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Caraguata—continued. 
C. lingulata cardinalis (scarlet). A synonym of C. cardinalis. 
C. Morreniana (Morren’s). /l. yellow, in a large, compact head-; 
bracts bright red; flower-stem 4in. to 6in. long. J. rosulate, 
lin. to 20in. long, 2in. broad, with recurved, acuminate tips; 
outer ones dark green, gradually passing, by being shaded and 
tinted with violet, into the violaceous floral ones. Rio Cuiaquer, 
New Grenada, 1887. (R. H. 1887, p. 12.) 
C. musaica (mosaic). (B. M. 6675.) The correct name, according 
to Baker's classification, of the plant described by Morren under 
name of Massangea musaica (which sce, on p. 335, Vol. IT.). 
Cc. Osyana (Baron Edouard Osy’s). fl. axillary, solitary, shorter 
than the bracts; corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx, 
clavate-tubular, sub-arcuate, the tube elongated, the lobes erect ; 
bracts orange-salmon, imbricated, reflexed ; spike compact, stro- 
biliform. J. coriaceous, 14ft. long, lanceolate, somewhat chan- 
eo Stem erect, short, robust. Ecuador, 1885. (B. H. 1885, 
-17.) 
C. Peacockii (Peacock’s). /l. white; stem covered with bright 
purple bracts, the upper ones rolled round the flowers. /. bronzy- 
pe aboye, rosy-purple beneath, forming an ample rosette. 
1885. 
Cc. sanguinea (blood-coloured).* /l. clustered at the base of the 
centre of the rosette of leaves ; corolla 24in. to 3in. long, the tube 
yellowish-white, long, clavate, the three segments white, ovate. 
November. /. in a dense rosette, lanceolate, acute, falcate, thin, 
the lower part green, the upper half or two-thirds strongly 
tinged with bright red on both sides, the outer leaves 1ft. or more 
inlength. New Grenada, 1880. Plant stemless. (B. M. 6765.) 
CAREX. Upwards of 800 species have been referred 
to this genus, but probably not more than 500 are entitled 
to rank as such; they are copiously dispersed over tem- 
perate and frigid regions, but few being found within the 
tropics, and those on mountains. To those described on 
p. 267, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 
C. scaposa (scapose). fl. brownish; spikelets fin. to }in. long ; 
cymes three or more to a scape, lin. to 2in. broad; scapes longer 
or shorter than the leaves, stout, erect. Winter. J., radical ones 
lft. long or more, 2in. broad, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at 
both ends; petioles sometimes Sin. to 4in. long. South China, 
1883. Greenhouse. (B. M. 6940.) 
CARLUDOVICA. This genus embraces about thirty 
species, natives of tropical America and the West Indies. 
To those described on p. 268, Vol. I., the following should 
now be added: 
Cc. Plumieri (Plumier’s). #., spadices pendulous, 4in. long, 
axillary, pedunculate, covered with twisted threads. /. alternate, 
bipartite, the divisions lanceolate, plicate, with ribs raised on 
the upper surface, bright green above, paler beneath. Caudex 
erect, waving. 
CARMICHZILIA. New Zealand is the headquarters 
of the nine species embraced in the genus. To the one 
described on p. 269, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
Cc. Mulleriana (Muller's). /. whitish, striated purple, small, 
solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. /., leaflets one to 
three, small, obovate, emarginate, about jin. long, on a rather 
longer petiole. Branches slender, compressed, pinnately branched ; 
branchlets filiform, compressed. h. about 2ft. 1887. 
CARNATION. All the sections of the Carnation are 
immensely popular, and have been greatly improved during 
the last year or two. The Self-coloured varieties have 
been more in demand during the season 1887-8 than the 
Bizarres and Flakes. A few additions in these classes are 
as follows: 
Scarlet Bizarres. DreapNouGHT (Daniels), GEORGE (Dod- 
well), JAMES McINtOsH (Dodwell), ROBERT HOULGRAVE (Bar- 
low), ROBERT LoRD (Dodwell). 
Crimson Bizarres. ALBION’s PRIDE (Headley), 
Werk (Dodwell), H. K. Mayor (Dodwell), 
(Scott), THE LAMPLIGHTER (Wood). 
Pink and Purple Bizarres. Mrs. Gorton (Dodwell), Sir 
GARNET WOLSELEY (Turner), SQUIRE LLEWELLYN (Dodwell), 
TWYFORD PERFECTION (Young), SXPECTED (Turner), 
WILLIAM SKIRVING (Gorton). 
Purple Flakes, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (Sealey), 
Lass (Fletcher), SQuiRE MEYNELL (Brabbin), 
BOURN (Dodwell). 
Rose Flakes. JouN Keer (Whitehead), Mrs. BRIDGEWATER 
(Bridgewater), Mrs. ERSKINE (Dodwell), Syprt (Holmes), 
THALIA (Douglas). 
Searlet Flakes. ALIsEMOND (Douglas), FLimrr (Turner), 
HENRY CANNELL (Dodwell), MaTapor (Abercrombie), SPORTS- 
MAN (Hedderley). 
HARRISON 
ROBERT Scorr 
SPORTING 
SQUIRE WHIT- 
Vol. LV. 
Carnation—continued. 
Clove Carnations and Selfs. Amber (Maunder), amber- 
coloured ; BRIDE (Hodges), fine white; COMTE DE CHAMBORD, 
flesh-white ; CREMORNE (Turner), light purple; DUCHESS 
OF CONNAUGHT (Abercrombie), pure white; EDITH (Finlinson) 
bright yellow; EUPHROSYNE (Dodwell), rose; FLORENCE 
(Wallington), buff; IMPERIAL PURPLE (Abercrombie), rich 
purple; Mrs. REYNOLDS HOLE (Nowell), terra-cotta colour; 
PRIDE OF PENSHURST (Bridger), yellow ; 
(Douglas), bright purple; Rose CELESTIAL (Douglas), rose 
SCARLET GEM (Douglas), brilliant scarlet; THE GOVERNOR 
(Cross), blush white; WILL THRELFALL (Threlfall), yellow. 
TREE OR PERPETUAL. The following Tree Carnations 
have all, with the exception of Mrs. Kenn, been raised 
by Mr. Charles Turner in the Royal Nurseries, Slough, and 
are indispensable to all good collections : 
A. H. KENNEDY, bright scarlet; AMETHYST, crimson-scarlet; 
BLACK DIAMOND, dark maroon ; CLEOPATRA, deep rose ; COLONEL 
Cox, vivid scarlet; COLOUR-SERGEANT, very bright scarlet ; 
CORONET, rich searlet, large ; COSSACK, dark crimson ; COUNTESS 
Howe, pale buff, splashed pink; MADELEINE, delicate pink ; 
Mont Banc, pure white; Mrs. Kren (Veitch), dark crim- 
son; MRs. LLEWELYN, deep rose; MRS. OLDACRE, bright rose; 
Mrs. W. H. GRENFELL, salmon-pink; NOVELTY, silvery-white, 
striped crimson ; PHYLLIS, white ground, edged scarlet ; PURPLE 
KiNG, large, bright purple; RISING SUN, intense scarlet ; 
ROSETTA, bright rose. 
CARREGNOA. 
(which see). 
CARYOTA. About a dozen species are included 
here; they inhabit tropical Asia, the Malayan Archi- 
pelago, New Guinea, and tropical Australia. To those 
described on pp. 274-5, Vol. I., the following should now 
be added : 
C. plumosa (feathery). A species supposed to be newly intro- 
duced, and distributed by a Belgian firm without description or 
information as to origin. 
CASSIA. The species of this genus are broadly dis- 
tributed over the warm regions of the globe. To those 
described on p. 276, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
C. coquimbensis (Coquimbo). /. lsin. in diameter; sepals 
oblong, obtuse, about half the length of the orange-yellow petals ; 
dorsal petal obcordate, the two lateral ones broadly obovate, the 
anterior ones smaller, obovate-oblong; cymes axillary, many- 
cleft, sub-corymbose. September. /r., pods about 4in. long, over 
tin. broad, stipitate, flattened, acute at base, mucronate at tip. 
1. 2in. to 4in. long ; leaflets four to six pairs, four to eight lines 
long, sessile, elliptic-oblong or almost rounded, apiculate, pale 
green. Chili, 1886. Greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 7002.) 
CATALPA. About half-a-dozen species are embraced 
in this genus; they are found in China, Japan, North 
America, and the West Indies. To the species described 
on pp. 278-9, Vol. I., the following variety should now be 
added : 
C. bignonioides foliis-argenteis (silvery-leaved). /. silvery- 
variegated. 1887. Garden variety. A variety with purplish 
leaves has originated in the United States. 
CATASETUM. This genus comprises nearly forty 
species, natives of tropical America, extending from Brazil 
as far as Mexico. Lip fleshy, sessile at the base of the 
column ; pollen masses four. ‘To the species and varieties 
described on pp. 279-80, Vol. I., the following should now 
be added : 
Cc. Bungerothi (Bungeroth’s).* /l. white, very showy ; sepals and * 
petals lanceolate, very acute, spreading ; lip large, transversely 
oblong, deeply concave, shortly and obtusely spurred, bidentate 
at apex; racemes many-flowered. J. lanceolate, very acute, 8in. 
to 9in. long, 1}in. to 2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 5in. to 
Yin. long. Equatorial America, 1887. (B. M. 6998; G. C. ser. iii., 
i., p. 142; I. H. ser. v. 10.) 
c. B. aureum (golden). /. light yellow. 
variety. 
Cc. B. Pottsianum (Potts’). /l., petals prettily marked with 
purple ; centre of the lip having a few spots. 1887. 
Cc. Christyanum (Christy's). jl. large, spreading, each with a 
narrow bract at base; sepals dark reddish- or chocolate-brown, 
the dorsal one erect, the lateral ones spreading; petals lighter 
brown, pale-spotted at base; lip green and purplish, short, with 
a bluntly conical, saccate pouch and a three-lobed limb, the 
lateral lobes with long, purple fringes ; raceme erect, six-flowered. 
Autumn. J. lanceolate-lorate, acuminate, plaited. Stems fusi- 
form, jointed, 6in. to 8in. long. Amazons. (W. O. A. 83.) 
Cc. C. obscurum (obscure). /., sepals and petals blackish- 
purple ; side lobes of the lip dark, rich purple, the middle lobe 
aT 
PURPLE EMPEROR 
A synonym of Tapeinanthus 
Venezuela. A distinct 
