Supplement. 



505 



continued. 



Caxagnata- 



C. llusnlata cardlnalls (scarlet). A synonym of C. eardinalis. 



C. Morrcnlana Olorren's). jl. yellow, in a large, comp.irt head ; 

 bracts l>i;ij4lit leU ; flower-stem 4in. to 6in. long. I. rosnlate, 

 16in. to 20in. loiiii, 2in. broad, with recurved, acuminate tips ; 

 outer ones dark green, gradually passing, by being shaded and 

 tinted with violet, into the violaceous floral ones. Rio Cuiaauer. 

 New Grenada, 1887. (R. H. 1887, p. 12.) 



Cxntisaioa (mosaic). (B. M. 6675.) The correct name, according 

 to Baker's classification, of the plant described by Morren under 

 name of Massangea musaica (which gee, on p. 555, Vol. II.). 



C. Osyana (Baron Edouard Osy's). /. axillary, solitary, shorter 

 than the bracts ; corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx, 

 clavate- tubular, sub-arcuate, the tube elongated, the lobes erect ; 

 bracts orange- salmon, imbricated, reflexed ; spike compact, stro- 

 hiliform. I. coriaceoiLs, IJft. long, lanceolate, somewhat chan- 

 nelled. Stem erect, short, robust. Ecuador, 1885. (B. H. 1885. 

 16-17.) 



C. Peacockii (Peacock's). /. white ; stem covered with bright 

 purple bracts, the upper ones rolled round the flowers. I, bronzy- 

 purple above, rosy-purple beneath, forming an ample rosette. 

 1885. 



C, sanguinea (blood -coloured).* /. clustered at the base of the 

 centre of the rosette of leaves ; corolla 2^in. to 3in. long, the tube 

 yellowish- white, long, clavate, the three segments white, ovate. 

 November. I. in a dense rosette, lanceolate, acute, falcate, thin, 

 the lower part green, the upper half or two-thirds strongly 

 tinged with bright red on both sides, the outer leaves 1ft. or more 

 in lenirth. New Grenada. 1880. Plant stemless. (H. M. 6^6S^ 



Upwards of 800 species have been referred 

 to thia genus, but probably not more than 500 are entitled 

 to rank as such ; they are copiously dispersed over tem- 

 perate and frigid regioua, but few being found within the 

 tropica, and those on mountains. To those described on 

 p. 2G7j Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



C. scaposa (scapose). Jt, brownish ; spikelets ^in. to Jin. lonfi^ ; 

 cymes three or more to a scape, lin. to 2in. broad ; scapes lonj^er 

 or shorter than the leaves, stout, erect. AVlnter. /., radical ones 

 1ft. long or more, 2n. broad, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at 

 both ends ; petioles sometimes 3in. to 4in. long. South China, 

 1883. Greenhouse. (B. M. 6940.) 



CARIiUDOVZCA. This genus embraces about thirty 

 species, natives of tropical America and the "West Indies. 



To those described on p. 268, Vol. L, the following should 

 now be added : 



C Plumieri (Plumier's). /., spadices pendulous^ 4in. long, 

 axillary, pedunculate, covered with twistedf threads. I. alternate, 

 bipartite* the divisions lanceolate, plicate, with ribs raised on 

 the upper surface, bright green above, paler beneath. Caudex 

 erect, waving. 



CARMZCHJELIA. New Zealand is the headquarters 

 of the nine species embraced in the genus. To the one 

 described on p. 269, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



C. Mulleriana (Mailer's), jl. whitish, ^striated purple, small, 

 solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. I., leaflets one to 

 three, small, ohovate, emarginate, about Jin. long, on a rather 

 lon«:er petiole. Branches slender, compressed, pinnately branched ; 

 branchlets filiform, compressed, h, about 2ft. 1887. 



CAKNATION. ■ All the sections of the Carnation are 

 immensely popular, and have been greatly improved during 

 the last year or two. The Self-coloured varieties have 

 been more in demand during the season 1887-8 than the 

 Bizarres and Flakes. A few additions in these classes are 

 as follows : 



Scarlet Bizarres. Dre.\t)\oi^ght (Daniels), George (Dod- 



well), James McIntosh (Dodwell), Robert IIoulgrave (Ear- 

 low), HoBEHT Lord (Dodwell). * 



Crimson Bizarres. Albton's Prtde (Headley), Harrison 

 Weir (Dodwell), H. K. Mayor (Dodwell), Robert Scott 

 (Scott), The Lamplighter (Wood). 



PUik and Purple Bizarres. Mrs. Gorton (Pod well), Sir 

 Garnet Wolselev (Turner), Squire Lleweelyn (Dodwell), 

 nvvFORD Perfection (YoungX Unexpected (Turner). 

 William Skirving (Gorton). 



I*urple Flakes. Florence Nightingale (Sealev), Sporting 

 Lass (Fletcher), Squire Meynell (Brabbin), Squire Whix- 

 BOURN (Dodwell). 



Rose Flakes. John Keet (Whitehead), Mrs. Briogewater 

 (Kridjiiewater), MRS. Krskine (Dodwell), Sybil (Holmes), 

 Thalia (Douglas). 



Scarlet Flakes. Alisemond (Douglas), Flirt (Turner), 

 HENRY Cannell (Dodwell), MATADOR (Aberciouibie), Si'ORTS- 

 KAN (Hedderley). 



Vol. XV. 



Carnation — continued. 



Clove Carnations and Selfs. Amber (Maunder), amher- 

 coloured ; Bride (Hodges), tine white; Comte de C'hambord, 



flesh-white ; Gremoknk (Turner), light purple ; Ducjiess 

 OF CONNAUGHT (Abercrombie), pure white; Edith (FinlinHon) 

 bright yellow; Kuphrosyne (Dodwell), rose; Florkxce 

 (Wallington), buff ; Imperial Purple (Abercrombie), rich 

 purple; Mrs. ReYxNOLds Hole (Nowell), terra-cotta colour; 

 Pride of Penshurst (Bridget), yellow ; Purple Empeuor 

 (Douglas), bright purple; Rose Celesthl (Douglas), rose 

 Scarlet Gem (Douglas), brilliant scarlet; The Governor 

 (Cross), blush white ; Will Threlfall (Threlfall), yellow. 



Tree or Perpetual. The following Tree Caraations 

 have all, with the exception of Mrs. Keen, been raised 

 by Mr. Charles Turner in the Eoyal Nurseries, Slough, and 

 are indispensable to all good collections r 



A. H. Kennedy, bright scarlet ; Amethyst, crimson-scarlet ; 

 Black Diamond, dark maroon ; Ci*eopatra, deep rose ; Colonel 

 Cox, vivid scarlet ; Colour-Sergeant, very bright scarlet ; 

 Coronet, ricli scarlet, large ; Cossack, dark crimson ; Codntiuss 

 Howe, pale huff, splashed pink; Madelelne, delicate pink; 

 Mont Blanc, pure white; Mrs. Keen (Veitch), dark crim- 

 son; Mrs. Llkwelyn, deep rose; Mrs. Oloacre, hrijrht rose; 

 Mrs. W. H. Grknfell, sulmon-pink; Noveltv, silvery-white, 

 striped crimson ; Phyllis, white fjrouud, edged scarlet ; Purple 

 King, large, hright purple; Rising Sun, inten.-ie scarlet 



RoSETTA, bright rose. 



CABiSECi-NOA. A synonym of Tapeinanthtis 



(which see). 



CAKYOTA. About a dozen species are included 



here ; they inhabit tropical Asia, the Malayan Archi- 



pelan^o, New Guinea, and tropical Australia. To those 



described on pp. 274-5, Vol. I., the following' should now 

 be added : 



C, plumosa (feathery). A species supposed to he newly intro- 

 duced, and distributed by a Belgian hrui without description or 

 iufurniution aa to origin. 



CASSIA. The species of this genua are broaf^lly dis- 

 tributed over the warm regions of the globe. To those 

 depcribed on p, 276, Vol, I., the following should now be 



added : 



C. coqaimbensis (Coqnimho). /. l^in. in diameter ; sepals 

 oblong, obtnse, about half the len^^^th of the orange-yellow petals ; 

 dorsal petal obcordate, the two lateral ones broadly ohovate, the 

 anterior ones smaUor, obovate-oblong; cymes axillary, many- 

 cleft, sub -corymbose, September, /r., pods about 4in. long, over 

 ^in. broad, stipitate, flattened, acute at base, mucronate at tip. 

 I, 2in. to 4in. lonof ; leaflets four to six pains, four to eight lines 

 long, sessile, elliptic-oblong or almost rounded, apiculate, pale 

 greeu. Chili, 1886. Greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 7002.) 



CATAIiFA. About half-a-dozen species are embraced 

 in this genus ; they are found in China, Japan, North 

 America, and the West Indies. To the species described 

 on pp. 278-9, Vol. I., the following variety should now bo 



added : 



C. l>ignoiiioides foliis-argenteis (silvery -leaved). L silvery- 

 variegated. 1887. Garden variety. A variety with pvirplish 

 leaves has originated in the United States. 



CATASXSTUM. This genus comprises nearly forty 



species, natives of tropical America, extending* from Brazil 



as far as Mexico. Lip fleshy, sessile at the base of the 



column ; pollen masses four. To the species and varieties 



described on pp. 279-80, Vol. I., the following should now 



be added : 



C. Bungerothi (Bungeroth's).* fl, white, very showy ; sepals and 

 petals lanceolate, very acute, spreading ; lip large, transversely 

 oblong, deeply concave, shortly and obtusely spurred, bidentate 

 at apex ; racemes many-flowered. Z. lanceolate, very acute, Sin. 

 to 9in. long, l^in. to 2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 5in. to 

 9in. lonsf. Equatorial America, 1887. (b. M. 6998; G. C. ser. iii., 

 i.,p. 142; I. H. ser. v. 10.) 



C. B. aureum (golden), fi. light yellow. Venezuela. A distinct 



variety. 

 C. B. Pottsianum (Potts'). /., petals prettily marked with 



purple ; centre of the Up having a few spots, 1887. 



C. Christyanum (Christy's), fi. large, spreading^ each with a 

 narrow bract at base ; sepals dark reddish- or chocolate-brown, 

 the dorsal one erect, the lateral ones spreading ; petals lighter 

 brown, pale-spotted at base; lip green and purplish, short, with 

 a bluntly conical, saccate pouch and a three-lobed limb, the 

 lateral lobes with long, purple fringes ; raceme erect, six-flowered. 

 Autumn, I. lanceolate-lorate, acuminate, plaited. Stems fusi- 

 form, jointed, 6in. to Sin. long. Amazons. (W. O. A. 85.) 



C. C. obscnraxn (obscure). jL^ sepals and petals blackish- 

 purple ; side lobes of the lip dark, ric!i pui-ple, the middle lobe 



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