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Chrysanthesnum — continued. 



yellow; Mrs B. AVynne^ white, rose shade; Mrs. Douglas, 

 creamy-white, recurved petals ; MRS. GolJ)KJ^G, orange- 

 yellow ground-colour; Mhs. H. Can.nell, pure \vhite, large, 

 liaiidsome flower; Mrs. J. Whight, pure white, handsome 

 variety; Pelican, white, broad tiorets ; Pihebus, rico, clear 

 yeiluw; PiEillo Diaz, deep red and yellow retiex ; Ralph 

 BROCKLtBAiNK, yeiiOW (^port from Meg :Mehiulees) ; Roi i>ks 

 .lAPONAiS, rtddi>h-maroon, broad florets, centie incurved; 

 RosKUM SUPERBUM, rose-lilac, brownish-yellow tips; Souvenir 

 . cu Japon, lilac and purple, yellowish centre; Val d'A.ndorke, 

 .reddish-brown, orange shade; William Robinsow, orange- 

 sahn>^n ; Willtam Stevens, orange-red. 



Single-flowered. Admiral Sir T. Symonds, large, yellow; 



Crl'.sukdStrawueuuy, reddish-pink; Heuanthus, rich yellow ; 

 Jane, white; Lady Churciiill, yellowish-buff; MaRIuOLI), 

 browiiish-criuison ; Mary Anderson, pink, one of the best ; Mi^s 

 CANNKLupuie white, very beautiful; Miss Kli.rn Terry, ma- 

 genta; Miss Rose, blush; Mrs. John Wills, white, tinged 



pink; Oceana, blush; ORil'LAMMli, brown; QUEEN OK JUK 



Yellows; Scarli-.t Gem ; Sims Reeves, chestnut-red; W. A. 

 Harris, bronze. 



Early-flowering Varieties. Alice Butcher, red ; Blushing 



BiUDE, pink ; G^ntilfssk, sulphur, pink tint ; Golden Madame 

 Dkscjrange, yellow; Hejimine, dwarf, white; Illustration, 

 pink and white ; La PETiXE Marie, pure white ; Flora, yellow ; 

 Lk VitRGE, large white; Mrs. Bljirell, primrose; Mrs. CuL- 

 LiNGVORi), white; Pierre Vkriiel, orange and red ; Salter's 

 Early Blush, pale rose. 



• CHBiYSOPHYLLUM. This genua comprises about 

 fiixty species, mostly tropical American, a few being" found 

 in Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, and the Sandwich 

 Islands. To those described on p. 325, Vol. I., the 

 following phould now be added : 



C. imperiale (impeiial). /. yellowish-green, fascicled at the sides 

 of a branch as thick as the finger, pedicellate ; corolla sub-rotate, 

 five-lubed. April. Jr. tbe t^ize of a i-mall apple, obtusely tive- 

 angled. I. 3ft. long, lOin. broad, petiolate, obovate-ob]<ing or 

 ohlong-oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, deeply serrated. Rvtizil. 

 (B. M. 6823.) SVN. Theophrasta imper talis (I. H. xxi. Ib4 ; 

 R. G. 1864, 453.) 



CHUSQUEA (said to be the native name of some of 

 the Bpecies in the West Indies). Syns. Dendragrostis, 

 Retthergia. Okd. Gramineoe, A genus embracing abont 

 thirty species of sufFruticose or arborescent, sometimes 

 climbing, American Grasses. Flowers in terminal panicles ; 

 Bpikelets one-flowered, variously paniculate. C. ahietifolin, 

 the only species known to cultivation in this country, is an 

 interesting and graceful, stove, climbing- Bamboo. It 

 thrives in well-drained loam, and is propagated either by 

 means of imported seeds or by division of the root-stock. 



C. abietifoUa (Abies-leaved). /. in racemes, terminating the 

 leafy branches; spikelets sreen and purple, Jin. to ^in. long. 

 December. I, iin. to fin. long, y^in. broad, strict, erect, sesbile 

 on the sheath, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Stems wiry, smooth, 

 terete. Jamaica, 1885. (B. M. 6811.) 



, The six or eight species referred to thiR 

 genus are natives of Mexico and Columbia. To those 

 described on pp. 326-7) Vol. I., the following should now 

 be added: * 



C, nndulata (wavy), fl. ten to twelve in a raceme ; sepals and 

 petals of a lively or.mjie-yellow; lip cream-cob mreii, marked with 

 numerous lines of pink. , Pseudo-btdbs IJft, high. Native 

 country unknown; A rare but handsome species. 



CIN£BfARIA. The garden varieties are now more 

 generally named. During the years 1886 and 1887 many 

 distinct and handsome forms were exhibited. To those 

 described on p, 330, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



Single-flowered, Blue Circle, dark disk, white centre, lipht 

 indigo-blue margin ; Dr. Masters, detp rosy-red, white centre, 

 fine form: E. J. Dowling, dark blue, largie flowers; March 

 Past, dark disk, white centre, broad margin of maroon-crim- 

 son ; Miss CoopKR, dark disk, pure white centre, indigo-blue 

 margin ; Mr. Alexander, chocolate-purple; Mrs. Tucker, 

 rosy-pink, tinted lilac ; Rtv. J. H. Walion, pure white centre, 

 rich clear magenta margin; Special Favourite, magenta; 

 Victory, deep rich crimson self. 



Doable-flowered. Advance, vioIet-blue; Aspasia, deep blue; 

 Crimson King; Faust, clear bright rose; Gkm, Inight liiac- 

 pmk ; Mauve Queen, mauve, with violet tinge ; Miss Cannkli,, 

 white, tipped magenta; Nellie, clear pink, white edge; Per- 

 fection, ro^y-red. 



CIBRHOPETALUM. The species of this genus are 

 ttiostly natives of the East Indies or the Malayan Archi- 



alcatc , lip purple, linear-obUmn, recurvid ; pedicel* jjin. long; 



imbel ah<nit seven -flowt-red ; .scape riccl, Iin. to bin. lonpr. 



Cirrhopetalum— to?thn«^cI. 



pelago ; one is found in the Mascarene Islands, another in 

 China, and a third in Australia. To those degcribed on 

 pp. 330-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



C, LoBdyanum (Lendy's). Jl. whitish, with a greenish-yellow 

 hue ; lateral sepaU free, twicti as long as the liguhite, nciiminate 

 upper one ; petals li^idate, acnunnate ; iip coniprest-td, bicariiuHc 

 on the narrow upper ^ide ; raceme uini)olInte. L cimeate-obbirig, 

 acute, minutely bilobed, purple beneath. Paentio. bulbs pvriforni- 

 tetragonal, reddisb. 1887. 



C, pictnratum (picture). Jt. 21n. or more In length; upper 

 sepal iin. lonjr, with a terminal, purple thread J|ln. lon|f; lateral 

 seprxlH conniving into a pale, liirty green, convex bladtt ; petals 

 very small; uuibei about ten-tb>\\ured ; scape giteii, t^pcikled 

 with i)urplo, 8in. to lOin. long; slit'aths speckled red. /. fctjliUtry, 

 3in. to 6in. long, l^in. broad. Uncar-ohlong. Psmdobulbs tuft« d. 

 Mouhnein, 1885. (Ji. M. 68C2.) 



C. pulchrum (beautiful), /f.. dor=aT sepal purple, dotted Hith 

 /uscou.s-purple, the lateral ones n-nnaie In a yellow purplo- 

 blotclied, linear-oblong, ohtus*^ laniiiiu, IJin. long ; pt-taN ptirjile, 



uml . _ ___^ _ ^. 



L oblong, obtuB« and pmnrg^n.^te'at npox,' narrowed at fKi>e, 

 thick, llaliiuihera, 1886, 



C« stragularium (curfaincd). ,/l, middle ftcpa] Kpotted pujj>li>. 



purple at U'W illiutic, cucuUnto," the lateral oueshtdphur, blotched 

 and spotted purj)ie; petals jrlh>wish. Npnttrd purpU*, brownj^b 

 purple at apex; ]{p numeniUHly hpciitt'd with blackiNltpuiple, 

 curved, with two divaricate angles near the b:iMi>, convolute. 

 I. petiolate, cuncate-oblong, blunt. 6in. to Tim long. 1887, Thifl 

 "may bo the saii' is C, pulchrum (H. O. Ileichenbacli) 



CITRUS. This genus embraces, ftocording to Bent- 

 ham and ITookor, about five speoieR, natives of tropical 

 India, an4 broadly cultivated over tlie tropical roginns of 



the globe. Calyx cup-shaped or tirccolate, three to five- 

 cleft; petals four to eight, linear-oblong, tbick, imbricateti ; 



stamens twenty to sixty. Fruit globose or oblong, Hetshy, 

 many-celled. To the species described on p. 335, Vol. I., 

 the following variety should now bo added : 



C. medica Riversil (Kiver.V). Bijou Lemon. /. white, small. 

 /r, small, clobose. f. elliptic, serrated, on short, wjngU- 

 petioles. 1885. (JJ. M. 6807.) 



CLAVIJA. About twenty-five species, all tropical 

 American, are here included. To those described on p. 33G, 

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



C. Smstll (Kmst's). /. pendulous, ^in. long ; corolla fleshy, the 

 disk apricot-colour; raceines 2in. to 4in. long, drooping, inany- 

 flowered. July. I. clubtered at the ends of the branches, on 

 long petioles, coriaceous, 12in. to 16in. long, 4in. to fain, broad, 

 pale beneath, elliptic -oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or oVdaiirrolate, 

 acute or sub-acute, entire. Tnmk (in native specimenH) 4ft. to 

 5ft. high. Caraccaa, 1879. (B. M. 6928.) 



CIt£ISOSTOMA, This genus ccmpriKes about fifteen 

 species, natives of the Bast Indies, tbe Malayan Archi- 

 pela{?o, and tropical Australia. To those described on 

 p. 337, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 



C. crassifolium (thick-leaved), fl. sea-green, with a rosy lip, 

 small, produced in nodding panicles from the axil.s of the lc«^ves. 

 I. closely set, thick, leathery, much recurved, resembling tbc*»e 

 of a Vanda. India, 1860. (L. J. F. 397 ; \K F. O. jii. 29.) 



CLEMATIS- About 100 species are included in this 

 genus; they are mostly dispersed over temperate regions, 

 and are rarely found within the tropics. To the specieB 

 and varieties described on pp. 338-40, Vol. I., the following 

 should now be added : 



C. reticulata (reticulated). /. dull greenish and pnrplij^h, 

 solitary, pendulous, on long pedunclen; sepaU connivent, re- 

 curved at the tips. Heptember. I. leathery, proniineutly reticu- 

 lated ; upper oneH simple, elliptic ; lower ones pinnate, with 

 seven to nine variable leaflets. Southern United States, 1880. 

 A rambling, hardy or nearly hardy climber, (H. M. 6574.) 



C. rhodochlora (reddjHh-green). fl. about the size of those of 

 C. Viticella; two nmaller sepals vinoii«-red above, paler towards 

 the base, whitish fluj'hed with red beneath ; Iarg*»r rwMJU nearly 

 double the size of tbe amallcr oneB, ^een, quite fobareiwii. 

 i. simple, broadly oval or aub-cordate, shortly HtalRed. 1887. 

 Garden variety. 



Stans (erect). /. opal-blue, sub-vcrticillately cIuHtered, pen- 

 dulous • whorlH dispo-sed in a contracted, terminal j>anlcle ; »era|» 

 linear acuminate, recurved. September. ?. tnfoliolate ; lenfleU 

 obliquely roundish-ovate, acote, deeply twHiied or aoinewhat 

 lobed, wrinkled, the upper onea narrower. Stem erect, herba- 

 ceons, softly pubescent >. 2ft. to 3ft. Japan. Uardy. (B. M. 



6810.) 



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