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virens L. ; C. pendula Staunt. = C. fnnebris Endl.; C. nootkatensis 

 Lamb. = Chamaecyparis nutkatensis Spach. ; C. thttjoides L = Ch. 

 sphaeroidea Spach.; C. juniperoides L,. = Callitris arborea Schrad. ; 

 C. japonica L. = Cryptomeria jap. Don. 



Coniferae (Pinaceae; see C. for gen. char.). 12 Medit., As., 

 N.Am. The gen. habit is xero. , the 1. being much reduced and 

 closely appressed to the stems. C. sempervirens L. is the cypress 

 of the Medit. region; C.funebris Endl. the funereal cypress of China 

 and Thibet, with ' weeping ' branches ; C. macrocarpa Hartn. 

 (Monterey cypress, Calif.) is largely planted for timber and shade in 

 warm countries. Several yield useful timber, e.g. C. Laivsoniana Murr. 

 (Calif., Oregon), C. Lindleyi Klotzsch (Mexico), C. tornlosa Don 

 (W.Himal.), C. sempervirens, &c. (see Camus, Les Cypres, Paris, 



1914). 



Cupule, Fagaceae, Betulaceae. 



Cupuliferae (BH. ) = Betulaceae + Fagaceae ; (Warming) = Fagaceae. 



Curangajuss. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). i Indomal. 



Curare, Strychnos toxifera Schomb. 



Curatella L. Dilleniaceae. 5 trop. Am., W. I. 



Curculigo Gaertn. Amaryllidaceae (in). 15 palaeotrop., S. Afr. 



Curcuma L. Zingiber. (i). 35 palaeotrop. C. angustifolia Roxb. 

 tubers furnish east Indian arrowroot. C. longa L. yields the yellow 

 dye turmeric (dried and ground rhiz. ). The tubers of C. Zedoaria 

 Rose, yield zedoary, used in the East as a tonic and perfume. 



Curima O. F. Cook (Bactris EP.}. Palmae (iv. 2). 2 W. Indies. 



Curinila Roem. et Schult. Asclepiadaceae (inc. sed.). i Malaya. 



Curled rockbrake, Cryptogramma crispa R. Br. 



Curly greens, Brassica oleracea L. var. 



Curmeria Linden et Andre = Homalomena Schott p.p. (Arac.). 



Curraniodendron Merrill. Saxifragaceae (v). i Phil. Is. 



Currant, Kibes, Vitis ; Australian-, Leiicopogon ; black-, Ribes nigruin 

 L. ; -bush (W.I.), Clidemia, Miconia, &c.; flowering-, Ribes sangni- 

 neum Pursh; -tree (W.I.), Beureria, Jacquinia. 



Curroria Planch. Asclepiadaceae (i). i S. Afr. 



Curry-leaf (Ceyl., India), Murraya Koenigii Sprang. 



Curtia Cham, et Schlechtd. Gentian, (i). 10 Guiana to Uruguay. 



Curtisia Ait. Cornaceae. i S. Afr., C. faginea Ait., yielding a hard 

 and useful timber (assegai-wood). 



Curvembryae. The ist series (BH.) of Monochlamydeae. The 7th 

 cohort (Warming) of Choripetalae. 



Cuscuaria Schott (Scindapsiis p.p. EP.~). Araceae (n). i Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Cuscus (khas-khas), Vetiveria zizanioides Stapf. 



Cuscuta (Tourn.) L. Convolvulaceae (n). 100 trop. and temp.; 3 Brit, 

 (dodder, scald, &c.). Many have extended their boundaries through 

 being carried about with their host plants. Leafless and rootless total 

 parasites. The stem twines and is sensitive to contact like a tendril 

 so that it clasps the support tightly ; it rarely makes more than three 

 turns about the same branch of the host. At the points in close 

 contact suckers are developed which penetrate the tissues of the host, 

 growing into organic union with them and drawing off all the food 



