502 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING. 
Burlingtonia— continued. 
described on p. 225, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
B. caloplectron (beautiful-spurred). 
caloplectron. 
B, Farmeri (Farmer's). ji. white and yellow, freely produced. 
Early summer. Native country unknown. A pretty species, 
resembling B. candida. It should be grown on a block, or in a 
basket with Sphagnum. 
B. Knowlesii (Knowles’). #. white, with a faint tinge of lilac- 
pink, disposed in long racemes. Autumn. Native country un- 
A synonym of Rodriguezia 
known. A scarce but beautiful species, resembling B. venusta. 
CACCINIA (named in honour of G. Caccini, an 
Italian savant). Syn. Anisanthera. Orv. Boraginee. A 
small genus (five species) of hardy, perennial herbs, natives 
of the Orient. Flowers pedicellate, at length scattered ; 
calyx five-cleft; corolla salver-shaped, with a slender tube 
and five spreading lobes; stamens five; racemes elon- 
gated, bracteate. Nutlets four, or by abortion fewer. 
Leaves alternate, the margins scabrous-ciliated. C. glauca, 
the only species in cultivation, thrives in any fairly good 
soil, and may be propagated by divisions. 
C. glauca (greyish). /l. in racemose cymes ; calyx lobes greenish- 
brown; corolla tube not exserted, the lobes violet-blue, turning 
red, }in. long, oblong-lanceolate. J. 4in. to 8in. long, shortly 
petiolate, or the upper ones sessile, elliptic-oblong, sparsely 
tubercled. Stem below as thick as the thumb. Ah. lft. to 3ft. 
Persia and Afghanistan, 1880. (B. M. 6870.) 
CADIA (this name is an alteration of the Arabic Kadi). 
Syns. Panciatica, Spaendoncea. Orv. Leguminose. A 
small genus (three species are known) of stove, evergreen 
shrubs, natives of astern tropical Africa, Southern 
Arabia, and Madagascar. Flowers whitish, pink, or 
purple, solitary in the axils or few in a raceme, pendu- 
lous; calyx broadly campanulate, with nearly equal lobes ; 
petals nearly all alike, free, erecto-patent, oblong-ovate 
or sub-orbicular, very shortly clawed; stamens free, sub- 
equal; bracts small; bracteoles wanting. Pods linear, 
acuminate, two-valved. Leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets 
small, exstipellate; stipules minute. C. Ellisiana, the 
only species yet introduced, is a small, slender, perfectly 
glabrous bush, requiring similar culture to Brownea 
(which see, on p. 215, Vol. I). 
C, Ellisiana (Rey. W. Ellis’). jl. rose-red, 14in. long; petals 
twice as long as the calyx, obovate-spathulate, convolute, form- 
ing a campanulate corolla ; racemes short and shortly peduncu- 
late, axillary. December. J. alternate, 4in. to 6in. long ; leaflets 
distant, alternate, spreading, very shortly petiolulate, Sin. to 
4in. long, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtusely acuminate ; 
petioles very short, swollen at base. Madagascar, 1882. (13.M.6685. ) 
CZ{SALPINIA. This genus comprises about thirty- 
eight species, distributed over the warmer regions of the 
globe. ‘To those described on p. 232, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
C. crista (crest). A synonym of C. japonica. 
C. japonica (Japanese). /l. whitish, terminal, racemose, droop- 
ing; peduncles alternate, filiform, horizontal, one - flowered. 
May and June. Jl. pinnate; leaflets sub-sessile, oblong, very 
obtuse, entire, equilateral, glabrous. Stem 6ft. high, arborescent. 
Japan. (G. M. 21st July, 1888, p. 445.) Syn. C. crista. 
CALADIUM. The most recent additions to this 
genus of plants grown and valued for the beauty of their 
foliage have been conspicuous for great distinctness in 
the coloration and markings on the upper surface of the 
leaves. Many of the varieties have obtained first-class 
certificates from the principal metropolitan floral and 
horticultural societies. The following is a selection of 
the very best: 
ALBO-LUTEUM, white, with yellow and green; ANNA DE CONDEIXA, 
of thin texture, the midribs deep red, with rosy centre ; AUGUSTE 
JARPENTIER, richly coloured, deep red at the centre; BARONNE 
JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD, rosy tinted, with deep red veins ; BEL- 
LONE, rosy-red, with darker veins, the colours becoming intensi- 
tied as the leaves grow to their full size; CANDIDUM, white, 
the venation bright green, one of the very best; CARDINALE, 
crimson, spotted and marked green and yellow, distinct and 
handsome ; CHARLEMAGNE, reddish, the venation dark red, 
very handsome; CLIO, rose, shading off to a whitish tint, the 
veins green; COME DE GERMINY, red and yellow, marbled 
white, a handsome form; COMTESSE DE CONDEIXA, white 
Caladium—continued. 
ground, tinted red, veined deep red, edged green ; DUCHESSE DE 
MORTEMART, transparent white, very distinct; ELSA, pale rose, 
blotched and spotted red, with green venation and margin; 
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS, dark red, with paler midrib and vena- 
tion, and green margin; GASPARD GAYER, green, with red mid- 
rib and venation; L’'AULOMNE, yellowish, with bluish spots; LE 
TITIEN, green, with deep purplish-red midrib and veins ; MADAME 
IMBERT KA&CHLIN, green, with crimson spots; MADAME 
LEMONIER, pale red or rose, with red midrib and veins, and 
yellowish centre; MADAME MITJANA, crimson, with purplish 
centre, of thin texture; MINUS ERUBESCENS, crimson, with 
green margin, small; ORNATUM, rich green, with crimson midrib 
and venation; RAYMOND LEMONIER, carmine-red, marked with 
cream-colour; RUBRUM METALLICUM, reddish, with a bluish 
suffusion, and coppery-red margin; SOUVENIR DE Dr. BLEU, 
crimson centre, edged green, large and handsome ; SOUVENIR DE 
MADAME BERNARD, crimson centre, spotted green and white, 
margined green, 
CALAMUS. All the 200 species of this genus inhabit 
tropical or sub-tropical regions; they are mostly found in 
Eastern Asia. To those described on page 235, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
C, guineénsis (Guinea). J. pinnate; segments narrow-lanceo- 
late, supported by spiny leafstalks; young ones cinnamon- 
brown, changing to deep green. Sikkim, 1884. 
C. kentizformis (Kentia-shaped). ‘‘The habit of the plant 
recalls at once the form and character of Kentia Forsteriana 
[Howea Forsteriana], from which circumstance its name was 
given” (Catalogue of the Compagnie Continentale d’Horticulture, 
1884, p. 3). No further description given. 
C. Lindeni (Linden’s). /. pinnatifid; pinne unarmed, lanceolate, 
flat, three-nerved, acuminate, attenuated at base, white-pruinose 
beneath; petioles and sheaths prickly, the prickles straight, 
long, brown, thickened at base. Caudex thickened, cylindrical. 
Indian Archipelago, 1883. (I. H. 1883, 499.) 
C. regis (royal). /. shining green, borne on mealy petioles. 
An elegant and graceful Palm. 
C. spectabilis (remarkable). J. slender, pinnate; pinne about 
five on each side the rachis, not equidistant, oblong, five to 
seven-nerved, convex above; petioles very short. 1886. A small- 
growing, somewhat spiny species, of graceful habit, suitable, 
when in a young state, for table decoration. 
C. trinervis (three-nerved). J. pinnate; leaflets alternate, lan- 
ceolate, sessile, acuminate, having three prominent, hairy nerves, 
and two marginal and two intermediate ones less developed ; 
transverse veins conspicuous; petioles thorny, clothed with a 
deciduous, scale-like tomentum, the sheath ending in a fringe of 
pointed, brown scales. East Indies, 1883. 
CALANTHE. About forty species, mostly natives of 
tropical Asia, are comprised in this genus. ‘To those de- 
scribed on pp. 236-7, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added: 
C, anchorifera (anchor-bearing). jl. whitish-ochre; sepals oblong, 
apiculate; petals very small, rhomboid, obtuse-angled ; lateral 
segments of the lip ligulate, retuse, antrorse, the anterior one 
bilobed and bent like an anchor; spur filiform; bracts short, 
velvety; peduncle hairy. Polynesia, 1883. 
C. bella (beautiful). 7. disposed in long, arched racemes, as large 
as those of C, Turneri; sepals white; petals blush; lip blush- 
pink, broad, deeply four-lobed, with a deep carmine-crimson 
blotch surrounded by white; column dark crimson; spur pale 
yellow. Pseudo-bulbs as in C, vestita. 1881. A hybrid between 
C. Turneri and C. Veitchii. 
C. bracteosa (bracted). fl. white; sepals and petals cuneate- 
oblong, apiculate; lip with a short isthmus, linear acute lateral 
segments, and a broader anterior one; spur filiform ; bracts much 
developed, sometimes exceeding the flowers. Samoa, 1882. 
C. Ceciliz (Miss Cecilia Weld’s). jl. light ochre, with a delicate 
hue of purple; sepals and petals obovate, acute; lip four-cleft, 
the lateral segments oblong-ligulate, dilated, the middle one sub- 
sessile, bifid, the calli very deep yellow; spur slender, filiform. 
Malayan Peninsula, 1883. 
C. colorans (coloured). jl. white; sepals and petals oblong, 
acute ; lip changing to ochre, with calli of gamboge-yellow ; spur 
shorter than the pale ovary, generally bidentate at apex; raceme 
rather dense, elongated, the rachis, bracts, ovaries, and sepals 
velvety. 1885. (W. O. A. 218.) 
Cc. Curtisii (Curtis’). /., sepals and petals rosy outside, white 
inside, the petals and Jateral sepals with rosy borders ; up yellow, 
with a very short, rather triangular, blunt lobe on each side of 
the base, the middle segment cuneate, dilated from the narrow 
base, the callus purple; column white and rosy. J. long-petiolate, 
cuneate-oblong, acute. Sunda Islands, 1884. 
C. dipteryx (two-winged). jl. suffused rich purple; sepals, 
rachis, bracts, pedicels, and ovaries puberulous outside ; basilar 
partition of the lip triangular, obtuse, short, scarcely reaching 
half the breadth of the anterior lacinia ; Ne ae in three 
rows; isthmus very short. Sunda Islands, 1884. Allied to 
C. pleichroma. 
1886. 
