CHAPTER IX. 



FLOWERS CHANGING FROM GREEN TO WHITE. 



MoUuf/o verlici'lJala, is white in every detail, except three 

 green streaks on the outside of the sei)als. 



AlUum, the couiuion onion, is white with a reniainino- 

 green stripe through the centre of each sepal. 



OrnitJiogalum umbeUatitm, is white above, and green with 

 white margins beneath. 



Ei(pko7'bu( marginala, has its upper leaves and bracts 

 green with snowy white, petal-like margins. 



Parnassia Coroliniana. White petals show the basal 

 cohir in the pretty green veining, and at the tip. 



Polygonum arifolium, P. Hydrojjiper, P. acrt^, etc., se})als 

 change from green to white. 



Habenaria tridentata, Petals light green, become white. 



Sarracenia Druinmondii, has its trumpet-shaped pitchers 

 green bek)w, with the upper portion white with 

 purple veins. 



Cj/pripediuyn Lawrenceamnn, green clouded with dull 

 l)urple, has a white dorsal sepal. 



Lapageria alba, is a wax-white, lily-like flower, with a 

 calyx at first as green as the general foliage. The 

 flower continues in bloom fresh and fair for six 

 weeks, during which time the sepals very slowly 

 fade out to as pure a white as that of the petals ! 



Angrmcmn, primarily of a green color as in A. sesqai- 

 pedale, in the course of ten days becomes ivory- 

 white. 



A. mperbiun, greenish-white as to five segments, the lip 

 becomes pure white. 



A. candalwii, olive green, large clawed lip pure white, 

 its spur nine inches long I 



