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Cunninghamia—continued. 
a well-drained light soil, and is best propagated from 
seeds, as cuttings rarely make good plants. 
C. sinensis (Chinese).* fl., males in grouped catkins, which are 
terminal, fascicled, cylindrical, and about lin. long; females with 
three ovules. cones about the size of a walnut, sessile, drooping, 
globose, smooth; scales ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, sharply 
denticulated on the margin. Z. sessile, deflexed, spreading in 
every direction, ljin. long, lanceolate, much DT, rigid, flat, 
entire, somewhat scabrous on the margin. Branches for the most 
part verticillate, spreading horizontally. Trunk straight, olin- 
drical A. 40ft. to 50ft. (much less in Europe) China, 1804. 
(B. M. 2743, under name of C. lanceolata.) 
CUNONIA (named after John Christian Cuno, of 
who described his own garden in verse, in 
TRIBE Cunoniee of ORD. Saxifrageæ. А green-. 
house tree. Flowers disposed in axillary racemes; calyx 
five-parted; petals five, oblong; stamens ten. Fruit a 
two-celled capsule. Leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets ser- 
rated, coriaceous; stipules large, caducous, interpetiolar. 
It is of easy culture in sandy loam and peat.  Half- 
ripened cuttings will root, if inserted in sandy soil, and 
placed under glass, in a very gentle heat. 
C. capensis (Cape Colony). fl. white ; racemes spicate, opposite; 
Сои numerous, іп fascicles. August. l., leaflets five to seven, 
anceolate. h. 10%. to 50ft. Саре of Good Hope, 1816. A large 
shrub or middle-sized tree, glabrous in all its parts. See Fig. 569. 
(L. B. C. 826.) 
CUNONIEZ. А tribe of Sazifragec. 
CUP. The same as Corona (which see). 
CUPANIA (named after Father Francis Cupani, an 
Italian monk, author of * Hortus Catholicus,” and other 
botanical works; he died in 1710). ORD. Sapindacec. 
‘Ornamental stove trees or shrubs. Flowers whitish, in 
panicles or racemes. Leaves exstipulate, abruptly pin- 
nate, or from abortion simple; leaflets opposite and 
alternate. The species number about thirty; they are 
found in tropical regions throughout the world. They 
thrive in a compost of loam and peat. Cuttings of half- 
ripe shoots will root in sand, if placed under a hand 
glass, in heat. Very few species of this rather large 
genus are seen in cultivation. 
cana i n ES. , э gular, hairy 
optem ane rw pira p 
clothed with fine rusty tomentum beneath, 
top of the lateral; outer leaflets largest. A. 30ft. 
1818. SYN. C. tomentosa. 
C. sapida (savoury). Savoury Akee-tree. whitish, March. 
l, leaflets three or four pairs, ovate-lanceolate, veiny. h. 30ft. 
West Africa, 1793. Naturalised in West Indies. 
C. tomentosa (tomentose). А synonym of C. americana. 
CUPHEA. (rom kyphos, curved; in reference to the 
~ form of the capsule). ORD. Lythracem. Very pretty 
greenhouse herbs or sub-shrubs. Flowers usually droop- 
ing; calyx tubular, coloured; peduncles interpetiolar, one 
or many-flowered. Leaves opposite, rarely in whorls, 
quite entire. Only a few of the numerous species are 
generally grown. Cuttings of the perennial sorts strike 
freely in March or April, if placed in brisk bottom heat; 
but by far the better method is to sow seed, in January 
or February, and grow the seedlings оп in rich soil, re- 
potting when necessary. Most of the dwarf species will 
succeed if finally placed in 6in. pots, and fed with liquid 
manure when these are filled with roots.  Cupheas are of 
easy culture, and a few, particularly C. ignea, propagated 
from euttings, are well adapted for greenhouse decoration, 
or for small beds in the flower garden in summer. 
C. sequi; (equal-petalled). Л. purple. June, A, 2ft. Mexico, 
1859. SYN. C. ocimoides. 
C. cinnabarina (cinnabar) A synonym of C. pinetorum. 
c. (blue). Л. yellow and red, alternate. July. 1. ovate- 
oblong, acute, rounded at the base. Branches and calyces 
on а hispid. Andes. Evergreen. SYN. C. strigiliosa. 
C. Hookeriana (Hooker's vermilion and e, curved, 
tndrinnt a UA ). Л. orang 
1750). 
| s dense panicles. i. — h. 2ft. to 
Є. ftvezlii.. 1? Ew and striking under-shrub. SYN. 
H. 1877, 469 
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Cuphea—continued. 
C. ignea (fiery). Jt. pigs scarlet, apetalous, with a black and 
white expanded limb. Summer. /. nearl glabrous, lanceolate. 
nr Mexico, 1845. Evergreen. Syn. C. platycentra. (F. d. S. 
ou. B 
C. jorullensis (Jorullan). Л. red ; pedicels one to three together, 
alternate, racemose at the tops of the branches; calyx clammy. 
Summer, J. oblong-lanceolate, acute, on very short petioles, 
rounded at the base. Branches compressed, clothed with pu- 
bescence. Л. 2ft. Mexico, 1856. Evergreen. — — E 
C. lanceolata (lance-shaped) Л. bimish ,sub-spicate, sub-secund, 
July. Z. opposite, oblong-lanceolate, Mbtuse, hairy. 
у - h. 1%, : 
Mexico, 1836. Plant ascending, clammy, hispid from brown hairs 
Annual. Evergreen. SYN. C. silenoides. (B. M. 4362.) У 
C. Melvilla (Melvilla). /.,calyx red at the base, and green а a 
the apex, long; racemes terminal, simple, many flowered. ] ager 
t. очиз ой 
M 
1. sessile, lanceolate, attenuated at both ends. A. to 
Guiana, 1823. Herbaceous perennial. (В. R. 852.) 
С. miniata (vermilion). /. pale vermilion, solitary, axill: i 
short pedicels. June to P эй nas Mn i. pe үчен, и ride 
with white bristles. A.2ft. Mexico, 1843. Evergreen. (F. d. S. 65.) 
C. ocimoides (Basilike) A synonym of C. equipetala. 
C. pinetorum (pine-wood-loving). jl. crimson or deep purple, 
MOM July. i, — — ovate - lanceolate, wm ; 
1 ascendin; . Mexico, 1850. N. 
C. cinnabarina. (К а.в. БӘТ.) ' зх 
C. platycentra (broad.centred) А synonym of C. ignea. 
C. procumbens rocumbent) fl., petals rose-coloured ; sepals 
3 pe solitary, deflexed. June. l. opposite, 
shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate. Branches procumbent. 
Mexico, 1816. Stove annual. (B. R. 182.) 
C. Roezlii (Roezl’s). A synonym of C. Hookeriana. 
C. silenoides (Silene-like) A synonym of C. lanceolata, 
C. strigillosa (соатзе-һаїгей). A synonym of C. cyanea. 
e ent — a Л. blackish-purple, purple. Autumn. 
t t. nour 8. Evergreen. (B. M. 6412, under name of 
CUPRESSUS (from kuo, to produce, and parisos, 
equal; in reference to the symmetrical growth of C. sem- 
pervirens). Cypress Овр. Coniferm. Very ornamental 
evergreen shrubs or trees. Flowers monecious. Fruit 
globular, composed of peltate ligneous persistent scales, 
californica (Californian. А synonym of C. Goveniana. 
Е ( : A synonym of C. torulosa. 
Ө. en E synonym of C. Knightiana. 
c. Tanakali funereal,* 1. yellowish-green, scale-like, closel 
appressed, im . Branches horizontal when matured, 
becoming’ pendulous at their extremities, giving the whole tree 
a very weeping appearance h, S0ft. North-east China, _ 
1849, тэ gg Brh. pendula. (F. d. S. vi. 89.) 27. 
C. glandulosa (glandular). Asynonym of С. MaeNabiana. © — 
C. glauca (grey. А synonym of C. lusitanica. a 
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