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LYCASTE 



LYCHNIS 



1328. Lycaste Harrisoniae, var. eburnea (X %). 



sepals ovate, obtuse; petals similar, erect and smaller; 

 labellum half as long as the sepals ; lateral lobes rounded ; 

 middle lobe rounded-truncate, crisp on the margin, 

 pubescent; crest small, fleshy. Like L. aromatica, but 

 the Ivs. much broader, fls. larger, and the labellum of 

 different shape and somewhat spotted with purple. 

 Mar., Apr. Guatemala. B. R. 28:13 (Maxillariacruenta). 

 Gn. 44:933 (Lycaste aromatica). 



14. aromatica, Lindl. Fig. 1327. Pseudobulbs ovate, 

 compressed: Ivs. many, sheathing, oblong-lanceolate: 

 scape erect, 1-fld., shorter than the Ivs.: fls. yellow, 2% 

 in. across; sepals and petals ovate-oblong, acute; the 

 latter smaller and pointing forward; lateral lobes of the 

 labellum with narrow, projecting blades; middle lobe 

 spatulate, dentate, recurved, and having a large truncate 

 plate as a crest. Winter and spring. Mexico. B.R. 

 22:1871.-Floriferous. 



15. Deppii, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate, clustered: Ivs. 

 3-4, broadly elliptic-lanceolate, l%-2 ft. long : scape 

 erect, bearing 1 or 2 fls. 4 in. in diameter: sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, dingy green, spotted with chocolate- 

 purple ; petals smaller and cuculate, white ; labellum 

 bright yellow, with a few purple spots; lateral lobes 

 small, rounded; middle lobe ovate-acuminate, recurved, 

 waved, with a yellow callus. Vigorous and free-flower- 

 ing. Aug. to May and June. B.M. 3395. L.B.C. 17:1612 

 (both as Maxillaria Deppii). P.M. 2:268 (Maxillaria 

 Deppei). Named after Deppe, but originally spelled 

 Deppii. Var. punctatissima, Hort. Fls. much spotted 

 with dark purple. Guatemala. 



16. Harrisonise, G. Don. Some authors prefer to call 

 this Bifrenaria Harrisonue, Reichb. f . Pseudobulbs 3-4 

 in. high,4-angled: Ivs. solitary, lanceolate: scape erect, 

 1-2-fld.: fls. 2-3 in., cream-colored ; sepals spreading, 

 oval, the 2 lower forming a kind of open spur at their 

 united bases; petals oval, spreading; lateral lobes of 

 lip rounded, crenate; middle lobe rounded-emarginate, 

 crenate; all beautiful purple; inside tawny, with purple 

 lines, and an orange callus. Spring. The fls. last a 



longtime. Brazil. B.R. 11:897. B.M. 2927. P.M.2:i 

 (all as Maxillaria Harrisoniaz) . Var. alba, Kranzli 

 Sepals white, tinged with pink; petals pure whit 

 labellum yellow, with purple veins ; front of midti 

 lobe white, with rose veins. Aromatic. Fls. last abo 

 three weeks. Gt. 38:1312. G.C. 11:25:437. Var. eburne 

 Hort. Fig. 1328. Sepals and petals white; labellum whil 

 richly streaked with carmine; throat yellow. April. Ma 

 Brazil. A.G. 12:407. Var. citrina, Hort. (L. citrln 

 Lindl.). Fls. large, fleshy; sepals and petals lemo 

 yellow; lip white, stained with lilac. Brazil. 



17. inoddra, Lindl. (Bifrenaria inoddra, Lindl. 

 Pseudobulbs usually ovate-oblong, 4-angled, 3 in. big] 

 Ivs. solitary, short-stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. loi 

 and 4 in. wide: scape half as long as the pseudobul 

 bearing 1-2 large, spreading, brownish green fls. wi 

 red hairy lips: sepals roundish oblong, tinged with re 

 the lateral ones ending in a spur-like projection at bas< 

 petals ovate-acuminate, all recurved at the tip: midd 

 lobe of the labellum roundish oblong, undulate, havir 

 an elevated process at the center. Resembles L. tetra 

 ona, but its fls. are not fragrant. Spring. 



Since these descriptions were put in type, we learn that Lag 

 & Hurrell have in stock Lycaste fulvescens, Hook. Folio wii i 

 is a description from the "Orchid Grower's Manual" (see al; 

 B.M. 4193) : " Pseudobulbs large, broadly ovate, somewhat mei 

 braneous plicate lanceolate leaves two or more from their to 

 and handsome, tawny yellow flowers, on slender radical scape 

 The flowers have lanceolate sepals 2% in. long, the lateral on* 

 falcate, connate at the base into a blunt spur; the petals a: 

 similar, but slightly smaller; and the orange-colored lip is o 

 long, 3-lobed, with an emarginate appendage on the disk, ar 

 an ovate-obtuse front lobe, beautifully fringed at the margi 

 with wavy hairs. Colombia." 



HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 



LYCHNIS (from the Greek word for lamp, in allusio 

 to the flame-colored fls. of some species). Caryopliy 

 lacece. As commonly understood, Lychnis includes 30 t 

 40 small herbs of the temperate parts of the norther 

 hemisphere. The technical generic characters are s 

 variable and unimportant, however, as to allow the genu 

 to be thrown into Silene or to be broken up into 7 or 8 dis 

 tinct genera (for the 

 latter, see Williams, 

 Journ. Bot. 31:167), 

 according to the point 

 of view of the partic- 

 ular author. They are 

 annuals, biennials 

 or perennials, of 

 easiest culture in or- 

 dinary garden soil. 

 They are plantswhich 

 like the sun. They 

 are mostly erect- 

 growing, and the 

 leaves are opposite 

 and entire. The cap- 

 sule usually has but 

 one locule or com- 

 partment, and the 

 seeds are borne on a 

 central or axile pla- 

 centa( Fig. 1329). The 

 styles are usually 5 

 or rarely 4, in this 

 differing from Silene 

 (in which the styles 

 are 3), and the calyx 

 teeth are commonly 5. 

 In some species, the 

 styles are 3 and the 

 capsule is more than 

 1-loculed at base, but 

 in these cases the 1329. Capsule and seeds of 

 habit of the plant Corn-cockle (X 1%). 



and minor technical Showing axile placenta, 



characters enable one 



to refer them to Lychnis rather than to Silene. The sta- 

 mens are 10; and the petals 5 and usually with a 2-clefl 

 scale or a pair of teeth at the base of the blade. In the 

 following synopsis of the garden kinds, little attempl 

 is made to follow technical botanical divisions. 



