. 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. 1652 SELENIPEDIUM SELENIPEDIUM "white, slightly streaked with green; petals broad, ovate- oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-purple near the base; labellum intense purple; staminodium white. Garden hybrid between 6". Sedevi and S. Schlimii. Gn. 27:495. 6. Ainswortliii, Reichb. f. (Cypripedmm Ain
. 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. 1652 SELENIPEDIUM SELENIPEDIUM "white, slightly streaked with green; petals broad, ovate- oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-purple near the base; labellum intense purple; staminodium white. Garden hybrid between 6". Sedevi and S. Schlimii. Gn. 27:495. 6. Ainswortliii, Reichb. f. (Cypripedmm Ainsworthii, Keichb. f.). Lvs. ligulate, acuminate, IV, ft. long: scape sliorter, pubescent, few-fld.: upper sepal oblong, acutish, undulate, whitish or yellowish green with a pale purple border; lower sepal very broad and con-. 2307. Selenipedium Sedeni. (XM.) cave with a reflexed margin, sliorter than the lip; petal broad, purple, with a green midvein and a pale area near the base; side lobes of the lip yellow, with numerous spots. A garden hybrid between S. Sedeni and <S. 7. vittitum, Reichb. f. (Cypripedmm vittMum, Veil.). Lvs. 1 ft. long, linear-ligiilate, acute, margined with yellow: stems few-fld., 12-18 in. high; dorsal sepal oblong, subacute, greenish striped with red; lower sepal about twice as broad as the upper, green; petals linear, pendent, undulate, reddish bro\vn, striped with green and green toward the base, longer than the sepal; labellum shorter than the sepals, brown, greenish spotted with reddish brown inside. Brazil. 23:238. 8. Sargentianum, Rolfe. Pig. 2308. Lvs. tufted, 6-8 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with golden mar- gins: scape 6 in. high, 2-3-fld.: dorsal sepal oblong, acute, pale yellow with red veins; lower sepal ovate, subacute, shorter than the lip; petals longer than the sepals, strap-shaped, slightly twisted, undulate, ciliate, pale yellow streaked with red and with bi'igbt red mar- gins; labellum yellow, with pale red veins, de
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