Identifier: floralcabinetmaIIIKnow (find matches)
Title: The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Knowles, G. B. (George Beauchamp), 1829-1852 Westcott, Frederic, -1861 Baxter, W. Henry, former owner. DSI Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928, donor. DSI Bradbury & Evans, printer Day & Haghe, printer of plates
Subjects: Plants, Ornamental Plant introduction Botanical illustration Botany Gardening
Publisher: London : William Smith
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ndonVs systema, it is certainly very different from ours. In thepresent species, the stem is certainly not round and slender, but angular and stiff; 118 CHEIRANTHUS OCHROLEUCUS. and the leaves, instead of being only an inch in length, measure at least threeinches. We might mention several other points of difference, but these we thinkare sufficient to establish a material distinction between the plants in question. To find out under what name it came, has been fruitless ; and therefore, wehave given the above name, Ochroleucus. It is perfectly hardy, will thrive in anygarden soil, and flowers freely in June and July. From its dwarf habit, softyellow flowers, and delicate scent, it may be considered quite an addition to theborders of an ornamental garden. It can be easily increased, either by cuttingsin the usual way, or by seeds. The generic name is said to be derived from kheyry, its Arabic title, andavOos a flower; its specific name Ochroleucus relates to the colour of the blossoms.
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119 STANHOPEA MACULOSA. (Spotted Stanhopea.)LINNEAN SYSTEM. AT , _ NATURAL ORDER, No. 121. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE^E § VANDE^. GENERIC CHARACTER. Stanhopea. (Hooker.) Peranthium membranaceum, patentissimum vel reflexuni. Sepalalibera, subundulata, mole sua ruentia. Petala conformia angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum,ecalcaratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum; dimidio superiore (epichilio) convexo, inferiore(Jiypochilio) excavate Columna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia2, elongata, fissa, caudicula. quam glandula biloba stipitata breviore. Epiphytes pseudobulbosee.Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vaginati, pauciflori. Elores maximi magis minusve maculati. Perianth membranaceous, widely spread open, or reflexed. Sepals free, somewhat undulate,pendent from their own weight. Petals similar in form, narrower. Lip free, placed anteriorly,spurless, fleshy, horned on each side, the upper half (epichilium) convex, the lower half(hypochilium) excavated. Co

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