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hate (from kalyptra, an extinguisher, 
and gyne, a woman—pistil—in allusion to the form of the 
pistil). Including Calyptronoma. ORD. Palmee. A small 
genus comprising five species of handsome stove palms, 
allied to Geonoma (which see for cultivation). — 
C. Ghiesbreghtiana (Ghiesbreght’s). fl., peduncles erect, over- 
topping the leaves, bearing a single cylindrical, undivided spadix, 
Qin. to 12in. in length. Z. pinnate, 2ft. to 5ft. long; pinnze opposite 
or alternate, sessile, of unequal breadth, the narrower ones one to 
two-nerved, the broader ones six to ten-nerved, usually from six to 
twelve on each side of the rachis ; the intervals between the pinnæ 
vary from lin. to 2in. ; petiole broadly sheathing at the base, from 
a few inches to 1}ft. long. Stem short or absent. Mexico. A very 
elegant dwarf-growing species. SYNS. Geonoma Ghiesbreghtiana, 
G. magnifica and G. Verschaffeltti, (B. M. 5782.) 
C. dahurica Dahurian).*- Jia corolla of a rosy-purple; sepals 
lanceolate, acute, the two outer ones broadest; peduncles tetra- 
gonal, tomentose ; bracts broad-ovate, acute, longer than the 
E calyx. July.“ l. glabrous hairy, oblong-cordate, having the 
$ ss a and nerves on the we wie tomentose. Dahuria, 1826. 
4 @. . 2609.) 
©: inflata (inflated). Synonymous with C. sepium incarnata. 
a 
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Fig. 334. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CALYSTEGIA PUBESCENS 
es FLORE-PLENO. . 
- Summer and 
See Fig. 334. i i 
e). Common Bindweed. fi. white, sometimes 
with red; peduncles tetragonal, buf ing the petioles ; 
bracts cordate, keeled, acute, longer than the calyx, but one-h: 
shorter than the corolla. Summer. 1, sagittate or te, very 
lobes obtuse, or truncate, ent A 
troublesome weed. (Sy. En. B. 924.) * 
à Calystegia—continued. 
= incarnata, with rose-coloured flowers. North America. SYN 
C. inflata. (B. M. 732.) è 
C. Soldanella (Soldanella-like).* ale red, with five longi- 
tudinal, yellowish plaits, large ; uncles angular, angles winged; 
bracts large, ovate, blunt, mucronate, generally shorter than the 
calyx. June. J. rather fleshy, reniform, entire, or a little angular. 
Sea-shores, Britain. This pretty species can only be grown with 
success in a very sandy soil. (Sy. En. B. 925.) 
CALYTHRIX (from kalyz, a calyx, and thriz, a hair ; 
in reference to the lobes of the calyx, which each end ina 
long hair). ORD. Myrtacew. A genus of very pretty and 
interesting greenhouse Heath-like shrubs, natives of Aus- 
tralia. Flowers small; bracteoles two under each flower; 
they are either free or joined together at the base, some- 
times in the form of an operculum. Leaves scattered, 
crowded, opposite, full of dots, axillary, solitary, almost 
sessile. They grow well in a mixture of loam, peat, and 
sand, with good drainage and firm potting. Cuttings, 
made from young, shoots, will root in April or y i 
placed in sand, under a bell glass, in ® cool housi 
C. ericoides (Heath-like). A synonym of C. tetragona. — 
Cc. glabra (glabrous). A synonym of C. tetragona. 
C.. tetragona (tetragonal).* fl. white; bracts one-half shorter 
than the tube of the calyx. J. scattered, petiolate, glabrous ; 
stipules deciduous, te 2ft. 1825. SYNS. C. ericoides, & glabra. 
(B. R. 409.) $ 
C. angulata, aurea, and breviseta are other species which have 
been introduced, but are not worth house room when that described 
above is grown. 
CALYX. The external whorl of floral leaves. 
CAMARIDIUM (from kamara, an arched roof; in 
reference to the arched tip of the stigma). ORD. Orchidee. 
A pretty stove orchid, allied to Cymbidium. It thrives 
best if grown in a shallow basket, or raised above the 
surface of the pots with sphagnum and broken. pots. 
Cc. ochroleucum (yellowish-white).* jl. yellowish - white. 
July. J. ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, compressed, smooth. 
Mial Trinidad, 1823. Syn. Cym ochroleucum. (B, M. 
CAMAROTIS. See Sarcochilus. 
