^CHMEA 



panicle 1-2 ft. long, with few-flowered branches i scape tall, 

 reddish, downy : fls. purple. Trop. Amer. — ^. Sc/u>c(e(i<ia, 

 Schleeht. (^.macracantha, Brongn.). Lvs. large, rigid, strongly 

 armed : panicle 3-pinnate. pubescent ; fls. pale yellow. Mex. 

 Gt. 1894:175.— ^.zeiirtna is Billbergia.zebrina. L H B 



.S6LE (from ^gle, one of the Hesperides). Eiitiicew, 

 tribe Aurantiew. Small, strongly spinose trees, with al- 

 ternate, trif oliolate leaves. Distinguished from the nearly 

 related genus Citrus (particularly C. trifoliata) by 

 the hard, gourd-like rind of its fruit and its viscous, 

 woolly seeds. 



Mirmelos, Correa. Elephant Apple. Maredoo. Ben- 

 gal Quince. Bhel Fruit. Small tree: fr. large, 2-4 in. 

 in diam., round or pear-shaped. Trop. Asia. — Cult. 

 in S. Fla. and Calif., and in hothouses. The wood is 

 valued for its strength, and the sweet, aromatic pulp is 

 used medicinally in India for diarrhoea and dysentery, 

 and also as a lemonade and conserve. ^ j Webber. 



SGOPODIUM (ail, goat, and pncJion, a little foot; 

 probably from the shape of the leariets). CmheUUent'. 

 Goutweed. Coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial, with 

 creeping rootstoeks, biternate lvs., sharply toothed, 

 ovate leaflets, and white tls. in umbels. 



Podogriria, Linn., var. variegittun, is a variegated 

 form of this European weed, which makes 

 mats of white-margined foliage. Common in yards 



AERIDES 



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AEKANTHUS. 



AEEiDES(Greek, «(■;-/>;« ;//) ■""''"'''"" -tribe FrfrKfeff. 

 Epiphytes: stems erect, r(iiiiicli>li : h^. ,li^ti(-lious, strap- 

 shaped and spreading, coriaceous, di-.ply cli;aiti<-leil at 

 the base, obtuse: peduncles from the axils .,f tin- lvs.; 

 fls. in loose or dense racemes; petals iiano-A <i- tiiati the 

 sepals. A genus of remarkably beautiful plants, which 

 develop well under cultivation. Species contined to the 

 tropics of the Old World. The genus Aerides, though 

 not in general cultivation, has many sterling qualities 

 to recommend it. Some of the species produce dense 

 racemes of great beauty, which emit a pleasing fra- 

 grance, aud for decorative purposes have few if any 

 rivals in the Orchid family. The genus offers no excep- 



tional difiiculties to the horticulturist. 



; Ames. 



All the species of Aerides are of easy culture in the 

 warmest greenhouse — one that has a minimum tempera- 

 ture of 65° F. in winter being best. They should be kept 

 constantly moist, well shaded, and warm, with fresh live 

 sphagnum round the roots at the base of the stems. A. 

 odoratum is perhaps the best known. Other favorites 

 are A. Lawrcncice and A. Fieldingii ; the latter often 

 has racemes 18 inches or more long, of a beautiful rose 

 ''"'o'"- Cult, by E.G. Orpet. 



FoUowingare in theAmerican trade: A.ttffine,'i\o. 11; 

 Amesianum, 9 ; Augustianum, 8 ; Ballantineanum, 4 ; 

 Bermanicum, 1 ; crassifolium, 15 ; crispum, 14 ; ciflin- 

 driciim, 18 ; Dayanum, 2 ; Ellisii, 2; ej-paiisum, 10; fal- 

 catum, 10; Fieldingii, 13; Godefroyanum, 11; HoiiUeti- 

 auum, 10; Japonicum, 16; LarpentiK, 10; Lawrenciie, 9; 

 Leeanum, G; Leonsei, 10; Lindleyanum, 14 ; Lobbii, 11 ; 

 maculosum, 12; majus, 1 ; maximum^ ?; mitratum, 19; 

 multiflorum, 11; odoratum, 1; pallidura = ?; purpu- 

 rascens, l;quinquevulnerum,5; radicosum, 17; BeicJioi- 

 bachii, 4; Koebelenii, 5; Rohanianum, 4; roxi-tim, 11 ; 

 Sanderianum, 9 ; Savageanum, 3 ; suavissimum, 4 ; 

 TWbautianum, 7; vandarum, 18; virens, 2; Warneri, 14. 

 A. Odoratum section: middle lobe of labellum 

 narrow-oblong . 



1. odOTJktum, Lour. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, l-lj^in. wide, 

 unequal at apices, deep green : peduncles not branched, 

 pendulous ; fls. numerous, crowded ; racemes cylin- 

 drical, as long as or longer than the lvs. ; lateral sepals 

 ovate; petals obovate-laneeolate, white, with a carmine 

 apical spot ; labellum trilobed, midlobe magenta, side 

 lobes white, dotted with magenta; spur recurved, green- 

 ish or white. Cochin China. B.M. 4139. Gn. 49, p. 158. 

 Gt. 8:273. B.E. 18:1485. Var. Bermdnicum, Reichb. f. 

 Fls. smaller than in the type, the apices of the petals 

 with mauve lines and dashes instead of blotches. Var. 

 purpuriscens, Hort. Produces large racemes, sepals and 



petals tipped with pale amethyst. Var. mAjus, Hort. Fls. 

 larger ; racemes longer. 



2. Tlrens, Lindl. Peduncles 13-15 in. long, 15-20 fld. ; 

 spur dotted with magenta; petals and sepals tipped with 

 magenta. Java. P.M. 14:197. B.R.3U: 41. -This species 

 is very similar to A. odoratum, of which it is considered 

 by some to be a i.'e(iL,'ia|.liiral form. Var. ElUsii, Hort. 

 {A. miisil, ^{'■rt. I. S.],;tls and petals white, suffused 

 with rose, tip|Mi| \vitli aiii.iliyst-purple. Var. Day4num, 

 Hort. Racemis vtiy Ihh^; ; ils. bright, large. 



3. Savageanum, Hort. Sepals white at base, dotted 

 with purple, otherwise crimson-purple; petals similar, 

 narrcver ; labellum crimson-purple, w-ith a greenish, 

 straight spur ; midlobe denticulate on the margin. 



4. suaviBsimum, Lindl. (A. Beiehenbachii, Linden. 

 A. Rohuuidniim, Reichb. f.). Plant robust, more lax in 

 habit than type: fls. 20-30, 1)-^ in. across; petals and se- 

 pals white, suffused with carmine at apices ; labellum 

 trilobed. yellowish dotted and suffused with carmine ; 

 apex of spur white. Straits of Malacca. Var. Ballan- 

 tineanum. Kact'iufs shorter; blooms earlier; sepals and 

 petals tipped with aimthyst-purple. 



5. quinqueviilnerum, Limll. Racemes 1 ft. long ; fls. 

 crowded; dorsal sepal and petals equal, lateral sepals 

 orbicular, all tipped with magenta; midlobe of labellum 

 magenta. P.M. 8:241. Ymr. 'R<Bbe\em.i (A. Babehnii, 

 Reichb. f. ). Sepals and petals shading to green at 

 bases, petals denticulate ; lobes of the labellum lacer- 

 ated, midlobe rose-colored. Manila. 



6. Leeinum, Reichb. f. Peduncles much longer than 

 the lvs.: pedicels rose-color ; sepals rose-purple, white 

 at base ; petals similarly colored; labellum small ; mid- 

 lobe deep purple ; spur green tipped. India. 



7. TMbautiinum, Reichb. f. Racemes pendulous, 

 longer than the lvs.; sepals and petals rose-color; la- 

 bellum amethyst-purple ; midlobe narrow, acute. Ma- 

 laya. 



8. Augusti4num, Rolfe. Petals and sepals shaded 

 with rose ; spur long, straight. Philippine Isls. G.C. 

 111.7:233. 



9. L&WTenciae, Reichb. (,A. Lawrenci&num, Hort.). 

 Largest species of the section. Fls. 20-30, lJi-2 in. in 

 diam.; sepals and petals flushed with amethyst-purple 

 at the apices ; labellum yellowish ; midlobe amethyst- 

 purple. Philippine Isls. Gn. 35:702. Var. Amesiauiim, 



Kranzl. More robust: fls. more intense in color. Var. 

 Sanderianum, Hort. Lvs. narrow : fls. yellowish, with 

 amethyst on face of spur, otherwise like the species. 



aa. Fnlcatnm. section : lateral lobes of 



labellum falcate. 



10. falcatum, Lindl. & Pax. (.A. Larpentre, Hort. A. 



expiinsum, Reichb. f.). Lvs. loosely arranged, 6-8 in. 



long, l!'2in. broad : fls. loosely arranged on racemes 1ft. 



