402 . THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
CRUCIANELLA (diminutive of cruz, a cross; in 
= . Crotalaria—continued. 
“of the shrubby kinds root freely in a pot of sand, with allusion to the leaves being placed crosswise). Crosswort. 
а bell glass placed over them, in a cool house. , | Овр. Rubiacew. Annual or perennial (mostly) hardy her- 
baceous plants. Flowers hermaphrodite, spicate or fasci- 
wever, usually ripen in abundance; these should be 
ide a hotbed, d spring, and, when the seedlings have culate, bracteate, or ebracteate ; corolla tubular, elongated, 
attained a height of 2in. or Зіп., they may be placed funnel-shaped. Leaves whorled, with from four to a con- 
separately in pots, and some may be planted out in the siderable number in each whorl, linear or lanceolate. The  . 
_ open border, in summer, especially those from the out- annual species are not worth growing. The perennials - E 
skirts of the tropics. Crotalarias are very liable to the | are very pretty plants, of easy cultivation in ordinary 
skirts ise dile. . sm "s they are readily — ке seeds, or by 
E » : ivisions, during spring or autumn. There are about 
(aj m Zi omnei щы Prset twenty-six species, confined to the Mediterranean region 
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July. 1. trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cuneated and Western Asia. 
? ab rous above, puberulous beneath, and canescent. Р 
РА ACER Merio. 1824. бепнше shrub. Жин пике). a ges wc spicete i ИШ ind 
©. Cunninghamii (Cunningham’s).* fl. yellow-green, marked { » e rue inear, 
- with purple lineson the reflexed standard, large, dis in dense Porn, 183 "en edges. Stems erectish, branched. 
racemes. Summer. l. ovate, obtuse. h. 3ft. Native of Ке. 
almost desert regions of North-west and Central Australia, С. maritima (maritime). /. cream-coloured, axillary, disposed. 
Е . This isa remarkable looking greenhouse shrub, clothed through- in interrupted spikes. July and August. L four in а 
~ . eut with velvety, glaucous pubescence, (B. M. 5710.) lanceolate, stiff, marginate, mucronate. Mediterranean 
= 1640. Plant suffruticose, procumbent, much branched, glaucous, 
Heyneana (Heyne’s). jl. white, blue. l. one-foliolate. А. ~ 
to 2ft. Malabar, 1 3808. Jio M. 5974.) glabrous. Perennial. 
juncea (Rush-like).* fl. yellow; racemes terminal. June. l С. suaveolens (sweet-smelling). Л. yellow, opposite, in 
a little — 
-Janceolate, on short petioles, clothed with appressed ubescence, dense spikes ; floral leaves апа bracts lanceolate, 
as well аз the furrowed stems. A. ft. to ft. Tndia, 1700. Stove shorter than the corollas. July. l linear, m with 
annual, (B. М. 490.) : porum edges, six or eight ina whorl. Stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched. West Asia, &c., 1858. Perennial. 
ng oem calyx Side a ee aoe po ta b- 
; : ? м adis CRUCIATE, or CRUCIFORM. Shaped like 
eni ae x ee Me cross, А flower is maid to be cruciate when four petals 
VEU LS from ‚ & ЧОЕ; eappear- | are placed ite each oth i 1 
ance of the seeds). Syn. Tiglium. ORD. Euphorbiacec. Cabbage. ` — se ci rp 
oe large genus (about 500 species) of trees and shrubs— | - ee Ў 
тотона widely in habit Ia general aspect, pres — A оа; рас. per 
over warmer parta o o world. Male * nnial, or perenn erbs, rare ee 
overs: cles ind ‘etal; polala fei | у maa meii el iie bata, Шыда i Dady DD 
leavod; corolla none; styles Eo WE e Qr four, placed croeswise, imbricate in bud; stamens Kod 
celle one are worth cultivating as en plants, | (raxely one, two, or four), hypogynous, tit 
Eta лик ал ces арры f ыйы | Uere fll spi tho oor ihe MPG pe 
: стора В ae ge ke ure mv tg rans, d Lacy int са y- E dE Кым in 
0. Eluteria (ш ЙМ Е илаш sag кюе. | Roos ЖАМ. er айы gren os The 
є id 
lei | resins, &с. See Mee ай sometimes called Brassicacen, comprises abou 
found included the large class of and about 1200 species; they are distributed ove 
as Crotons. 7 temperate and cold regions, but chiefly belong 
CROWBERRY. 55 Huet Old World. АП are nitrogenous (and contain 
e Empetrum nigrum. pungent, stimulant, anti-scorbutie, often acrid. 
„CROWEA (named after James Crowe, of Norwich, a | баурым Gren erin del Tho fo es 
British botanist, and a great collector of Cabbage, 
Rutaceæ. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. е. ye the best-known genera: Arabis, Brassica, 
lary, one-flowered, furnished with minute imbricate bracts | ^"^ Hesperis. i : A 
alternate, quite entire, lanceolate, CRYPTANTHUS (from krypto, to hide, 
a little at the base, and full of a flower; the flowers are nearly buried among tHe 
triq s. Croweas are Syn. Pholidophyllum. Овр. Bromeliacew. A 
stove perennials, epiphytal in a wild state. + 
&c., see] 
C, acaulis pen. ebur! ol central 
lanceolate, wavy, recurved, : В 
Plant dwarf, eneplloss. SYN. Tillandsia à ( 
С. bivittatus (two-striped = 
еа 9in. iong and lin. Е 
be grafted оп Correas or 
(narrow-leaved).* jl. red, shortly stalked, soli interesting stove epiphytal 
p 1. sessile, linear, mostly m d hit, (which see for cultivation). - 
vb A mesmo O salia бураш нөнү: ray ет aba ae 
are probably varieties 
| koryne, a club; the club-shaped spadix is } 
о‹ ad. e peculiar to this family). k 
