. 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. 1372 PLEIONE the labellums, side lobes streaked with purple, middle lobe ovate, wavy, white, spotted with purple and yellow. The Ivs. (all in Sept.; fls. in Nov. 4691. 14:1470. F. :97 (all as Coi-lor/i/ne mc(l\ini-lH« ; ^.-pals ],,nif lanceolate, spread


. 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. 1372 PLEIONE the labellums, side lobes streaked with purple, middle lobe ovate, wavy, white, spotted with purple and yellow. The Ivs. (all in Sept.; fls. in Nov. 4691. 14:1470. F. :97 (all as Coi-lor/i/ne mc(l\ini-lH« ; ^.-pals ],,nif lanceolate, spreading, pink; :iN ; labellum trumpet-shaped. \ 1m),. il, ]pink. white and yel- low in the throat; .Ii-k \Mtli l"ii.'itucliii,,l fringed lamel- lae, margin , i)rt.,Xciv. 4496. 26-24. (;:i;j (all as CV//"y;/». WaUichiana).. 1850. Pleione preecox (X K) Lagen&ria, Lindl. & Paxt. . and depressed, as in the other species, dull irir, n. with brown: fls. about 4 in. across, Iil-ir; and petals narrowly lanceolate; lalMllmu .â mii\ .ilute, crisp on the margin, pale lilac, blutcbcd with yellow and deep crimson in the throat and having several yel- low crests. Himalaya Mts. 5370. 23:2386. 14:510 (all as Cmlogyne Lagenarla). Gn. 51, p. 64. Jloore. Pseudobulbs 5-8-grooved, flask-shajM il liut contracted at the top: scape 1-2 in. loiiir. .-losi-ty : sepals and petals linear- oblong, pah- iiiii|iii- white; labellum nearly white, middle lobe white with few pale purple spots, with 3 crests; margin ciliate-toothed. Autumn. Rangoon. Heinrich Hasselbrixg. .M. 5753. PLEEdMA. See Tibourhina. PLEURISY ROOT is Asclepias tuberosa. PLEUROTHALLIS (Greek, lateral branch; referring to the inflorescence, which arises from the axil of the leaf). Orchiddcea. One of the largest of the genera of orchids


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