| | + | Freesia hybrida, Hort. Here belong many hybrid forms, some of them known as the "colored freesias," as: F. chapmanii, a cross of the typical F. refracta (F. aurea, Hort.), with var. alba, producing a soft yellow flushed with deeper yellow and with an orange blotch (Gn. 71, p. 165. G.M. 50:164. G. 31:175); F. tubergenii, being a cross of F. refracta alba, and F. armstrongii (G.W. 13, p. 199. G. 28:215. Gn. 69, p. 184. J.H. III. 52:299); F. kcwensis, hybrid probably between F. Armstrongii and F. Leichtlinii; F. Mdidenii, being F. refracta alba x F. Armstronffii; F. Ragwnieri, a race resulting from the crossing of F. refracta, F. Leichtlinii and their hybrids with F. Armstrongii, described as producing scented fls. tinted in shades of pink, rose, purple, blue, brown, orange, and spotted and veined. |