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Cerasus—continued. 
serrated, with incurved, short, or callous teeth. Eastern United 
T large deciduous tree, furnishing valuable timber. 
(W. D. B. 48.) io 
C. serrulata (saw-leaved).* Double Chinese Cherry. fi. pale 
white or pal cole y double, disposed in fascicles. April. Z. 
obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite glabrous; 
petioles glandular. h. 15ft. China, 1822. SYN. C. Sieboldii. 
Deciduous. See Fig. 405, (Б. Н. 1866, 371.) 
C. Sieboldii (Siebold’s). Synonymous with C. serrulata. 
. Spheerocarpa (round-fruited). fl. white; racemes axillary, 
Чаш small, e than the leaves. June and July. fr, rend d 
globose, purple when ripe. Z. glandless, shining, about 2іп, long 
апа liin. broad. A.10ft.tol2ft. Jamaica, 1820. Stove evergreen. 
irginian) Choke-Cherry. fl. white; racemes 
erect, elo; nr May and June. fr. globose, red. = oblong, 
acuminated, doubly-toothed, smooth; petioles usually bearin 
about four ds. Wood beautifully veined with black an 
white. h. 20ft. to 80ft. Eastern United States, 1724. Deciduous. 
CERATIOLA (from keration, a diminutive of keras, a 
horn; in reference to the stigma radiating into four divi- 
sions like little horns, as in the Carnation). ORD. Empe- 
tracee. An upright, much-branched, evergreen, half-hardy 
shrub, much resembling an Erica. When well grown, it is 
a very handsome little plant. It thrives well in sandy 
peat, to which may be added a little very fibry loam. It 
will probably prove quite hardy in the West of England; 
but if grown out of doors in other parts of the country, 
it should have protection during winter. Propagated by 
cuttings, which should be placed in sandy soil, under a bell 
glass. 
C. ericoides (Heath-like).* /l. brownish, sessile, in the axils of 
< leaves, rarely solitary, sometimes verticillate. June. 
1. simple, alternate, exstipulate, spreading, needle-shaped, obtuse, 
glabrous and shining, about lin. long, sometimes crowded as if 
(B MEE) ies globose, yellow. Florida, Carolina, 1826. 
. 
CERATODACTYLIS. See Llavea. 
CERATOLOBUS (from keras, a horn, and lobos, a 
pod; referring to the horned ‘pod-like spathe) ORD. 
Раїтет. Slender-growing stove palms, of great beauty, 
and requiring culture similar to Calamus (which see). 
color (one-colo sub-stri ч 
biben pego aeri T тен 
C. glaucescens (milky-green-leaved).* 7. pinnate, 1ft. to 2ft. lon, 
pinne somewhat cuneate, lengthened out into a tail-like point 
edges erose, dark green on the upper surface, grey below ; petioles 
sheathing, densely armed with slender spines. Java. This makes 
an elegant table plant. 
"CERATONIA (from keration, a horn or pod; in allu- 
sion to the shape of the pods). Algaroba Bean, or Carob. 
This plant is called by Theophrastus, Keronia; by Dios- 
corides, Kerateia. ORD. Leguminose. An evergreen tree, 
with a thick trunk, and abruptly-pinnate, coriaceous, 
shining leaves. It thrives well in the South of England, 
in any ordinary garden soil, if afforded the protection of 
a wall, and slightly sheltered during winter. Вірепей 
euttings will root if planted in sand, with а hand glass 
C. Siliqua (podded). Bean-tree, Carob-tree, ог Locust-tree, 
LN ane LM mber. l, leafiets oval, obbuss, adt 
UN So à S ning, 1510 n еп. Plant unarmed. A. t. to 
South of Europe е sake of pods. i 
is eaten; these are 4in. or more gles Denm y^ 30 иы 
the seeds, of a dusky ferruginous colour. (A. B. R. 567.) 
CERATOPETALUM (from keras, a horn, and petalon, 
a petal; the petals are Jagged so as to resemble a stag’s 
horn). ORD. Savifragee. А genus containing a couple of 
Species of greenhouse trees, limited to New South Wales. 
Flowers small, in terminal trichotomous cymes or corymbose 
panicles. They have opposite leaves, with one to three 
digitate leaflets, articulate on the petiole; stipules very 
small, caducous. For culture, see Callicoma. 
` €. apetalum (without petals) Л. greenish-y 
1 als). Jf. enish-yellow. Z, leafle 
usually solitary Ону three on luxuriant shoots or Mir 
оч h. 50%, to 
gummiferum m-bearing). /. yellow, in terminal i 
ue. T A E JL $ al panicles, 
id сезин Parr “wiht Алооо, serrated, coriaceous, 
CERATOPTERIS (from keras, a horn, and pteris, a 
fern). Овр. Filices. A very curiousstove aquatic annual 
monotypic genus. Sori placed on two or three veins, which 
run down the frond longitudinally, and are nearly parallel 
with both the edge and midrib. Capsules seattered on the 
receptacles, sessile, globose, with a ring which is either 
complete, ог more or less partial or obsolete. Inyolucre 
formed of the reflexed margin of the frond, those of the 
two sides meeting against the midrib. When nicely grown 
in water, this is a very handsome plant, and not inaptly 
called the Floating Stag’s-horn Fern. The spores must be 
preserved and sown early in spring, in a pot of very moist 
loam; they germinate rapidly if plunged in water, in 
February. Young plants may also be obtained from the 
proliferous buds, by pegging the sterile fronds on to a 
surface of moist earth. It succeeds best when the pot 
containing it is plunged to the rim in water. 
C. thalictroides (Thalictrum-like).* sti. tufted, thick, inflated. 
fronds succulent, the barren ones floatin ; Simple or slightly 
divided when young, bi- or tripinnate, with narrow linear seg- 
ments, when mature; fertile ones bi- or tripinnate ; ultimate 
segments pod-like. ‘Tropics, in quiet waters. SYN. Parkeria 
pteroides. 
CERATOSTEMA (from keras, a horn, and stemon, a 
stamen; in reference to the anthers being bluntly spurred 
at the base). ORD. Vacciniacee. Very pretty greenhouse 
evergreen shrubs. Flowers almost sessile, lateral and ter- 
minal, pedunculate ; corollas large, scarlet. Leaves oblong, 
on short petioles, almost veinless, coriaceous, rounded, and 
sub-cordate at the base. They require a compost of sandy 
loam and peat; and are readily increased by cuttings, 
planted in sand, and placed under a glass. 
C. lon orum (long-flowered crimso Peru 
Peer уз 12,000ft. above I lovil, tere (B. M. AN “ i 
C. speciosum (showy)* Jl. bri тей, about 13in. long; 
spikes short, оту) аве та, M Mat 
lanceolate, with a short twisted petiole. : 
CERATOZAMIA (from keras, a horn, and Zamia, — 
another genus of Cycadacee, which this much resembles ; 
in reference to the horned scales of the cones). “Овюр. Cyca- 
dacew. Stove plants, distinguished from Zamia in having 
the thickened apices of the scales of the male and female 
cones bicornute (i.e., two-horned), instead of hornless. Leaf- 
lets articulated. Trunks short. They require a moist 
atmosphere, and a compost of rich light loam and rotten 
leaves. Propagated by seeds, and sometimes by suckers - 
and divisions ; but imported plants give most satisfaction. 
abit ; pinne deep green, біп. to Tin. 3 
C. fusco-viridis (dusky. * 
X of ` fine arching h Sis: 
Sessile, lanceolate, 
nished with is en 
m FA ne 
oung leaves of a rich bron: -choco 
changing to olive-green and, finally, elu Mex 
to à sharp point, coriaceous, 
fur- 
v. road, dark gre 
3 : exican)* Male: 1. pinnate, 
pinn coriaceous, sessile, a ol 
pue 9in. to l2in. long. ы e а 
т about half their le Mexico. 
Female: i, pinnate, ath do "aft. . 
bom dong, taperin St 
naked portion of i 
L Mexico, es 
,.Miqueliana (Miquel's).* Z, pinnate, spreading; pinnæ coria. 
Seous, oblong, abruptly EM ar a point, m io lZin. long, — 
exico. 
- broad, dark green. Stem slender. 
ERA (so named from Cerberus, of mythlogieal 
note, on account of its poisonous qualities). Овр. Apocy- ie 
nacem. Stove evergreen shrubs or trees. Peduncles extra- 
axillary at the tops of the branches ; corolla. funnel shaped, 
tube pilose inside at top. Leaves scattered, quite entire. _ 
AT require a rich ыу loam, and cuttings of young, «| 
ather ripe shoots will root in sand, if pl i Lk ^ € 
con се ш ; if planted in April, iz fede 
C. Man ; 
urved, su 
pen. July to 
