. 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. PERIPLOCA the anthers connected at the apex and Tillous; style shoit, with broad stigma: (r. consisting of 2 follicles, containing numerous, small, winged seeds. Graeca, Linn. Silk Vine. Deciduous shrub, twining to 40 ft. : Ivs. petioled, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, ac
. 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. PERIPLOCA the anthers connected at the apex and Tillous; style shoit, with broad stigma: (r. consisting of 2 follicles, containing numerous, small, winged seeds. Graeca, Linn. Silk Vine. Deciduous shrub, twining to 40 ft. : Ivs. petioled, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, dark green and glossy above, 2-t in. long: fls. in loose, long-peduncled cymes, brownish purple inside, greenish at the margin and outside, %-l in. across; petals oblong, villous; crown with 5 slender thread-like incurved glabrous appendages : follicles narrow, about 4 in. long. July, Aug. S. Eu., W. Asia. 2289. 10:803. 14:1389. Gn. 34, p. 78. â Under the name of P. angustifolla a narrow-leaved form is sometimes cultivated, but it is P. Graca, var. angustifolia, Jiig. The true P. angustifolia, Labill., is synonymous to P. lavigata, Ait., from the Canary Isl. and N. Africa, with persistent Ivs. and pubescent ap- pendages of the crown. Alfred Rehdfe. PERIST£;RIA (Greek, dove, from the form of the column and wings). OrchidAcece. A genus of stately South American orchids, having large plicate leaves unfolding successively, and tall, erect or hanging flower-spikes. The flowers are nearly globose or cup- shaped, of a waxy texture, with broad, concave seg- ments. The genus is distinguished from the related genera Acineta, Sacsena, Gongora, etc., by the curious shape of the labellum and column. The base of the labellum (hvpochil) is united with the column by broad wings (pleiiridia). The upper part of tlie labellum (epichil) is movably joined to the hypochil. Five species, of which two are commonly cultivated. These plants are easily kept alive, but diffic
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