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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Calycanthus—continued. 
Fig. 332. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS. 
©. glaucus (glaucous).* fl. lurid purple, not strongly scented. 
May. l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glaucous and pubescent 
beneath. A. 4ft. to 6ft. Carolina, 1726. Syn. C. fertilis. (B. R. 
ao) C. oblongifolius is a variety with ovate-lanceolate elongated 
eaves, 
4 * 
“a Fig. 333. FL ING BRANCH OF CALYCANTHUS LEVIGATUS, 
. levigatus sm ved), * i . 
thin, either Ane or sp J. lurid purple. May. Z. oblong, 
| nted 
ormela ao; op barh aidsa, ot ather pale Beneit.. Branches 
. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Moun 
See Fig. 333. (B. R. 481.) of P lvania, &e., 
Meecrovay: Hus (large-leaved). A’ garden synonym of C. occi- 
C. occidentalis rn).* fl. brick-red, sweet i 
ĝin. across, each petal about Žin. long and żin. aeey nE 
October. 1, oblong or ovate-cordate, acuminate, slightly pubes- 
cent on the veins only beneath. A. 6ft. to 12ft. California, 1831. 
' In California, this is called the Sweet-scented Shrub. Syn. 
ae ane iphyllus, of gardens, (B. M. 4808. 
ai CALYCIFLORÆ. „A sub-division of dicotyledonous 
lants, having the stamens inserted on the calyx or disk. 
CALYCIFORM. Formed like a calyx. 
`> CALYCINE. Of, or belonging to, the calyx. 
CALYCOPHYLLUM (from kalyz, a calyx, and 
phyllon, a leaf; in allusion to one of the teeth of the calyx 
being expanded into a large petiolate coloured leaf), ORD. 
Rubiacew. Stove evergreen shrubs, requiring a compost of 
loam, peat, and a little sand and charcoal. Cuttings of 
half ripe shoots. will root in sand if placed under a bell 
glass, in bottom heat. 
C. candidissimum (whitest).* 7., corolla white, campanulate, 
with a bearded throat, three together, the middle one Rearing a 
etiolate leaf, but the two lateral ones naked; corymbs terminal. 
fon bluntly acuminated, 2in. to 3in. long. h. 30ft. Cuba, 
CALYCOTOME (from kalyz, kalykos, calyx, and tome, 
a section; lips of calyx fall off). ORD. Leguminosae, A 
small genus of hardy, divaricately-branched, spiny shrubs, 
formerly inclided as a section of Cytisus. Flowers yellow, 
disposed in short branched leafy fasicles. For culture, 
see Cytisus. > = ihe 
C. spinosa (spiny). fl. yellow. June and July. l., leaflets obovate- 
oblong. Branches angular, spiny. h. 5ft. to 6ft. Genoa, Cor- 
sica, &c., 1846. (B. R. 55.) j 
CALYCULATE. Having bracts so placed as to 
resemble an external or additional calyx. 
+ CALYMMODON. See Polypodium.. he 
CALYPSO (from the beautiful nymph, Calypso, or 
from Greek kalypto, to’ conceal; in reference to its place 
of growth), Orp. Orchidee. An elegant terrestrial 
monotypic genus. It thrives well in half-shady spots on 
the margins of a rock garden or artificial: bog, in a light, 
moist, vegetable soil, composed of peat, leaf soil, and 
sand, mulched with cocoa-nut fibre refuse in 
` wintex. - Propagated by offsets. -` 
C. borealis (Northern).* fl. solitary, delicate rose and 
brown, with a yellow crest on the lip; labellum longer 
than the sepals, the lateral lobes cohering in thei 
upper part over the saccate central one, which. 
usually bifid at the tip, resemblin ose of a Cypri- 
ium. Summer. J. solitary, thin, many-nerved, | 
ovate or cordate. - Stems usually thickening into psendo- 
bulbs. A. 1ft. High latitudes of Northern hemisphere, 
1820, (B. M. 2763.) % 
CALYPTRA. Literally an extinguisher; ap- 
CALYPTRANTHES (from kalyptra, a 
covering, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the 
operculum of the flower). ORD. Myrtacew. Strong- 
growing stove evergreen shrubs or small trees. 
Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Leaves feather- 
veined. They are of easy culture, in a compost 
of loam and peat, and may be propagated by 
layers, or by cuttings, placed in heat. a S 
C. Chytraculia (Chytraculia). jl. white, small, glome- 
a1 
the apex, st labrous. t h. ami ATT. 
pex, sefia, garrons el Me 
(N. S. 1, 26.) ME T a ; 
C. S um (Syzygium). vhite, on sl paticds: 
e ed ph , tric Juš, ny fort d. “May _ 
to July. E ovate, obtuse, sti —— S es 
GALYPTRARIA, Se Contronia. 
‘Resembling an extinguisher. | 
CALYPTRATE. Re bling ; “ 
CALYPTRIFORM. Shaped like an extinguisher. 
CALYPTRION. See Corynostylis. 
CALYPTROCALYE (from kalyptra, an extinguisher, . 
and kaly, a calyx, in allusion to the form of the outer’ " 
perianth segments). ORD. Palmee. A monotypic genus 
of stove palms. For culture, see Calamus. 
C. spicatus (spiked). j, spadices elongated, spicate, leafy at 
base; spathe opening longitudinally. l. terminal, pinnatisect ; 
segments reduplicate, linear, acuminate, bifid at the apon; 
etiole fibrous at the base. Caudex finally smooth. h. 
Syys. Areca and Pinanga globosa. 
6 
oluccas. 
+ 
plied to the hood which covers the theca in mosses. © 
rate; peduncles axillary and terminal, trichot “ag! 
panicled, and are, as well as the flowers, clothed ith z 
rufous velvety down. *March. l. ovate, 
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