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410 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Cupressus—continued. 
С. Goveniana (Gowen's)* ñ., male catkins yellow, very nu- 
merously produced in spring. 2. scale-like, closely imbricated, 
bright en. Branches spreading, with numerous, d dg vd 
dis к, slender branchlets. A. 15%. to 20ft. California, 1846. 
A dwarf shrub, having a dense habit. Syns. C. californica and 
C. Hartwegii. 
C. Hartwegii (Hartweg's) A synonym ot €. Goveniana. 
C. Knightiana (Knight’s).* А veryrare tall tree, of elegant habit, 
described by Messrs. Veitch as “with ut feathery, and 
fern-like branchlets, and well distinguishe by the glaucous, 
bluish hue of its foliage.” It is the hardiest of Mexican Cypresses, 
but requires, in this country, a sheltered situation. A. 40ft. to 60ft. 
Mexico, 1858. Syns. C. elegans and C. Lindleyana. 
C. Lambertiana (Lambert) A synonym of C. macrocarpa. 
C.Lawsoniana. Sec Chamecyparis Lawsoniana, 
“С. Lindleyi (Lindley’s). A synonym of C. Knightiana. 
С. lusitanica (Portugal).* Cedar of Goa. 1. imbricated in four 
rows, acute, keeled, glaucous, adpressed. Branches flexuose, 
spreading; branchlets numerous, incurved, scattered. А. 40ft. to 
50ft. Goa, 1685. A very handsome low tree, but only half-hardy. 
SYN. C. glauca. 
C. MacNabiana (MacNab’s).* 1. small, scale-like, arranged in 
four rows, deep green. Branches short, thickly set; branchlets 
numerous, rigid. №. 10ft. to 15ft. North California, 1853. А 
densely branched, hardy shrub, with a pyramidal outline. SYNS. 
. glandulosa and C. nivalis. 
571. FRUITING BRANCH OF MONTER 
(CuPRESSUS MACROCARPA). 
By Сүғалза 
Cupressus—continued. 
to the trunk, and with frond-like branchlets covered with smooth, 
imbricated, yellowish-green leaves, The cones are about lin. in 
diameter, and are generally produced in pairs." л. 6ft. to 100ft. 
South Europe, 1548. Hardy in the South of England, and probably 
in many other places in Britain. The following names have been 
applied by various authorities to forms of this species : hori- 
zontalis, indica. 
С. torulosa (twisted).* 7. glaucous, appressed to the stem, thin, 
minute, very smooth, closely imbricated in four rows. Branches 
short, ascending, much ramified at their extremities ; branchlets 
slender, short, twisted. A. 50ft. to 7Oft. Himalayas, 1824. A 
very beautiful pyramidal, hardy, much-branched tree, SYNS, 
C. cashmeriana and C. nepalensis. The variety Corneyana is а 
low tree, with slender drooping branchlets, and comes extremely 
close to the type. 
CUPULA. The cup of an acorn, or other similar 
CUPULAR, CUPULIFORM. Shaped like a eup. 
CUPULIFERJE. A very important natural order of 
trees and shrubs. Flowers monccious. Male solitary, 
crowded, or in spikes, bracteate; sepals unequal, ono to 
five or more, or absent; stamens two to twenty on a disk, 
or adnate to the bases of the sepals; anthers two-celled. 
Female: calyx adnate to the ovary, or absent; ovary 
inferior, after fertilisation more or less completely two 
to three (rarely four to six) celled; styles stigmatose above 
and within. Fruit indehiscent, seated on, or inelosed 
within, the hardened acerescent bracts. There are 
genera, and abont 400 species. They are principally 
confined to the temperate regions of the Northern hemi- 
sphere, but some are found in New Ze ili, and 
the mountains of Java, Borneo, South A be — 
CURATELLA (from curatus, worked; the leaves, which 
have a rough surface, are employed in Guiana for polishing 
bows, sabres, and other weapons). Orp. Dilleniacee. 
genus containing a couple of species of very ornamental 
dwarf stove evergreen shrubs, with white flowers, 
winged petioles, and ovate rough leaves. They thrive ша 
compost of loam and peat.  Ripened cuttings will root 
freely if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand glass placed 
over them, in heat. Probably the only one in cultivation 
is the following : 
Ameri * ; racemes iss from the 
L emen dn M метео бае оаа, 
very rough, running along the petiole at the base. A. 10%. South 
America. "The bark of this shrub is thick, wrinkled, and cracked, _ 
and falis off in large pieces. e 
CURCULIGO (from curculio, a weevil; the seeds hare 
а point like the beak of a weevil). Weevil Plant. 080; 
Amaryllidew, Of this genus, the only plants worthy of 
of 
general cultivation are С. recurvata and its v ie 
forms. These are very ornamental stove foliage plants, 
palm-like growth. Their culture is easy; they thrive in? 
compost of peat and loam, in equal parts, and used in 
moderate-sized lumps, with a fair proportion of silver 
sand. The drainage must be perfect. Propagation ! 
effected by suckers, which form at the base of the stem. 
C. americana 
adult entere май 
C. recurvata (recurved),* ellow, produced in dense heads, 
on scapes = trem ее С ri, LA recurved: 
lanceolate, lo 4 
erect. East In ies. (Bp. раней, — : 
Janceo- 
C. r. variegata (variegated).* 1, recurved, plaited, oblong ay 
wie. E rds of 2ft. long and 6in. broad, bright А d 8 
longitudinally with sizipes of clear white; potios aam о 
variegatét plant. 
CURCULIO. See Weevils. | 
CURCUMA (from Kurkum, its Arabic name). Turmeric. 
ORD. Scitaminea.~ A genus of above thirty едын 
stove herbaceous plants. Flowers in spikes, with cont) — 
"wed, calyx tubular, ese aea men of owe = 
ilated above, five lobes eqnal, lip larger an 
filament petaloid, three-lobed at the top, with 9 two 
spurred anther on the middle lobe. They do well in *. 
