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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cirrhopetaium—continued. 
Cc. picturatum (adorned). /. 2in. or more in length; upper 
sepals 4in. long, with a terminal, purple thread 4in. long ; lateral 
sepals connivent in a pale, dirty green, convex blade; petals 
very small; umbel about ten-flowered; scape green, speckled 
with purple, 8in. to 10in. long ; sheaths speckled red. /. solitary, 
3in. to 6in. long, lin. broad, linear-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs tufted. 
Moulmein, 1885. See Fig. 261. (B. M. 6802.) 
Cc. pulchrum (beautiful). l., dorsal sepal purple, dotted with 
AaeeOne PUREE, the lateral ones connate in a yellow, purple- 
blotched, linear-oblong, obtuse lamina, 14in. long ; petals purple, 
falcate ; lip purple, linear-oblong, recurved ; pedicels sin. long; 
umbel about seven-flowered; scape erect, 4in. to Sin. long. 
7. oblong, obtuse and emarginate at apex, narrowed at base, 
thick. Halmahera, 1886. 
Cc. refractum (bent back). 
C. robustum (robust). fl. 24in. long ; sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow, tinged with purple; lip deep reddish-purple; scape 
very stout, bearing an eleven-flowered umbel 74in. across. 
1. thick and leathery, 13in. long, 4in, broad. Pseudo-bulbs large, 
ovate, angled. New Guinea, 1893. Probably the largest species 
known. (B. M. 7557; G. C. 1895, ii., p. 771, f. 116.) 
C. Rothschildianum (Hon. W. Rothschild’s). jf. bright 
crimson-purple, blotched with yellow on the sepals. Pseudo- 
bulbs ovate or pyriform. Darjeeling, 1895. new species, 
closely allied to C. Collettii. (G. C. 1895, xviii., p. 608, f. 102.) 
C. setiferum (bristle-bearing). jl. umbellate, 2in. long ; sepals 
and petals bristly ; scape slender, Yin. to 10in. long, four- to six- 
flowered. August. J, 9in. to 10in, long, narrow-oblong, obtuse. 
Pseudo-bulbs lin. long, lin. to 2in. distant. Himalayas, 1891. 
Allied to C. picturatum. 
A synonym of C. Wallichii. 
Cc. stragularium (curtained). #., middle sepal spotted purple, 
purple at top, elliptic, cucullate, the lateral ones sulphur, 
lotched and spotted purple; petals yellowish, spotted purple, 
brownish-purple at apex ; lip numerously spotted with blackish- 
purple, curved, with two divaricate angles near the base, con- 
volute. 7. petiolate, cuneate-oblong, blunt, 6in. to 7in. long. 
aan This “may be the same as C. pulchrum” (H. G. Reichen- 
ach). 
Cc. Thwaitesii (Thwaites’), fl. pale straw-coloured; lateral 
sepals sin. long, lanceolate, widely spreading, twice as long as 
the ovate dorsal one; petals acute. Ceylon (at 4000ft. to 7000ft. 
elevation). According to Hooker, there is some confusion 
regarding this species. 
Cc. vaginatum (sheathed). jl. pale yellow, lin. or more in length ; 
dorsal sepal many times longer than the lateral ones; lip two- 
ridged ; scape 2in. to 3in. long, laxly sheathed. JZ. 2in. to 4in. 
long, oblong, emarginate. Pseudo-bulbs 4in. to lin. long, 
conical. Rhizome very stout. Penang, &c., 1843. 
C. Wallichii (Wallich’s). #. reddish-brown; lateral sepals lin. 
to l{in. long, three or four times as long as the dorsal one; 
umbels few-flowered; scape equalling or exceeding the leaves. 
1. 2in. to 4in. long, elliptic-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs jin. to lin. long, 
sub-globose, ovoid or elongated. ‘Temperate Himalaya, 1837. 
Syn. C. refractum. 
C. Wendlandianum (Wendland’s). 1. of a wine-purple colour ; 
sepals ciliated with a few trembling, clavate hairs, and having 
tails 6in. to Tin. long. British Birma, 1891. Something in the 
way of C. Collettti. (R. X. O., t. 243.) 
Cc. Whiteanum (White's). 7. light straw-yellow, with a bright 
yellow lip. Moluccas (?), 1895. This species is allied to C. vagi- 
natum, but has pseudo-bulbs and leaves scarcely half as large. 
Cc. Wightii (Wight’s). ft. ochreous-green; sepals having a 
marginal line of red specks, the lateral ones @in. long; GERI 
six- to eight-flowered; scape shorter or longer than the leaf, 
speckled with red. 7. 14in. to 24in. long, elliptic or linear-oblong. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid. Rhizome stout. Ceylon. 
The following species are grown at Kew, but are rarely met with 
elsewhere: C. concinnum, C. delitescens, C. mundulum, C. pro- 
liferum. 
CISSUS. To the species described on p. 331, Vol. L., 
the following should now be added. See also Ampelopsis 
and Vitis. 
C. incisa (cut). fl. in a somewhat corymbose or compoundly 
umbellate panicle. jr. black, shining, as large as small peas. 
1. thick, pale green, glabrous, the lowest three-lobed, the upper 
ones trifolioliate; leaflets lin. to 2in, long, sometimes two- or 
three-lobed. Stem woody. h. 4ft. to 5ft. ‘United States. 
C. i. Rocheana (Roche’s). /7. more globose than in the type. 
Central Africa. (R. H. 1884, p. 272.) 
C. mexicana (Mexican). /7. red or white, large, and of a fine 
flavour. 7. something like those of the common Vine. Stems 
annual. Sinalva, Mexico, 1888. 
Cissus—continued. 
C. velutinus (velvety). /. of an intense coral-red; peduncle at 
least twice as long as in C. discolor; cyme larger and laxer. 
1. green, broadly veined with white above, blood-red beneath. 
Habit as C. discolor. Habitat unknown. (B. M. 5207.) 
CISTELLA. A synonym of Geodorum (which see). 
CISTUS. Including Halimium. About a score species 
are sufficiently distinct to rank as such; they are all natives 
of Enrope, North Africa, and the Asiatic shore of the 
Mediterranean. 
C. corbariensis. Sce C. salvifolius corbariensis. 
C. florentinus. See C. monspeliensis florentinus. 
C. guttatus (striped). A synonym of Helianthemum gutta’um. 
C. tauricus (Taurian). This is one of the varieties of C. creticus. 
CISTUS, GROUND. See Rhodothamnus Chame- 
cistus. 
CITRIOBATUS (from Citros, a Citron, and batos, a 
thorn; the plant is known in Australia as the Orange 
Thorn). Op. Pittosporez. A small genus (two species) 
of greenhouse, evergreen, rigid, much-branched, Australian 
shrubs, with small, solitary flowers, and insignificant, 
entire or toothed leaves. Both species have been intro- 
duced, but they are of little horticultural value. 
i eens a oa A synonym of Villaresia (which 
see). 
CITRUS. This genus embraces, according to Hooker, 
about seven species, natives of tropical Asia and Australia, 
and seyeral of them broadly cultivated over the tropical 
regions of the globe. Calyx cup-shaped or urceolate, 
three- to five-cleft; petals four to eight, linear-oblong, 
thick, imbricated ; stamens twenty to sixty. Fruit globose 
or oblong, fleshy, many-celled. To the species, &c., 
described on p. 335, Vol. I., the following varieties should 
be added: 
Cc. Aurantium Bergamia. Bergamot Orange. l. small, 
very sweet-scented. jr. pale yellow, globose or pear-shaped ; 
pulp acidulous, with a pleasant aroma. (B. M. 7194.) 
Cc. .A. Bigaradia. The correct name of B. vulgaris. 
C. Bergamia. A variety of C. Aurantium. 
C. Bigaradia. A synonym of C. vulgaris. 
C. buxifolia (Box-leaved), of gardens. A synonym of Severinia 
buxifolia. 
oy pis a (aidai). A variety of the Mandarin Orange (C. nobilis). 
Cc. Limetta and C. Limonum are varieties of C. medica. 
C. Lumia (Lumia). Sweet Lemon. /l. tinged with red. fr. 
ovoid-oblong, with a long mamilla ; rind having convex vesicles. 
1. having a simply-margined petiole. A sub-variety of C. medica 
Limetta. 
Cc. medica Riversii (Rivers’). Bijou Lemon. /1. white, small. 
Jr. small, globose. J. elliptic, serrated, on short, wingless 
petioles. 1! (B. M. 6807.) 
C. sinensis (Chinese). Chinese Orange. /l. very white. fr. 
about as large as a Plum, a little flattened; pulp bitter, 
acidulous. A variety of C. Aurantium. 
C. triptera (three-winged). A garden synonym of C. trifoliata. 
CLADANTHUS (from klados, a branch, and anthos, a 
flower; the flowers are produced at the ends of the 
branches). ORD. Composite. A monotypic genus. The 
species, CO. proliferus, a half-hardy, strong-smelling annual, 
native of the South of Spain and Northern Africa, has 
been introduced, but is of no particular horticultural value. 
CLADIUM (from klados, a twig). Orb. Cyperacer. A 
genus embracing about a score species of stove, greenhouse 
or hardy Sedges, found in all except cold climates. Flowers 
bisexual; glumes few, concave; spikelets terete, usually 
panicled or cymose. C. germanicum is useful for 
naturalising in boggy situations. 
C. germanicum (German). /., spikelets 4in. long, crowded in 
pedicelled heads 4in. in diameter ; cymes axillary and terminal, 
corymbose, the branches lin. to din. Jong. July and August. 
7. 2ft. to 4ft. long, sin. in diameter, rigid, keeled. Stems 2ft. to 
5ft. high, terete or obscurely trigonal. Europe (Britain), North 
Africa, &e. Syn. C. Mariscus. 
C. Mariscus (Mariscus). A synonym of C. germanicum. 
