. 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. SPIBANTHES perate zone and extending south to Chile, all terrestrial herbs, few of which have any horticultural value. Some of the hardy species are advertised by dealers in native plants and by collectors. Erect herbs with fleshy or tu- berous roots': Ivs. mostly at the base or on the lower part of the stem: r
. 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. SPIBANTHES perate zone and extending south to Chile, all terrestrial herbs, few of which have any horticultural value. Some of the hardy species are advertised by dealers in native plants and by collectors. Erect herbs with fleshy or tu- berous roots': Ivs. mostly at the base or on the lower part of the stem: raceme teiininal, twisted: fls. spur- less, small or medium-sized; sepals free or more or less united at the top, or united with the petals into ahel- met ; labelluni sessile or clawed, concave, embracing the column and spreading into a crisped, sometimes lobed or toothed blade: poliinia 2, powdery. A. Color of fls. scarlet. colorita, N. (S. colbrans, Hemsl.). Lvs. ellip- tic to elliptic-oblong, undulate, acute, 5-6 in. long: stem 2 ft. high: spike 3 in. long: Hs. and longer bracts scar- let. April. Mexico. 1374 (as jYco^ia speciosa). AA. Color of fls. ichile or wJiitish. B. Fls. in 3 rows: lvs. persistent at the flowering time. c6mua, Rich. Nodding Ladies' Tresses. Lvs. mostly basal, linear or linear - oblanceolate: stem 6-25 in. high, usually pubescent above, with 2-6 acuminate bracts : fls. white or \visli, fragrant, nodding or spreading, in a spiki' t-"' in, Iohl': lateral sepals free, the upper arching and . with the petals; label- luni oblong, roundid ;it il]i> :i|..x. crisp. Nova Scotia to Miun. and suulh to Fla. 1568 (as Neottiaeernwa); 5211. 10:823. 1:471. 13:407. V. 11:13. EomanzoKiina, Cham. & Schlecht. Lvs. linear to linear-oblanceolate, in. lonir: stem 6-15 in. high, leafy below: spike 2-4 hi. Ion-: IN. white or greenish, riugent; sepals and ].â i:iN at base, connivent into a hood; lab
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