OLEASTER 



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ONCIDIUM 



0. nummularifzfo'lia (Nummularia-leaved). i. White. 



New Zealand. 1899. Hardy. 



panno'sa (woolly). 2-4. White. Australia. 1852. 

 persoonoi'des(Persoon-like). 2-3. White. Tasmania. 

 quercifo'lia (oak-leaved). See O. STELLULATA QUERCI- 



FOLIA. 

 ramulo'sa (finely-branched). 2-3. White. March. 



Australia. 1818. Greenhouse. 

 ,, commu'nis (common). Flower-heads fewer, 



smaller. 1908. 

 specio'sa (showy). 3. White. Australia. 1907. 



Half-hardy. 

 stellula'ta (small-starry). 2-4. White. June, July. 



Australia. 1823. Half-hardy. 

 lira'ta (lyre-formed). 2-3. White. July. Australia. 



1812. 

 ,, quercifo'lia (oak-leaved). 2-3. White. Australia. 



1877. 

 Trave'rsii (Travers's). 2-4. White. New Zealand. 



1887. Half-hardy. 



OLEASTER or WILD OLIVE. See O'LEA EUROPE' A 

 and EL^EA'GNUS. 



OLEOBA'CHIA MACROPHY'LLA. See STERCULIA 



RUPESTRIS. 



OLEOBA'CHIA PALU'STRIS. A corruption of Dela- 

 be'chia rupe'stris. See STERCULIA RUPESTRIS. 



OLFE'RSIA. (Named after Olfers, a German botanist. 

 Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. 24-Cryptogamia, i- 

 Filices. Now referred to Acrostichum.) 



Stove Ferns, with yellowish-brown spores. See FERNS. 

 O. a'podum (stemless). June. W. Ind. 1824. 

 blumea'num (Blume's). April. Isle of Luzon. 

 calltzfo'lium (Calla-leaved). August. Java. 1840. 

 cervi'na (stag-horned). May. W. Ind. 1840. 

 confo'rme (conformed). August. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1841. 



corcovode'nsis (Corcovado). May. Brazil. 1837. 

 longifp'liunt (long-leaved), i. W. Ind. 1841. 

 obtusifo'lium (blunt-leaved). June. Isle of Luzon. 

 scolopendrifo'lium (Scolopendrium-leaved). August. 



Brazil. 1841. 



si'mplex (simple), i. July. Jamaica. 1793. 

 ,, squamo'sum (scaly). July. W. Ind. 

 ,, villo'sum (shaggy), i. July. Jamaica. 1843. 

 ,, visco'sum (clammy). August. W. Ind. 1826. 



OLIBA'NUM. Boswe'llia. 



OLIGOEO'TRYA. (From oligos, few, and bofrus, a 

 cluster of grapes ; in allusion to the few clusters of 

 flowers. Nat. ord. Liliaceae.) 



Hardy herbs with simple or slightly branched racemes 

 of flowers. Offsets in spring; seeds. Good, well- 

 drained soil. 

 0. He'nryi (Dr. Henry's). 3. White or pale yellow. 



Central China. 1909. 



viola'cea (violet). 3. White ; tube violet outside. 

 Central China. 1909. 



OLIVE. O'lea. 



OLIVE-PARK-TREE. Termina'lia Cata'ppa. 



OLIVERE'LLA E'LEGANS. (A plant found in cultiva- 

 tion at Amacamaca, near the city of Mexico, and de- 

 scribed as a new genus of Crassulaceae.) 



OLIVE-WOOD. Elaode'ndron. 



OLO'STYLA. (From olos, entire, and stulos, a style ; 

 the style being undivided. Nat. ord. Rubiacea?.) 



Evergreen stove shrub. Cuttings in sand in a close 

 case, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and 

 sand. 



O. corymbo'sa (corymbose). 5. White. New Caledonia. 

 1759- 



OLY'RA. (From olura, a kind of corn grown in Egypt. 

 Nat. ord. Gramineae.) 



Stove, ornamental, with short closely overlapping 

 leaves. Seeds ; divisions. Loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 

 O. conci'nna (neat). $. Green. Costa Rica. 



OMALA'NTHUS POPULIFO'LIUS. See HOMALANTHUS 



LESCHENAULTIANUS. 



OMIME PLANT. Plecta'nthrus. 



OMPHALO EIUM. (From omphalos, the navel, and 

 lobos, a pod. Nat. ord. Connarads [Connaraceae]. Linn. 

 lo-Decandria, i-Monogynia. Now referred to Connarus.) 

 0. africa'num (African). See CONNARUS AFRICANUS. 

 i'ndicum (Indian). See CONNARUS MONOCARPUS. 



OMPHALO DES. Navel-wort. (From omphales, 

 the navel, and eidos, like ; referring to the seed. Nat. 

 ord. Borageworis [Boraginaceae]. Linn. 5-Pentandria, 

 i-Monogynia.) 



Seeds of annuals in open border, in March, and once 

 or twice more during the summer ; the perennials, by 

 division. O. ve'rna is a beautiful plant in the recesses of 

 rock-works, in shady corners, thriving as well in shade 

 as the interesting Periwinkles. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



O. intermedia (intermediate). See O. PAPILLOSA. 

 linifo'lia (flax-leaved), i. White. July. Portugal. 



1748. " Venus's Navel-wort." 



littora'lis (shore), i. White. July. France. 1826. 

 papillo'sa (nippled). i. Blue. April. Asia Minor. 



1836. Biennial. 

 scorpioi'des (scorpion-like), i. Blue. July. Bohemia. 



1825. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



O. amplexicmt'lis (stem-clasping), i. White. July. 



Spain. 1823. 

 longiflo'ra (long-flowered). See LINDELOFIA SPECTA- 



BILIS. 

 ,, Luci'lice (Lucilia's). \. Pink, changing to blue. 



Asia Minor. 1873. " Rock Navel-wort." 

 ,, myosotoi' des (mouse-ear-like). See O. RUGULOSA. 

 ni'tida (shining). 2. White. May. Portugal. 1812. 

 rugulo'sa (finely- wrinkled), ij. Blush. September. 



Asia Minor. 1838. 

 sempervi'rens (evergreen). See ANCHUSA SEMPER- 



VIRENS. 

 ve'rna (spring). . Blue. March. S. Europe. 1633. 



" Creeping Forget-me-not." 

 a'lba (white). White. March. 1884. 



ONCI'DIUM. (From ogkos, a tumour; referring to 

 excrescences on the base of the lip, or labellum. Nat. 

 ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. -zo-Gynandria, i- 

 Monandria. Allied to Odontoglossum.) 



Stove orchids. Divisions as growth is commencing in 

 spring ; very shallow baskets suit all the largest-leaved 

 kinds, or they may be fastened to a block of wood, that 

 fastened across the mouth of a pot, the pot filled loosely 

 with pieces of wood and charcoal, to insure perfect 

 drainage, and then rotten wood, sphagnum, and fibrous 

 peat laid round the lower part of the plants, provided 

 the base of the leaves is not covered. Hardy kinds, as 

 flexuo'sum, require more packing ; small, tender kinds 

 must be carefully treated, to prevent damping, especially 

 when not growing. Winter temp., 58 to 65 ; summer, 

 60 to 90. 



0. aborti'wm (arrested). Pale yellow, with chestnut- 

 brown markings. Venezuela. 1909. 

 acina'ceum (sabre-shaped). Violet, white, red. Peru. 



1866. 

 cz'rnulum (rivalling). Red-brown, yellow-brown. 



Colombia. 1872. 

 a'lbo-verruco'sum (white-warted). Bright yellow, 



barred brown ; crest white. 1898. 

 alcico'rne (stag's-horn). Yellow. Colombia. 1872. 

 alti'ssimum (tallest). 4. Yellow, brown. March. 



Panama. 1793. 

 ami'ctum (frilled). i. Yellow, brown-blotched. 



April. Brazil. 1846. 

 amplia'tum (broad-lipped). 2. Yellow, brown. 



March. Central Amer. 1832. 



citri'num (citron). Citron yellow, unspotted. 1899. 

 ,, ma' jus (larger-flowered). |. Yellow. March. 



Guatemala. 1840. 

 ,, andi'genum (Andes-bom). Pale yellow, violet, and 



orange. Ecuador. 1869. 

 ,, anfra'ctum (broken). Bright-yellow, with brown bars. 



Venezuela. 1909. 



annula're (annular). Yellow, marked brown. Colom- 

 bia. 1875. 

 ano'malum (anomalous). See O PANCHRYSUM. 



