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The Dictionary of Gardening. 



Petunia — continued, 



Rubens, purplish-red ; large. Shakespere, rosy-lilac, veiiied 

 maroon. Telephone, lilac-rose, veined magenta; large. 



Ingle Varieties. Acrobvtr, rose,*tinged lilac, white throat, 

 dark red reticulations ; fine form. ALFRED, magenta, maroon 

 throat. Celltni, deep lilac, whitish throat, dull red veins. 

 Hahpocrate, carmine, white throat, purplish reticulations ; 

 large. JuNO, reddish-purple, with darker veins. Mdlle. de la 



Seigi.iere, white, reticulated with violet lines ; good form. MisS 

 Alcott, deep pink, ujuroon veins, large. Miss C. Tvkkll, rosy- 

 purple, crimsqn veins, dark throat. Monologue, magenta, flaked 

 white and shaded violet ; large. Themtstocle, clear red, white 

 throat ; large, Vesuve, bright red, marked purple and maroon : 

 large. 



PHALJENOFSIS. 



described on pp. 91-3, 

 now be added : 



To tbe species and varietiea 

 Vol. III., the following should 



P. alcicornis (elk's-horn). /., sepals and petals creamy- white, 

 the former washed light yellow outside ; lip having light yellow 

 spots on the callus, the nail, and the base of the side laciniae, the 

 anterior lacinia having the keel of the mid-line yellow, and 

 yellowish borders near the angles. 1887. Hybrid. 



P«- aniabilis (lovely), of gardens,* A synonym of P. Aphrodite. 



P. Aphrodite Dayana (Day's). /. very large ; lower sepals 

 dotted carmine over half their surface ; side lobes of the lip 

 deep yellow at the lower edge, the middle lobe trowel-shaped 



or hastate, marked carmine - crimson 

 across the base, and striped carmine- 

 crimson down the centre. Eastern 

 Archipelago. Syn. P. amahilis Dayana 

 (\\. O. A. i. 11). 



P. denticnlata (toothed). ' /., sepals 

 F and petals white, spotted brown, cu- 

 neate-ligulate, acute ; lip white, three- 

 parted, the side partitions ligulate, light 

 yellow on the anterior side, the median 

 one cuneate-oblung-ligulate, acutish, with 

 three mauve lines on either side. De- 

 cember. I, 6in. to 7in. long, 2in. to Sin. 

 wide, green. *V 



P. equestrls (equine). A synonym of 



P. Foerstermanii (Foersterman's). /., 



ground-colour white ; sepals and petals 

 ► cuneate-lanceolate, marked with thin, 

 forked, or' hieroglyphic, brown, trans- 

 verse lines ; lateral lacinise of the lip 

 scimitar-shaped, retuse, recurved, with 

 a retrorse bristle, and an oblique keel 

 outside, a yellow callus on the inner 

 side of each, the middle lacinia tri- 

 dentate at apex ; peduncle two-edged. 

 I. cuneate-obovate, unequally bidentate 

 at apex. 1887. 



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Fig. 55. Flowering Branch of Pereskia zinni^flora (see p. 585). 



To the species and varieties described 

 on p. 90, Vol. III., the following should now. be added : 



P. Blumel (Blurae'fll yt, sepals very acuminate: lip two- 

 crested within, the limb semi-trilobed, the middle lobe largest. 

 undulate(L Java (grown in gardens). , 



P. oaUosus (thick-lipped). ^., sepals and petals dull reddish- 



hrown tipped dingy-white, less numerous than in 1\ frrandi- 



JoUuH (which this plant resembles in habit); lip white, with 



tJ^^^^ **^?'"^ ^^^^'^^ P^''P^« spot /beneath, and a little 

 yellow on the two-lobed spur, truncate or almost two-lobed 

 at the end. with a thick callous line passing downwards along 

 the nn.hUe. Java. (Q. C. 1848. p. 287.) Syn. Lvmodontm 

 caiionum. 



P. irroratnspurpureus (purple), ft. having white sepals and 

 petals, a dull rose lip, and a yellow throat. March and April. 



P. MarsliaJlitt ionoplilebia (violet-veined), /f., lip having a 

 sulphur-coloured disk and crest, with evoae veins to the apex. 



p. M. tricolor (three-coloured), ft. disposed in long^pendulous 

 racemes ; sepals and petals pure white : lip orange-yellow 

 marked cnmaon-pnrple. 1887. ^ > »- , s j- """, 



P* S^enlanns (Seden's). /., sepals milk-white, washed with 

 sulphur inside, lanceolate ; petals lanceolate ; lip large broad 

 ihree-lobed, the lateral lobes broad, rhomboid, the middle one 

 short, squiwe, emarginate, blunt-angled, the borders broatUy 

 light purple, the diiik sulphur, with three parallel keels • 

 peduncle very strong, thirteen-fiowered. 1887. Uybri<l. 



P. VeltcManns (Veitch's). ft. white, having the tips of the 

 sej>als and petals washed with very light mauve, and tho lip with 

 * fine n^auve-purple anterior border and mauve-purple lines 

 1885. An elegant garden hybrid between i*. MarshalUie and 



P. gloriosa (glorious), ft. very con- 

 spicuous, set closely, and much resem- 

 bling those of P. attuzbilis. I. broad at 



♦ apex, light green on b^th sides, slightly 

 silverea on the upper surface, 



P. Harriettao (Harriet Comrtig's). ft, 



2iin. across ; sepals and pettils sulphur- 

 white or pale primrose, dotted rosy- 

 purple at base^ the lateral sepals acute 

 and distinctly keeled, the petals much 

 broader ; middle lobe of lip violet-crim- 

 son, the lateral ones rosy-purple above, 

 with brown and purple spots below ; 

 scape one-flowered. L oval, 2iin. to 4^in. 

 long. 1887. A hybrfd between P. ama- 

 hilis and P. violacea. 



P. Jolm Seden« ft, 3in. in diameter; sepals and petals ivory- 

 white, dotted light purple; lip three-lobed^ white, the front of 

 the side lobes suffused pale rose and dotted light purple, the 



t base bearing a trace of yellow, dotted rosy-crimson ; crest white, 

 suffused pale rose, with a tinge of yellow, and bright rosy -crimson 

 dots. i. oval-oblong, dark green. A hybrid between P. amahilis 

 and P. Luddemawiiatia. iG..G. ser. iiu, vol. iii., p. 352.) 



P. IiOda. ft. more than 2iin. across, resembling in shape those 

 of P. arnabilis: inner half of the lateral sepals purple-spotted 

 near base ; front lobe of lip densely covered with minute, rosy 

 dots, with some yellow at its base, and the apex pure white • side 

 lobes marked yellow on the front margin, and with a few purple 

 »pots below the middle, the stalk of the lip being marked with 

 a few purple bars ;. crest yellow, spotted purple.. L elliptic- 

 oblong, deep green. Hybrid, of. doubtful origin. 



P, IiOb1>U (Lobb's). A synonym of P. inter^ni^dia. 



^•/? ^!^^^^ "^^ ^^ ^?"^ u Weroglyphioa (hieroglyph-marked). 



ft., sepals and petals ochre- white, narrower than in the type with 

 cinnamon hieroglyphic markings ; side laci^iffi of lip very short. 

 the middle one cuneate, nHLrrow. with an unusually developed 

 keel. I 7in. to 8in. long, 2in. wide. 1887. . ucvciupeu 



P. Ifc ochracea (ochreous). /.. sepals and petals pale 



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P. Regnieriana (R. 



llcrnfj'^f'IhfLt:;^iPrP^^*'^"^ a dark-puVpfe^columT; ;ide 

 laciniifi or the Up small, triangular, the middle one much larger 



to twelve-flowered. /. very thick, tapering. Siam. 1887. 



P^S^/fo^*^ (Rothschild's). Jl. reseuibling those of 

 with^imWt' th.'^ti'' >"''Ph"7-yeUow, the lateral ones spotted 

 much^ro?„rt * *^l/i*r''- ^'^^*' °; *^e »>a«e ; petals white, large, 

 mucn roiLntled , side lacunar of lip cuneate, rounded, yelloW 



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