180 THE. DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Cesia—continued. 
very shortly connate at base, three-nerved, spreading; 
stamens six ; pedicels filiform. Leaves clustered at the - 
base of the stem or under the lower branches of the stem. 
Rhizome short. C. vittata, an Australian species with 
small, pale blue flowers, has been introduced, but is 
probably lost to cultivation. é 
CAILLIEA. A synonym of Dichrostachys (which 
see). 
CAINITO. A synonym of Chrysophyllum (which see). 
CAJOPHORA [properly CAIOPHORA). Included 
under Blumenbachia (which see). 
CALADENIA. Including Leptoceras. C. Patersoni and 
its form dilatata are im cultivation at Kew. See also 
Glossodia. 
CALADIUM. A very large number of plants have 
been described as species of this genus, but according to 
Engler, in Alph. de Candolle’s ‘“ Monographie Phanero- 
gamarum,” not more than seven are entitled to rank as such; 
all are natives of tropical America. The roots of C. bicolor 
and some other species are edible, and are known in tropical 
countries as Cocoa Roots. Some of the plants formerly 
included here are now referred to Anchomanes, Culcasia, 
Dieffenbachia, Gonatanthus, Montrichardia, Philo- 
dendron, Remusatia, and Zamioculcas. 
These elegant ornamental stove plants have been 
improved so much of late years that it looks as if 
their leaf-colouring had reached the high-water mark of 
perfection. Where many gardeners fail with these plants 
is in not thoroughly ripening the tubers in autumn by 
gradually withholding the water. As soon as the leaves 
die down the roots should be turned out of the pots and 
stored in dry silver-sand out of the reach of drip, and in a 
temperature of 70deg. Propagation is effected by dividing 
the tubers as soon as growth has commenced. ‘The leaves 
of most kinds require a neat stick by way of support. 
To those kinds described on pp. 233-4, Vol. I, the 
following should be added: 
Cc. adamantinum (adamantine). J. deflexed, sagittate, dark 
green, with white venation, and having numerous white dots 
along the borders of the veins. Peru, 1891. (I. H. xxxviii., 
.) 
Cc. Humboldtii (Humboldt’s). The correct name of C. argyrites. 
Cc. lilliputianum (dwarf). This is Saperenily a dwarf form 
of G. Humboldtii. It has also been called C. Jilliputiense. 1895. 
Cc. medioradiatum (middle-rayed). J, peltate-ovate, acute, 
notched at the base, dark green, the course of the midrib and its 
two branches silvery-white; petioles mottled with brown. 
Colombia, 1891, (I. H. xxxviii., t. 128.) 
C. rubescens (reddish). #., spathe green, with a blackish stripe, 
Shin. long. /. 6in, long, 2in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, wavy, with 
short basal lobes, crimson, margined with green. Brazil, 1893. 
Cc. sagittatum (arrow-head-like). J. narrow-sagittate, deeply 
bilobed, dark green, the midrib and some of its eerie 
feathered with red. Brazil, 1891. (I. H. xxxviii., t. 138.) 
C. Seguinum (Seguinum). A synonym of Dieffenbachia Seguine. 
C. venosum (veined). /l., spathe green, 3in. long. 7. 10in. long, 
4in. broad, green, with yellowish nerves and a red margin. 
Brazil, 1893. 
C. violaceum (violet). 
antiquorum., 
Varieties. Some of the most noteworthy are included 
in the enumeration here given: 
AVILON*, bright carmine, with darker veinings, margined with 
green, and freckled with white; BARONNE ADOLPHE DE ROTH- 
SCHILD, crimson, rose spotted; BARONNE CLARA DE HIRSCH*, 
cream white, with deep rose markings ; BARONESS SCHROEDER*, 
bronzy-gold, rose-tinted, bright crimson veinings, distinct ; 
CANDIDUM*, white, veined dark green; CARDINALE*, crimson, 
spotted and marked green and yellow; CHARLEMAGNE”, bright 
red, rose-shaded, and veined dark red ; COMTE DE GERMINY, red, 
with white mottlings ; DUCHESS OF FIFE, white, with dark green 
reticulations, veined bright rose-carmine; EpItH LUTHER’, 
-bronzy-pink, blotched silver, and veined rose-carmine ; 
ExQuisitE*, bright carmine, margined light green; GASPARD 
CRAYER, deep crimson, with green margin and bright crimson 
veinings; HER Masesty, bright silvery-white,- with carmine 
- blotches; Lapy STaFFORD NORTHCOTE’, blood-red, shaded 
crimson; LEONARD BauRE*, pure white, spotted blood-red, 
This is probably identical with Colocasia 
Caladium— continued. 
veined and flushed pale carmine; MARTIN LUTHER*, rose- 
crimson, dwarf. and compact; Mrs. Iceron*, sulphur-yellow, 
blotched with white, and lined with crimson; Mrs. M‘LEop*, 
violet-maroon footstalks, with bright scarlet blade and dark red 
veinings ; ORIFLAMME, bright red, with green margins ; RAYMOND 
LEMOINIER, carmine-red, with sulphur margin ; SILVER CLOUD, 
silvery-white, spotted with green, with carmine veins; SIR 
HENRY IRVING", creamy-white, mottled greenish-white, with 
rose-pink veins; TENNYSON*, bright green, mottled yellow 
* elegantly blotched. 
CALAIS. A synonym of Microseris (which see). 
CALAMAGROSTIS. Smallreed. This genus em- 
braces about five species, broadly scattered over the 
globe ; it was formerly included under Arundo, from which 
it is distinguished principally by the one-flowered spikelets. 
The British Flora includes three species, 0. Epigeios and 
the two described on p..234, Vol. I. 
CALAMINTHA. Including Acinos. About forty 
species, distributed over the North temperate regions, are 
included in this genus. C. Acinos (Basil Thyme), C. Clino- 
podium (Wild Basil), and C. officinalis (Common Calamint) 
are included in the British Flora. To those described on 
p. 235, Vol. I., the following should be added: 
C. glabella (almost glabrous). /l. lilac-purple, scented ; corolla 
nearly sin. long ; axils three- to five-flowered. Summer. /. oblon 
or broadly lanceolate, tapering at base, the larger ones serrated. 
Stems lax or decumbent, lft. to 2ft. long. North America. 
Rockery. Pa 
C. mimuloides (Mimulus-like). /. orange-yellow, mostly soli- 
tary in the axils, on slender pedicels that are leafy-bracted at 
base; corolla 1sin. long, with a narrow tube twice the length 
of the calyx. Summer. J. ovate, coarsely serrated, membranous, 
on slender petioles. A. 14ft. California, 1849. Plant viscidly 
hirsute. 
CALAMOSAGUS. A 
(which see). 
CALAMUS. All the 200 species of this genus inhabit 
tropical or sub-tropical regions; they are mostly found in 
Eastern Asia. Dzmonorops (which see) was included 
here by the authors of the ‘“ Genera Plantarum,’ but has 
since been separated, and under that genus are now classed 
C. accedens (D. Draco), C. adspersus, C. Draco, C. fissus, 
C. Hystriz, C. Jenkinsianus, C. Lewisianus, and C. verti- 
cillaris. To those described on p. 235, Vol. I., the follow- 
ing should be added. See also Ancistrophyllum. 
synonym of Korthalsia 
Tic, 199. CALAMUS CILIARIS. 
