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CALOCHOBTUS. Baker enumerates twenty-one, 

 and S. Watson tMrty-two, species of this genua, natives of 

 North (mostly Western) America, extending aa far as 

 Mexico. To the varieties of C, venustus described on 

 p, 245, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



0» venustns roseus (rose-coloured). Jl. white inside, with a 

 distinct, red spot on each segment, purplish-rose outside. I. 

 short, bluish-green. 1886. 



CALOFHAGA. About seven species of greenhouse 

 or hardy, perennial herbs, shrubs, or under-shrubs, 

 natives of Asiatic Eussia, the Orient, and the Western 

 Provinces of India, are included in this genus. Flowers 

 yellow or violet, few, rather large. Leaves impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets entire, exstipellate. 0. grandiflora is a hardy, 

 branched shrub, requiring similar culture to that recom- 

 mended for C. wolgarica on p. 245, Vol. I. 



C» grandiflora (large-flowered), fl.^ calyx five-cleft; corolla 

 golden-yellow, papilionaceous, lin. long ; peduncles axillary, and, 

 together with tne raceme, exceeding the leaves. June and July, 

 i, 2Mn. to Bin. long; leaflets ovate, shortly petiolulate, Mn. to 

 neax'ly lin. long, entire. 1886. (R. G. 1251.) 



CA^OPOGON. This genus comprises four _ closely- 

 related species of hardy, terrestrial Orchids, natives of 

 North America. To those described on p. 246, Vol. I., the 

 foUowingl should now be added : 



0. multiflorus (many-flovi'ered). /. amethystpm-ple ; stalk of 

 the lip having on each side of the base an auricle, the broad, 

 irreguljirly square, retuse, emarginate, anterior blade having at 

 the base a tuft of golden-yellow, hairy lamella;, often purplish at 

 base, and before these some purple calli ; peduncle five-flowered. 

 1884. ' 



CAIiTPTROGYNE. This genus comprises six or 

 eight species, natives of tropical America. Spadices 

 simple or branched from the base, long-pedunculate ; 

 spathes two, narrow, the lower one much shorter than the 

 peduncle, cleft at apex, the upper one deciduous, elongated, 

 cleft the whole length. Fruit small, oblong or obovoid, one- 

 seeded. Leaves terminal, unequally pinnatisect ; segments 

 in few pairs; petioles very sl^jrt. To the species de- 

 scribed on p. 249, Vol. I., the following should now be 



added : 



C, teres (terete). I. spreading or drooping, consisting, in young 

 plants, of two pairs of linear- oblong, tapered leaflets about Sin. 

 wide, bright green, with the principal ribs raised; petioles terete. 

 British Guiana. Stove. 



CAMZSIiIiIA. New varieties of C. jafonica are not 

 very numerous, but recent additions from America have 

 greatly improved our collections, and some more recent 

 Italian forms are worth adding to the most select 

 collections. The best are contained in the following 



list: 



Carlotta Papudofp, beautifully marked on a rose-coloured 

 ground, good form ; Comte Nesselrode, pale rose, shading 

 to white at the margin, large, imbricated; Giardino Fran- 

 CHBTTl, rose -colon red, lightly marbled, large, and well shaped; 

 Giardino Santarelli, crimson, blotched white ; Giovanni 

 Santarelli, deep red, blotched white, large, and well im- 

 bricated ; IMPERATRICB EUQENIE, rose, shading to white at the 

 margin, finely formed ; Leoi>old I., crimson, tine form ; LTn- 

 SUBRTA, rose, lightly marked with white, well imbricated, 

 medium sized ; Madame Cachet, white, blotched red, fine form ; 

 Monarch, lich scarlet, large, of good form; Ochroleuca, 

 cream-colour ; Reticulata, clear rose, large ; Reticulata 

 FLORE-PLENO, deep rose, large ; Tricolor, white, striped deep 

 red. semi-double; Triomphe DE Loddi. blush, striped rose • 

 Triomphe DE WONDELGHEM, deep pink. 



CAMPANUItA. About 230 species have been referred 

 to this genus ; they are broadly dispersed over the Northern 

 hemisphere, being very copious in the Mediterranean 

 region. Calyx tube adnate, the limb deeply five-cleft or 

 five-parted; corolla campannlate, rarely funnel-shaped or 

 aub-rotate, short, five-cleft to the middle or rarely nearly 

 to the base ; stamens free of the corolla, the filaments often 

 dilated at base, the anthers free. To the species described 

 on pp. 253-8, VoL I., the following should now be added : 



C. abietina (Fir-like), JL light blue; spikes loose, branching. 

 July and August. Stems slender, 9in. to 15in. high. Eastern 

 Europe. Plant tufted. 



CI garga&ioa birsnta (hairyX ft. very profuse ; sepals rather 

 longer and somewhat narrower than in the type ; corolUi purplish- 



Campanula— continued, 



blue, pale towards the base, saucer-shaped. I. (as well as the 

 stem) densely covered with longish, stiff, white hairs. Flowering 

 branches longer and slenderer than in the species. Habit dwarf, 

 and more trailing. An excellent plant for hanging baskets, 

 flower-boxes, brackets in corridors, &c. 



C. Grosseckil (Grosseck's). ft. violet, large, campanulate. dis- 

 posed in a long raceme. L large, cordate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 the margins coarsely toothed- Stems leafy, 2ift. high, branching 

 at base. Eastern Europe, 1886. A handsome plant, (B. G. 1886, 

 p. 477, f. 55.) 



C« Jacobaea (St. Jameses), ft. axillary, on curved pedicels IJin. 

 to 2^in. long ; calyx segments narrow -lanceolate, iin. to §in. long ; 

 corolla deep blue or pale ^eenish, campanulate, lin. to l^in. 

 long. March. L IMn. to 2^in. long, sessile or nearly so, oblong- 

 ovate or obovate-oblong. obtuse or sub-acute, narrowed at base ; 

 upper ones cordate, half-amplexicaul, h, 2ft. to 3ft. Cape de 

 Verde. 1882. Half-hardy under-shrub. (B. M. 6703.) 



C. siblrica esclinia (choice), ft. varying from pale blviish to 

 violet, narrow -campanulate ; stem much branched. I. long, sca- 

 brous. Europe, &c., 1883. Habit dwarf and compact. 



C. Tenorei (Tenore's). A neat, dwarf species, much resembling 

 C. pyramidalis in its flowers and foliage, but not exceeding 1ft. in 

 height. 



CANAIMtmC, This genus embraces about fifty 

 species, mostly natives of tropical Asia ; a few are in- 

 digenous in Africa and the Mascarene Islands, and one is 

 I found in Australia. To the species described on p. 259, 

 Vol, I., the following should now be added: 



C. vitiense (Fijian), ft, yellowish- white, small, paniculate. 

 fr. bluish-black. I. pinnate ; leaflets five to seven, oblong- elliptic, 

 obtuse. Fiji, 1887. A small tree. 



CANNA. Nearly thirty species, all tropical or sub- 

 tropical American, are included here. To those described 

 on p. 262, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



C, grandiflora plota (large-flowered, painted), ft, yellow, 

 spotted with red. 1885. A handsome and robust, garden variety. 

 (R. H. 1885, p. 396.) 



C, liliiflora (Lily -flowered), ft. 4in. to 5in. long. Honeysuckle- 

 scented, in a short, terminal raceme ; perianth tiibular, the three 

 outer petaloid lobes linear-oblong, convolute, reflexed, tinged 

 green, the three inner ones straight and extended, recurved at 

 end, white, tinted yellowish-green. I. large, Musa-like, oblong, 

 acuminate. Stems stout, erect, h. 6ft. to 10ft. A fine plant. 

 (F. d. S, 1055-6; R. H. 1884, 132.) 



O. rossefiora (rose-flowered), ft. magenta-red. 1885. Garden 

 variety. (R. H. 1885, p. 396.) 



CAFIi POISON BULB. See Bnphaiie disticlia. 



CARAOANA. This genus embraces about flfteen 

 species, natives of Asiatic Russia and the Himalayas. To 

 those described on pp. 264-5, Vol, I., the following variety 

 should now be added : 



C. arborescens pendula (pendulous). This only differs from 

 the type in having the branches pendulous. 1887. SyN. C. pen- 

 du la. 



C. pendula (pendulous). A variety of C, arborescem. 



CABiAGUATA. The species of this genus number 

 nearly a score, and are found in the West Indies, 

 Central America, and Colombia. Flowers clustered ; sepals 

 erect, imbricated, often shortly connate at the base ; 

 petals deeply connate in a tube, the free part spreading; 

 anthers nearly sessile at the apex of the staminal tube; 

 inflorescence dense, terminal. Leaves entire. To the 

 species described on p. 265, Vol. I., the following should 

 now be added : 



C. Andreana (Andrews), ft. about 2in. long, numerous ; calyx 

 and corolla bright yellow ; panicle spike-like, rather lax, longer 

 than the leaves ; stem and bracts carmine-rose. I. arching, green, 

 2ft. long, 2in. broad, forming a lax rosette. Andes of Paste, 1884. 

 (B. M, 7014 ; B. H. 1884, p. 247, f. 61 ; 1886. p. 276.) 



C. angnstifolla (narrow-leaved). /. large, few in a dense spite ; 

 calyx whitish, the segments oblong, acute ; corolla yellow, the 

 tube cylindrical, 2in. long; bracts red, large, oblong-lanceolate; 

 peduncle short, with a few reduced leaves. I. in a dense rosette, 

 bin, long, lanceolate, channelled from the ovate base to the 

 attenuated apex. 1884. Syn. Quzmannia Bulliana. 



Ccardinalis (scarlet), ft. white, sessile in the midst of the 

 bracts; scape 1ft. to ijft, high, surmounted by a crown of 

 brilliant scarlet bracts, tipped with green, the innermost ones 

 yellow. I, lift, long. Ungulate, recurving. Columbia, 1880. This 

 very handsome decorative plant retains its brilliant colour for a 



jery long time. (K. H. 1883, p. 12.) Syn. C. Ungulata cardinal^ 

 (I. H. 374). 



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