268 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Carissa—continued. 
C. Xylopicron (bitter-wooded). Л. white; petals acute; peduncles 
lateral, spiny, one to two-flowered. July. J. ovate, acuminated, 
glabrous, three to five-nerved. Branches forming a pyramidal 
суше. A. 20ft. Bourbon, 1820. 
CARLINA (rom Carolus, pertaining to Charles, 
commemorative of the famous Charlemagne, whose army 
was said to have been cured of the plague by it). ORD. 
Composite. Hardy or half-hardy annuals, biennials, 
or perennials. Pappus feathery; receptacle chaffy ; invo- 
lucre imbricated, tumid, the outer scales with numerous 
spines, the inner coloured, spreading, resembling a ray. 
They are of very easy culture in ordinary garden soil. A 
few only are worth growing, and are readily increased 
by seed, sown in spring. 
Fig, 368. CARLINA ACAULIS. 
C. acanthifolia (Acanthus-leaved).* f.-heads whit 
innatifid, downy beneath; aedes ot grea or e У 
lant stemless. A. 2ft. Southern E — 
nial. (A. Е. P. iii, 5L) wope, 1818. Hardy peren 
C. acaulis (stemless)  JL-heads white. June. L pinnatifid, 
naked; segments cut-toothed, spiny. Stem simple, one-flowered 
A. 9in. Europe, 1640. Hard i 1 is. 
See Fig SM NE. С. 1890, xii 170) ON C асай 
C. Biebersteiniana (Bieberstein' -head. ugusi 
h. 2ft. Caucasus, т: Manten EP p 
С. subacaulis, A synonym of C. acaulis. 
: CARLUDOVICA (named after Charles IV. of Spain, 
and Louisa, his queen). SYws. Ludovia, Salmia (of Wil- 
denow). ORD. Cyclanthacem. A genus of low-growing, 
palm-like, stove plants. Flowers of separate sexes, in 
Squares arranged very close together in a spiral manner, 
and forming cylindrical spikes. Leaves stiff, plaited, 
deeply cut into from two to five divisions. Plants unarmed. 
‘The species are very ornamental, and several are eminently · 
_ adapted for sub-tropical gardening, for which purpose 
they are largely employed in Parisian gardens, They are 
easily grown with the usual routine of stove management 
thriving in а compost of two parts peat and one of sandy 
loam ; a liberal supply of water is needed, 
. ©, atrovirens (darkgreen)* l. and petioles green, 
X h, deeply bilo! A very fine ornamental teavad past. ' 
. C. Drudei (годен) . ivory white, borne on an erect-stalk. 
 terete f cylindrical f. l ri green. 
"|ы. in Lrammverse diamo tated: ay оор, 
Med ragaleris incoed af the mg a И беру 
| arly incise e : 
(G. C. n. s. 8, 715.) Ы зуна аң ir чке. nen 
C. ensiformis (ensiform). /l. white, in clos tite 
casio. М alt. Costa Rica, 1875." (B. M. GR) 5 Мранне, 
„ humilis (dwarf).* Z rich а een; 12in. to 18in, Sin. 
lin. m the widest pert, оро, deeply bifid at th Ды i 
New Grenada. A very handsome but rare species. (R. H. 1869, 71.) 
с, pamata ata (palmate).* 1, rich dark n, 2ft. T kirom 
at apex, and divided quite гуай the Zn 
шщ : it of attach- 
_ ment into four lobes, each of which is divided narrow seg- 
ments; petioles 4ft. to height, 1818. 
Boe Fig 359. (RH 1861" ay eight, round, smooth. Peru, 1818. 
(purplish). 1, deep green, 2ft., or more, long, and 
bad" bid at the apex, taperi: UR E 
410. high, smooth, reddish-purple. Tropical 
* 
Carludovica—continued. 
C. rotundifolia (round-leaved).* 1. flabelliform, divided in two 
places quite down to the point of attachment, thus presenting a 
trilobed appearance ; lobes divided into segments, which are very 
gracefully pendent. Costa Rica. : А 
C. Wallisii (Wallis’s).* fl. white, very sweetly scented, dispo: 
in roundish oblong heads. l. ovate, two-lobed, and plica 
each division is about 1%. long, and біп. or 8in. broad; petiole 
erect, semi-terete. Columbia, 1879. (R. G. 992.) 
CARMICHZELIA (named after Captain Dugald Car- 
michael, F.L.S., an acute Scotch botanist, author of the 
“ Flora of the Island of Tristan da Acunha,” inserted in the 
twelfth volume of the Linnean Society’s Transactions). 
ORD. Leguminose. Very ornamental greenhouse evergreen 
shrubs, flowering for a considerable length of time. Théy_ 
thrive in a compost of sandy peat, to which may be added 
a very little fibry loam and leaf soil. Cuttings of half- 
ripened side shoots root in sand, under a glass, in а 000 
house, in April or May. 
i Ета. 369. CARLUDOVICA PALMATA, 
