34 CACALIA 



Caca'lia — continued. 



18 ins. high. The seeds are said to have been 

 brought from Paris in 1800. 



C. au'rea is a yellow variety of the type below. 



C. cocci'nia, the best known of the two forms, 

 has flowers like little red tassels, in terminal 

 clusters, very elegant and light. 



The Tassel Flower is very easily grown, and 

 only requires to be sown about J in. deep in April 

 in any ordinary soil to flower in July to end of 

 September ; or else in September, as it will stand 

 the winter. Sometimes it is raised in gentle heat 

 in February and transplanted in May or June, but 

 it does not like root disturbance. 



Caio'phora laUrit'ia and C. corona'ta. See Blumen- 



BACHIA. 



Cala'mpelis sca'bra. See Eccremocarpus. 



Calandri'nia — Rock Purslane (after J. L. Calandrini, 

 a Genoese botanist). Nat. Ord. Portulacece. 



Many species of this family are perennial, but 

 the following are rather dwarf annuals, some of 

 which are pretty and eff'ective, though many are 

 of little account. C. oppo' sitifolia and C. umbella'ta, 

 however, are striking rock plants, seeming to prefer 

 a dry soil and sunny aspect. Natives of N. and S. 

 America. 



C. caule'scens. Rose flowers blooming in August. 

 Mexico, 1827. 



