. 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. RENANTHERA RESEDA 1505 Stdriei, Reichb. f. Stem slender, climbing, 10-12 ft. high: Ivs. alternate, oblong to linear-oblong: panicle about 1 ft. long and nearly as broad: Hs. 2%-3 in. long; petals and dorsal sepal erect, linear-spatulate, orange- red, mottled with crimson; lateral sepals pendulous, obovate-spatu
. 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. RENANTHERA RESEDA 1505 Stdriei, Reichb. f. Stem slender, climbing, 10-12 ft. high: Ivs. alternate, oblong to linear-oblong: panicle about 1 ft. long and nearly as broad: Hs. 2%-3 in. long; petals and dorsal sepal erect, linear-spatulate, orange- red, mottled with crimson; lateral sepals pendulous, obovate-spatulate, nndulate, crimson with large blood- red blotches; labellum very small. Philippines. 7537. Gn. 53, p. 119. 39:G59. Ldwei, Reichb. f. ( Voiula Lbxvei, Lindh). Fig. 2086. Stems very long, climbing, somewhat branched: Its. rather crowded, strap-shaped, 2-3 ft. long: racemes from the upper axils, 6-12 ft. long, bearing 40-50 fls.: fls. of two kinds, the lowest pair tawny yellow with crimson spots, the others larger, pale yellowish green, irregularly blotched with reddish brown; sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, undulate, on the lowest pair shorter, blunter and more fleshy. Borneo. 5475. 11:417. 1868:110; 1884, p. 343. 21:2256. Gt. 37, pp. 108,109. Gn. 11, p. 524; 16, p. 354, 355; 32, p. 197. 11. 20;657; III. 27 very remarkable orchid. Heinrich Hasselbbinq. RESflDA {from the Latin to calm ; said to allude to supposed sedative properties). Besed^cem. Migno- nette. The family Resedaceae includes between 60 and 70 species of small, not showy plants, mostly herbs, widely distributed in warm-temperate regions. These species fall into 6 genera, of which only Reseda is cul- tivated to any extent. This genus contains 53 species (MuUer, DC. Prodr. 16, pt. 2), most of which are native to the Mediterranean basin, Arabia and Persia. They are herbs (sometimes partially woody at the base) with alternate, simple or compound Ivs., and terminal spikes
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