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Archive image from page 260 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 the antlicrs connected at the apex and villous; style slu)i-t, with broad stigma: fr. consisting of 2 follicles, coutaiuiug numerous, small, winged seeds. GrsBca, Linn. Silk Vine. Deciduous shrub, twining to 40 f
Archive image from page 260 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 the antlicrs connected at the apex and villous; style slu)i-t, with broad stigma: fr. consisting of 2 follicles, coutaiuiug numerous, small, winged seeds. GrsBca, Linn. Silk Vine. Deciduous shrub, twining to 40 ft. : Ivs. petioled, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acununate. dark vrn-m and glossy above, 2-4 in. long: (Is. in l0'> |M .|iiii. I. .1 cymes, brownish purple inside, . : lu-in and outside, -l in. across; piinl - .iis; crown with 5 slender thread-Iikr in mil -liioMus appendages: follicles narrow, about -1 in. long, .liily, Aug. S. Eu., W. Asia. 22«l. 10:803. li:1389. Gn. 34, p. 78. â Under the name of P. aiujtistifolia a narrow-leared form is aoraetimes cultivated, but it is P. Grmca, var. (nirjiistifolia, Jilg. The true P. angustifoUa, Labill., is synonymous to P. Imvigala, Ait., from the Canary Isl. and N. Africa, with persistent Ivs. and pubescent ap- pendages of the crown. Alfred Rehdfr. PEKISTfiEIA (Greek, dove, from the ..f the column and wings). OrchidticeiB, A cnu ot -i;ii'ly South Amcricau orchids, having large 1. avts unfoldiiiix successively, and tall, erect or huugiug ;\vi-r-s|iikes. The flowers are nearly globose or cup- shaped, of a waxy texture, with broad, concave seg- nunts. The genus is distinguished from the related gi-nira Acineta, Sacaena, Gongora, etc., by the curious sha|t' of till' laliillum and column. The base of the liilMlluiii I liy|iM,liil I is united with the column by broad wiuLs (|;( 1, The upper part of the labellum icpicliili is joiurd to Five spe
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