. 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. CATTLEYA var. Keteleirii, Houlbt.). Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: ra- cemes many-fld.: petals and sepals about equal, the former obovate, the latter narrower, all suffused with rose and spotted with deep crimson ; labellum 3-lobed, lateral lobes white outside, the reflexed apices crimson, midlobe broad, deep crimson,
. 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. CATTLEYA var. Keteleirii, Houlbt.). Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: ra- cemes many-fld.: petals and sepals about equal, the former obovate, the latter narrower, all suffused with rose and spotted with deep crimson ; labellum 3-lobed, lateral lobes white outside, the reflexed apices crimson, midlobe broad, deep crimson, disk corrugated and pap- illose. Bahia, Brazil. 5683. 1869:210. CAULIFLOWER 263. 388. Cattleya labiata, var. Triansei. 26. graniildsa, Lindl. Foliage very similar to that of the preceding species: peduncles stout, bearing several large fls.: sepals oblong, olive-green, spotted with red; petals obovate-oblong, undulate, margined, otherwise like sepals; labellum 3-lobed, lateral lobes yellow inside, whitish outside, midlobe attenuated toward the disk, expanded part subreniform, white, covered with numer- ous purple papilla^. Guatemala. 27. , Reichb. f. Lvs. 2, dark green, 6 in. long and 2 in. wide : sepals and petals light greenish yellow, the petals very narrow at the base and very broad and blunt at the top ; lip much like that of C. granulosa, the side lacinise whitish, the middle lacinise purple-amethyst. Brazil. III. 22:252. —Fls. larger than in C. granitlosa, and the lip is granulated. 28. sup^rba, Lindl. {'SoTt.}. Sts. clavate, about 1 ft. high : lvs. ovate-oblong, very thick : fls. about 6, 5 in. across ; sepals and petals oblong-lanceo- late, about equal, deep rose color, pale at the base ; labellum 3 lobed, lateral lobes deep, rich crimson out- aide ; midlobe broadly margined with same color, pass- ing abruply into yellow, veined with crimson British Guiana. 4083. 9:265. III. 31:321. 11:1351.—This plant is
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