 1 in. long, with linear segments and a short tube. S. Africa. 1075. 3:240. Var. coarc- tatus, Baker, has smaller Ivs. and shorter bracts. plants. tigrinus, Jacq. Lvs. ciliate on the margins, 1 ft. or less kni!;. spotted on the lower part of the back; scape (1 rt-d-spotted: umbel dense, 2 in. or less in diam.: linirts shorter than in the last (not over 2 in. long), l>rif;lit red: fls. 1 in. or less long, with very short tube. S. Africa. 1705. L. H. B. HffiMAEIA (Greek, referring to the blood-red under surface of the Its.). OrchidAcece. A genus of 4 species of terrestrial orchids, known to the trade chiefly as Goodyera. They are really dwarf stove foliage plants, and arc to be cult, like Anoectochilus. In Hffimaria the lower lij) is swelled above its base into a wide claw and is provided with a pouch-like sac at base, and a blade of 2 divergent lobes; in Goodyera the blade of the lip is small and not clawed Both genera belong to a large group in which the lip either has no spur or sac, or if the latter is present, it is included between the sepals; while in Anoectochilus the lip has a prominent sac or spur projecting between the lateral sepals. The leaves of S. discolor are green above and red be- low. It is, however, not nearly so brilliant as Hirmaria Dawsoniana, which has the same red color beneath, and is beautifully netted above with red or yellow. In both species a dozen or more small fls., chiefly white, are borne on a densely hairy scape. Alfred Rehder writes that
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