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CASTILLEJA. Painted Cup. About twenty-four 
species, mostly North American, are included in this genus. 
CASTRA. A synonym of Trixis (which see). 
CASUARINA. The species of this genus (i.e., of the 
natural order Casuwarinew) number about two dozen. To 
those described on p. 278, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
C. africana (African). A synonym of C. equisetifolia. 
C. indica (Indian). A synonym of C. equisetifolia. 
C. nodiflora (node-flowering). jl., male amenta terminal, short ; 
cones sub-terminal, sub-globose, small, about eight-ranked. 
Branchlets slender, rather short, undivided or slightly branched, 
four-angled. New Caledonia, 1823. 
C. stricta, of Miquel. A synonym of C. distyla. 
C.sumatrana (Sumatran). /l., cones sub-ferminal, large, ellip- 
soid or globose. Branchlets dense, very slender, triquetrous. 
Sumatra, 1882. An excessively branched shrub or tree, useful for 
bouquets on account of its plumose branchlets. 
CATACHZATUM. See Catasetum. 
CATAKIDOZAMIA. Included under Macrozamia 
(which see). C. Macleayi is a synonym of Macrozamia 
Perowskiana. 
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, &c., 
described on pp. 278-9, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
C. bignonioides. Of this species there are several varieties 
in cultivation in Iuropean gardens—aurea (golden), foliis 
argenteis variegata (having silvery-variegated leaves), grandi- 
jlora (large-flowered), and purpurea (purple). 
C. cassinoides (Cassine-like). A form having leaves inter- 
mediate between those of C. Bungeiand C. speciosa. Brazil, 1890. 
C. cordifolia (cordate-leaved). The plant. so-called in gardens 
is a very hardy and vigorous form of C. bignonioides. 
C. Kempferi nana (dwarf), A synonym of C. (K.) Wallichiana. 
Cc. umbraculifera (umbrella-bearing). A handsome shrub or 
small tree, 9ft. to 12ft. high, with a rounded, compact head. 
China, 1888, Perhaps a garden variety. 
Cc. Wallichiana (Wallich’s). This is thought to be a Chinese 
form of C. Kempferi; it is of rather low growth. 1890. Syn. 
C. Kempferi nana. C. pumila and C. Thunbergi have been intro- 
duced to Continental gardens. 
CATAPPA. 
see). 
CATARIA. A synonym of Nepeta (which see). 
CATASETUM. Syn. Catachxtum. Including Monach- 
anthus. This genus comprises upwards of eighty species, 
mostly 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 follow- 
ing should be added: 
C. apertum (open). /l. apple-green, spotted with brown; seg- 
ments concave, forming a kind of cup scape erect, 6in. long. 
1. lanceolate, 6in. long. _Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 5in. long. 
Habitat not recorded, 1895. Allied to C. macroglossum. 
Cc. atratum (dark). j., sepals and petals green outside, shaded 
and spotted with purple on the inside; lip green, fringed, with 
a yellow, recurved flap at the end; raceme decurved. July. 
Brazil. (W. O. A. x., t. 480.) 
Cc. barbatum proboscideum (proboscis-like). This only 
oe from the type in the beard of the lip being green. 
Cc. b. spinosum (spiny). jl., sepals and petals green, barred 
with brown, narrower than in the type ; lip white, with a spine- 
like point at the apex. 1891. (L., t. 298.) 
Cc. Bungerothi (Bungeroth’s).* jl. 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, in. 
to Yin. long, 14in. to 2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 5in. to 
Sin. long. Equatorial America, 1887. (B. M. 6998; G. C. ser. iii., 
i., p. 142; I. H. ser. v. 10; W. O. A. viii., t. 352.) See Fig. 214. 
Cc. B. album (white). . pure white with the exception of a 
delicate rose-coloured spot on the lip. 1888, 
Cc. B. aureum (golden). jl. light yellow. Venezuela. A distinct 
variety. (L. iii, t. 116.) 
Included under Yerminalia (which 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Catasetum—continued. 
Cc. B. Pottsianum (Potts’). j., petals prettily marked with 
purple; centre of the lip having a few spots. (me tes 
t. t 
Cc. B. Randi (Rand's). jl. yellow, with a spot of deep apricot- 
yellow in the spur. 1890, (I. H. xxxvii., t. 117.) 
Cc. chloranthum (yellow-flowered). jl. generally rather larger 
than in C. macrocarpum (which this Spee resembles in general 
aspect); sepals pale green, with rosy blotches ; petals also pale 
green, but more heavily blotched. 1894. 
Cc. Christyanum (Christy's). . large, spreading, each with a 
narrow bract at base; sepals dark reddish- or ghocolate-brown, 
the dorsal ones 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 fusiform, 
jointed, 6in. to Sin. long. Amazons. (W. O. A. 83.) 
Cc. C. obscurum (obscure). _jl., sepals and petals blackish- 
purples side lobes of the lip dark, rich purple, the middle lobe 
yrownish-olive-green, and the wall around the mouth of the apex 
light ochre, marked with red, 1885, 
Cc. ciliatum (ciliated). jl. rather over lin. across, somewhat 
resembling bees on the wing; sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow, the latter erect, the former reflexed; lip whitish, 
triangular, concave, tipped with maroon-purple, and having 
purple bristle-like hairs 4in. long on the sides near the base ; 
pedicels and column purplish, Amazons, 1891. 
C, Claveringii (Clavering’s). A synonym of C. macrocarpwm. 
C. collare (banded). jl., sepals bright green; petals whitish- 
green; lip white, slightly shaded with green on the outer 
surface, very thick and fleshy. Venezuela, 1895. 
C. costatum (ribbed). (/., sepals and petals yellowish ; side lobes 
of the lip erect, triangular, the MEnEE order ciliated ; ‘‘ the mid- 
lobe... . goes out into a low, blunt, small triangle, standing 
over the long, blunt conus, so very remarkable by the presence of 
Fic. 214. FLOWER OF CATASETUM BUNGEROTHI. ~ 
some lighter ribs running at each side, but which are not very _ 
conspicuous as long as the lip is fresh” (Reichenbach). 1887. 
C. cristatum stenosepalum (narrow-sepaled). _/l., sepals 
purplish-brown, narrow ; petals entire, purple, striated with dark 
purple. 1887. (I. H. ser. v., t. 71.) : 
C. decipiens (deceptive). /., sepals and petals brownish-purple, 
with darker spots, lanceolate, acute; lip yellow outside, light 
brown inside, cup-shaped ; column white, having two long spurs ; 
inflorescence pendent. Venezuela, 1888. J. lanceolate, acute. 
Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 3in. to 4in, long. (LL. iii., t. 144.) 
