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The Dictionary of Gardening. 



B-nrlingtonia. — continued. 



described on p. 225, Vol. I., the following should now be 



added : 



B* caloplectron (beautiful -spurred). A synonym oJ Bodriguezta 

 caloplectrwi. 



B, Farmori (Farmer's), fi. white and yellow, freely produced. 

 Early summer. Native country unknown. A pretty species, 

 resembling B. Candida. It should be grown on a block, or in a 

 basket with Sphagnum. 



B. Knowlesll (Knowles'). /. white, with a faint tinge of lilac- 

 pink, disposed in long racemes. Autumn. Native country un- 

 known, A scarce but beautiful species, resembling B. vemtsta. 



CACCINIA (named in honour of G. Caccini, an 

 Italian savant). Stn. Anisanthera , Okd. BoraginecB. A 

 small genua (fivespocies) of hardy, perennial herbs, natives 

 of the Orient, Flowers pedicellate, at length scattered ; 

 calyx five-cloft ; corolla salver-shaped, with a slender tube 

 and five spreading lobes; stameng five; racemes elon- 

 gated, bractoate. Nutlets four, or by abortion fewer. 

 Leaves alternate, the margins scabrous-ciliated. 0. glauca, 

 the only species in cultivation, thrives in any fairly good 

 soil, and may be propagated by divisions. 



C. glanca (greyish), ft. in racemose cymes ; calyx lobes greenish - 

 brown; corolla tube not exserted, the lob«s violet-blue, turning 

 red, Ain. long, oblong-lanceolate. I. 4in. to 8iu. long, shortly 

 j>etioIate, or the unper ones sessile, elliptic- oblona, sparsely 

 tuheiclL-d. Stem below an thick as the thumb, h. 1ft. to 3ft. 

 Persia and Afghanistan. 1880. (B. M. 6870.) 



CADIA (this name is an alteration of the Arabic Kadi). 

 Syns. Panciatica, Sjpaendoncea, Ord* Leguminoam. A 

 small genus (three species are known) of stove, evergreen 

 shrubSy natives of Eastern tropical Africa, Southern 

 Arabia, and Madagascar. Flowers whitish, pink, or 

 purple, solitary in the axils or few. in a raceme, pendu- 

 lous ; calyx broadly campanulate, with nearly equal lobes ; 

 petals nearly all alike, free, erecto-patent, oblong-ovate 

 or sub-orbicular, very bbortly clawed; stamens free, sub- 

 equal; bracts small; bracteoles wanting. Pods linear, 

 acuminate, two-valved. Leaves impari-pinnatc ; leaflets 

 .11, exatipellate ; stipules minute. C. Ellisiana, the 

 only species yet introduced, is a small, slender, perfectly 

 glabrous bush, requiring similar culture to Brownea • 

 (which see, on p. 215, Vol. I). 



C, Ellisiana (Rev. AV. Ellis'). /. rose-red, liin. long; petals 

 twice as long as the calyx, obovate-apathulate. convolute, form- 

 ing a campanulate corolla ; racemes sliort and shortly peduncu- 

 late, axillary. December. L alternate, 4in. to 6in. long ; leaflets 

 distant, ;Uternate, spreading, very shortly petiolulate, 3in. to 

 4in. long, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtusely acuminate ; 

 petioles very short, swollen at base. Madagascar, 1382. (B.M.6685.) 



C£SAIiPINIA. This genus comprises about thirty- 

 eight species, distributed over the warmer regions of the 

 globe. To those described on p. 232, Vol, I., the following 

 should now be added : 



C. crista (crest). A synonym of C. japonica. 



C, Japonica (.Tapanese). JL whitish, terminal, racemose, droop- 

 ing ; peduncles alternate, filiform, horizontal, one- flowered. 

 May and June. I. pinnate ; leaflets sub-sessile, oblong, very 

 obtu3C, entire, et|uilatera], glabrous. Stem 6ft. high, arborescent. 

 Jap&n. (G. M. 21st July, 1888, p. 445.) Syn. C. crista, 



CAIiADIXTM. The most recent additions to this 

 genns of plants grown and valued for the beauty of their 

 foliage have been conspicuous for great distinctness in 

 the coloration and markings on the upper surface of the 

 leaves. Many of the varieties have obtained first-class 

 certificates from the principal metropolitan floral and 

 horticultural societies. The following is a selection of 

 the very best: 



AtBO-LUTF.t'M, white, with yellow and green ; Anna de Condeixa, 

 of thin texture, the midribs deep red, with rosy centre ; Auguste 

 CxaPENTiER, richly coloured, deep red at the centre; Bakon.ne 

 James PK liOTUsrun.D, rosy tinted, with deep red veins ; Bel- 

 t0N^^ roay-red, with darker veins, the colours becoming intensi- 

 fied as the leave'^ t^row to their full size; Candidum, white, 

 the TcnatioD bright green, one of the very best ; Cardinale, 

 crimson, spotted and mark e^^- green and yellow, distinct and 

 handsome; Charlemagne, reddiah, the venation dark red, 

 very handsome ; Cue, rose, shading off to a whitish tnat, the 

 vein:i green; CoMTE DB Uerminy, red and yellow, marbled 

 white, a handsome form; CuMTJiSSE de lo.noeixa, white 



Caladiuju — contijiued, * 



. ground, tinted red, veined deep red, edged green ; Duchesse de 



f* MORTEMART, transparent white, very distinct ; Elsa, pale rose, 



blotched and spotted red, with green venation and margin ; 



TiTiEN, green, with deep purplish-red midrib and veins ; Madame 

 Imbert KiECHLiN, green, with crimson spots ; Madame 

 LemOxMER, pale red or rose, with red midrib and veins, and 

 yellowish centre; Madame Mitjana, crimson, with purplish 

 centre, of thin texture; Minus erubescens, crimson, with 

 green margin, small ; Ornatum, rich green, with crimson midrib 

 and venation; Raymond Lemonier, carmine-red, marked with 

 cream-colour ; Rubkum metallicum, reddish, with a bluish 

 suffusion, and coppery-red margin ; SOUVENIR DE I>R. Bleu, 

 crimson centre, erlged green, large and handsome ; Souvenir DE 

 Madame Bernard, crimson centre, spotted green and white, 

 margined green. 



CALAMUS. All the 200 species of this genus inhabit 



tropical or sub-tropical regions ; they are mostly found in 



Eastern Asia. To those described on page 235, Vol. I., the 



following should now be added : 



C, guineensis (Guinea). I. pinnate; segments narrow-lanceo- 

 late, supported by spiny leafstalks ; young ones cinnamon- 

 brown, changing to deep green. Sikkim, 1884. 



C. kentiseformis (Kentia-shaped). *'The habit of the plant 

 recalls at once the form and character of Kentia Forsteriana 

 [Uowea Forsteriana], from which circumstance its name was 

 given" (Catalogue of the Compaf^nie Continentale d'Horticulture. 

 1884, p. 3). No further description given. 



C,Iilndeni(Linden's).j, Z. pinnatifid; pinnse unarmed, lanceolate* 

 flat, three-nerved, acuminate, attenuated at base, white-pruinose 

 beneath ; petioles and sheaths prickly, the prickles straight, 

 long, brown, thickened at base. Candex thickened, cylindrical. 

 Indian Archipelago. 1883. (I. H. 1883. 499.) 



C. regis (royal). 2. shining green, borne on mealy petioles. 1886. 

 An elegant and graceful Palm, 



C. spectabiliS (remarkable^. I. s]^nder, pinnate ; pinnae about 

 five on each side the rachis, not equidistant, oblong, five to 

 seven-nerved, convex above ; petioles very short. 1886. A small- 

 growing, somewhat spiny species, of graceful habit, suitable, 

 when in a young state, for table decoration. 



C. trinervis (three-nerved). I. pinnate; leaflets alternate, lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, acuminate, having three prominent, hairy nerves, 

 and two marginal and two intermediate ones less developed ; 

 transverse veins conspicuous ; petioles thorny, clothed with a 

 deciduous,. scale-like tomentum, the sheath ending in a fringe of 

 pointed, brown scales. East Indies, 1883. 



CAXiANTHIS.' About forty species, mostly natives of 

 tropical Asia, are comprised in this genus. To those de- 

 scribed on pp. 23G-7, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



C« ancborifera (anchor-bearing), fl, whitish-ochre; sepals oblonl", 

 apiculate ; petals very small, rhomboid, obtuse-angled ; lateral 

 segments of the lip ligulate, retuse, antrorse, the anterior one 

 bilobed and bent like an anchor ; spur filiform ; bracts short, 

 velvety ; peduncle hairy. Polynesia. 1883. 



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C. bella (beautiful), fl, disposed in long, arched racemes, as large 

 as those of C. Tumeri; sepals white; petals blush; lip blush- 

 pink, broad, deeply four lobed, with a deep carmine-crimson 

 blotch surrounded by white ; column dark crimson ; spur pale 

 yellow. Pseudo-bulbs as in C. vestita. 1881. A hybrid between 

 C. Tumeri and C. VeitchiU 



C. bracteosa (bracted). ji. white ; sepals and petals cuneate- 

 oblong, apiculate ; lip with a short isthmus, linear acute lateral 

 segments, and a broader anterior one ; spur filiform ; bracts much 

 developed, sometimes exceeding the flowers. Samoa, 1882. 



C Ceciliae (Miss Cecilia Weld's), fl. light ochre, with a delicate 

 hue of purple ; sex>als and petals obovate, acute ; lip four-cleft, 

 the lateral segments oblong-iigulate, dilated, the middle one sub- 

 sessile, biftd, the call! very deep yellow ; apur slender, filiform. 

 Malayan Peninsula, 1883. "^ 



C. colorans (coloured), fl, white ; sepals and petals oblong, 

 acute ; lip changing to ochre, with calli of gamboge- yellow ; spur 

 shorter than the pale ovary, generally bidentate at apex ; raceme 

 rather dense, elongated, the rachis, bracts, ovaries, and sepals 

 velvety. 1885. (W. O. A. 218.) 



G. Curtlsil (Curtis'), fl,, sepals and petals rosy outside, white 

 inside, the petals and lateral sepals with rosy borders ; lip yellow, 

 with a very short, rather triangular, blunt lobe on each side of 

 the base, the middle segment cuneate, dilated from the narrow 

 base, the callus purple ; column white and rosy. L long- p etiolate, 

 cuneate-oblong, acute. Sunda Islands, 1884. 



C. mpteryx (two- winged). /. suffused rich purple; sepals, 

 rachis, bracts, pedicels, and ovaries puberulous outside ; basilar 



gartition of the lip triangular, obtuse, short, scarcely reaching 

 alf the breadth of the anterior lacinia ; callus purple, in three 

 rows; istbmife very short. Sunda Islands, im Allied to 

 C pleichroina. 



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