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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Petunia—conlinued. 
RUBENS, purplish-red; large. SHAKESPERE, rosy-lilac, veined 
maroon. TELEPHONE, lilac-rose, veined magenta ; large. 
Single Varieties. ACropAre, rose, tinged lilac, white throat, 
dark red reticulations; fine form. ALFRED, magenta, maroon 
throat. CELLINI, deep lilac, whitish throat, dull red veins. 
HARPOCRATE, carmine, white throat, purplish reticulations; 
large. JUNO, reddish-purple, with darker veins. MDLLE. DE LA 
SEIGLIURE, white, reticulated with violet lines; goodform. MIss 
ALCOTT, deep pink, maroon veins, large. Miss C. TYRELL, rosy- 
purple, crimson veins, dark throat. MONOLOGUE, magenta, flaked 
white and shaded violet; large. THEMISTOCLE, clear red, white 
throat ; large. VESUVE, bright red, marked purple and maroon ; 
large. 
PHALZNOPSIS. ‘To the species and varieties 
described on pp. 91-8, Vol. If1., the following should 
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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 laciniw, the 
anterior lacinia having the keel of the mid-line yellow, and 
yellowish borders near the angles. 1887. Hybrid. 
| P. amabilis (lovely), of gardens. A synonym of P. Aphrodite. 
P. Aphrodite Dayana (Day's). Jl. 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. anabilis Dayana 
(CW. O: Ae i. 11); 
P. denticulata (toothed). /., sepals 
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-oblong-ligulate, acutish, with 
three mauve lines on either side. De- 
cember. /. 6in, to Tin. long, 2in. to 3in. 
wide, green. 
P. equestris (equine). A synonym of 
P. rosea. 
P. Foerstermanii (Foersterman’s). /l., 
ground-colour white ; sepals and petals 
cuneate-lanceolate, marked with thin, 
forked, or hieroglyphic, brown, trans- 
verse lines ; lateral laciniz 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. 
1. cuneate-obovate, unequally bidentate 
at apex. 1887. 
P. gloriosa (glorious). fl. very con- 
spicuous, set closely, and much resem- 
bling those of P. amabilis. 1. broad at 
apex, light green on both sides, slightly 
silvered on the upper surface. 
P. Harriettz (Harriet Corning’s). /l. 
}in. across; sepals and petals 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 ; 
Fic, 55. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PERESKIA ZINNIZFLORA (see p. 585). scape one-flowered. 1. oval, 24in. to 44in. 
PHAIUS. To the species and varieties described 
on p. 90, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. Blumei (Blume’s). jl, sepals very acuminate; lip two- 
crested within, the limb semi-trilobed, the middle lobe largest, 
undulated. Java (grown in gardens). 
P. callosus (thick-lipped). l., sepals and petals dull reddish- 
brown, tipped dingy-white, less numerous than in P. grandi- 
Jolius (which this plant resembles in habit); lip white, with 
a tinge of pink, a dark purple 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 
Ban middle. Java. (G. C. 1848, p. 287.) Syn. Limodorwim 
callosum. 
P.irroratus purpureus (purple). /l. having white sepals and 
petals, a dull rose lip, and a yellow throat. March and April. 
P. Marshalliz ionophlebia (violet-veined). f., lip having a 
SS eae co disk and crest, with erose veins to the apex. 
P. M. tricolor (three-coloured). /l. disposed in long, pendulous 
racemes ; sepals and petals pure white; lip orange-yellow, 
marked crimson-purple. 1887. 
P. Sedenianus (Seden’s). jl., sepals milk-white, washed with 
sulphur inside, lanceolate ; petals lanceolate ; lip large, broad, 
three-lobed, the lateral lobes broad, rhomboid, the middle one 
short, square, emarginate, blunt-angled, the borders broadly 
light purple, the disk sulphur, with three parallel keels; 
peduncle very strong, thirteen-flowered. 1887. Hybrid. 
P. Veitchianus (Veitch’s). /. white, having the tips of the 
sepals and petals washed with very light mauve, and the lip with 
a fine mauve-purple anterior border and mauve-purple lines. 
1885. An elegant garden hybrid between P. Marshallie and 
P. Bensone, 
long. 1887. A hybrid between P. ama- 
bilis and P. violacea. 
, P, John Seden. /. 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 
base bearing a trace of yellow, dotted rosy-crimson ; crest white, 
suffused pale rose, with a tinge of yellow, and bright rosy-crimson 
dots. d. oval-oblong, dark green. A hybrid between P. amabilis 
and P, Luddemanniana. (G. C. ser. iil, vol. iii, p. 532.) 
P. Leda. ji. more than 2}in. across, resembling in shape those 
of P. amabdilis; 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 pungle 
spots below the middle, the stalk of the lip being marked with 
a few purple bars; crest yellow, spotted purple. 4. elliptic- 
oblong, deep green. Hybrid, of doubtful origin. 
P, Lobbii (Lobb’s). A synonym of P. intermedia. 
P, Luddemanniana hieroglyphica (hieroglyph-marked). 
Ji., sepals and petals ochre-white, narrower than in the type, with 
cinnamon, hieroglyphic markings ; side lacinize of lip very short, 
the middle one cuneate, narrow, with an unusually developed 
keel. J. Tin. to 8in. long, 2in. wide. 1887. 
P. L. ochracea (ochreous). /l., sepals and_ petals pale 
yellowish-rose, barred pale brown. Philippine Islands. (R. H. 
1872, 390.) 
P. Regnieriana (Regnier’s). . rose-coloured, with a lip that 
is nearly wholly dark purple, and a dark purple column; side 
laciniz of the lip small, triangular, the middle one much larger, 
| oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, thickened beneath; peduncles nine 
to twelve-flowered. /. very thick, tapering. Siam, 1887. 
P. Rothschildiana (Rothschild’s). jl. resembling those of 
| P. leucorhoda ; sepals sulphur-yellow, the lateral ones spotted 
| with purple at the lower part of the base; petals white, large, 
much rounded; side lacini# of lip cuneate, rounded, yellow 
