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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Clerodendron—continued. 
white, with a narrow tube 3in. to 4in. long and Spee ene 
segments; stamens much exserted. J. large, ovate, dark green ; 
petioles hardening and forming stout hooks. Stems brown. 
Zanzibar, 1888. Climber. 
C. delectum (chosen). jl. showy, freely produced in large, 
dichotomous cymes ; calyx pure white; corolla of a deep, rich 
magenta-rose. 1885, A handsome garden variety, raised from 
C. Thomsone Balfouri. 
C. grandiflorum (large-flowered). The correct name of Algiphila 
grandijlora. 
Cc. illustre (bright). ty calyx reddish-scarlet, sub-globose ; 
corolla bright scarlet, the tube fin. long, the limb eight to nine 
lines in diameter ; panicle branches and pedicels red. 7. cordate, 
acute, 7in. to 8in. long, 6in. to 64in. broad, repand-toothed, 
glabrous or nearly so above, scaly beneath. Celebes. A showy 
plant, producing its large panicles of flowers when only 13ft. 
high. 
C. macrosiphon (long-tubed). fl. forming a small, sub-sessile, 
terminal, reduced cyme ; calyx jin. long ; corolla white, the tube 
4in. to 44in. long, ~,in. in diameter, hairy, erect, slightly curved ; 
limb one-sided, 14in. in diameter, five-lobed to the middle. May. 
J. 2in. to 3in. long, oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 
coarsely and irregularly toothed or almost lobulate, the base 
gradually narrowed into a petiole. Zanzibar, 1881. A slender, 
erect shrub. (B. M. 6695.) Syn. Cyclonema macrosiphon. 
C. Minahassz (Minahassa). jl. yellowish-white, in broad, ter- 
minal, cymose panicles; anthers purple, exserted. jr. very 
ornamental, the calyx growing out so as to resemble a red flower 
3in. across, with a round, blue berry in the centre. J. opposite, 
eos) serrated. Stems square. Celebes, 1886. An ornamental 
shrub. 
C. nutans (drooping). 1. white, scented, slightly ascending, 
ternate; calyx reddish-purple; corolla lobes obovate, obtuse, 
almost equal, flat; stamens longer than the corolla; panicles 
oblong, loosely pendulous. December. /. ternate or opposite, 
long-acuminate, entire, attenuated at base, very shortly petiolate. 
h. 2ft. to 4ft. Sylhet, &c., 1830. Shrub. (B. M. 3049.) 
c. Rumphianum (Rumphius’). 7. at first flesh-coloured, deepen- 
ing to red and crimson, long-tubed, in terminal panicles; 
stamens red, exserted. 7. large, roundish-ovate, dark green. 
Java, 1887. A handsome shrub. 
C. scandens (climbing). A synonym of C. wmbellatum. 
Cc. sinuatum (sinuate). jl. shortly pedicellate, disposed in an 
ample, capitate, compact panicle; corolla pure white, salver- 
shaped, the slender tube thrice as long as the calyx. February. 
l. petiolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, sub-cordate at base, acumi- 
nate at apex, lightly sinuate or angled. Branches copious, 
tetragonal, slender. h, 3ft. Sierra Leone, 1846. A pubescent 
shrub. (B. M. 4255.) 
C. Thomsonz Balfouri (Balfour's). j. light crimson; calyx 
rather larger than in the parent. 1885. 
Cc. umbellatum (umbelled). /. few, in a terminal panicle; 
corolla whitish, reddish at the throat, the tube slender, lin. long, 
the limb segments rather large, acute. July. 7. oval, entire, 3in. 
long, lin. broad, coriaceous, petiolate, acute, shining above, 
yellowish beneath. Stems twining, four-angled, highly glabrous, 
striated. h. 12ft. Western Tropical Africa, 1822. Syn. 
C. scandens (B. M. 4354). 
C. viscosum is identical with C. infortunatum. 
CLETHRA. This genus embraces about twenty-five 
species, natives of North and South America, Madeira, 
Japan, and the Malayan Archipelago. Leaves sparse, 
persistent or rarely deciduous, petiolate, entire, serrated, 
or toothed. To the species described on p. 342, Vol. I., the 
following should be added : 
Cc. barbinervis (bearded on the nerves). 1. white, in a terminal, 
elongated, paniculate raceme ; rachis, peduncle, and calyx rusty- 
pubescent J/. petiolate, obovate or obovate-elliptic, acute, 
cuneate at base, argutely serrated, glabrous above, the under- 
surface bristly-pubescent on the primary veins and bearded in the 
axils of the veins. Japan, 1870. Hardy, deciduous. 
C. canescens (hoary). jl. white, small, disposed in large, branch- 
ing panicles, slightly fragrant. J. deep green, lanceolate. Java, 
1896. A strong-growing shrub. 
C. secundiflora (side-flowering). jl., calyx segments obtuse, 
silky- pubescent; inflorescence side-flowering; pedicels and 
peduncles tomentose. J. oblong-lanceolate, denticulate, entire at 
base, shortly acuminate, glabrous above, below (as well as the 
petioles) hairy-pubescent. Habitat not recorded, 1877. 
CLETHROPSIS. Included under Alnus (which see). 
CLEYERA. Of the six species included hereunder, two 
are Indian or Japanese, and the rest are found in Mexico or 
in the Antilles. To those described on p. 183, Vol. I., the 
following should be added : 
C, Fortunei (Fortune's). jl. about 4in. in diameter, solitary or 
fascicled in the axils or on nodes; calyx lobes reddish-brown ; 
Cleyera—continued. 
etals pale yellow. September. /. 4in. to 6in. long, elliptic- or 
inear-lanceolate, bright green, variegated with golden-yellow 
and scarlet towards the margins. Japan (?), 1861. (B. M. 7434; 
G. C, 1895, ii., p. 10, f. 1.) 
CLIANTHUS. Donia (of G. Don) is synonymous with 
this genus. (. carneus is synonymous with Streblorhiza 
speciosus, 
CLIDANTHUS. See Chlidanthus. 
CLIDEMIA. Syn. Staphidium (for the most part). 
C. vittata is the only species calling for mention here. For 
culture, see Melastoma. 
C. vittata (striped).* 7. elliptic, 8in. to 12in. long, 8in. broad, 
bullate and of an intense green above, with a very distinct 
silvery central stripe, beneath reddish-tomentose; petioles 
cylindrical, suleate above, 2in. long, powdered, Stem and 
branches terete, robust, softly reddish-tomentose. Peru, 1873. 
A very ornamental plant. (I. H. n. s., xxii., t. 219.) 
CLIFF BRAKE FERN. See Pellza. 
CLIFTONIA LIGUSTRINA. According to 
Bentham and Hooker, this is the correct name of Mylo- 
carium ligustrinum. 
CLIMBING CUCUMBER. See 
pedata. 
CLIMBING HYDRANGEA. See Schizophragma 
hydrangeoides. 
CLINANTHUS. The original spelling of Clitanthus, 
now included under Stenomesson (which see). 
CLINGSTONE. A term applied to Peaches and 
eer fruits, the flesh of which is not easily separable from 
the stone. 
nieganet ees A synonym of Gloriosa (which 
see). 
CLINTONIA. Syn. Xeniatrum. Eight species are 
included in this genus: two are found on the Himalayas, 
in Siberia, and in Japan, and the remainder are North 
American. Flowers in terminal umbels or racemes, rarely 
solitary ; perianth fannel-shaped, deciduous, with six sub- 
equal segments; stamens six, inserted at the base of the 
segments. lLeayes sub-radical, narrow, ribbed. 
Cc. pulchella (rather pretty). 
pulchella. 
CLIOCOCCA TENUIFOLIA. 
Linum (which see). 
CLIPPING HEDGES. Decidnous Hedges may with 
advantage be clipped once or twice during the growing 
season ; if this is done with Beech Hedges they retain their 
foliage all winter, and make an excellent screen. Box 
Hedges may be clipped in the early autumn or spring. 
Holly Hedge, Laurels, and similar large-leaved plants 
should be trimmed with a knife. 
CLITANTHUS [originally spelt Clinanthus. ] Included 
under Stenomesson (which see). 
CLITORIA. Syn. Nauchea. About twenty-seven 
species, scattered over the warmer parts of the globe, form 
this genus. Standard spoon-shaped, very large ; wings and 
the incurved keel much shorter. 
Cyclanthera 
A synonym of Downingia 
Included under 
C. braziliana. The correct name is Centrosema brasilianum. 
Cc. Broussonetii (Broussonet’s) A synonym of Cologania 
Broussonetit. 
C. multiflora (many-flowered). A synonym of Vilinorinia multi- 
Jlora. 
C. polyphylla (many-leaved). 
phylla. 
Cc. virginiana (Virginian). A synonym of Centrosema virginia- 
num. 
CLIVEUCHARIS PULCHRA. A name given by 
M. E. Rodigas to a hybrid raised in M. Van Houtte’s nursery 
out of a Clivia by the pollen of Eucharis amazonica, 
CLIVIA. Imantophyllum is included by modern 
botanists under this genus, but for horticultural purposes it 
has been kept distinct in this work. Flowers bright 
reddish-yellow, scentless, many in an umbel; perianth 
fonnel-shaped, erect or rather curved, the tube short, the 
A synonym of Barbiera poly- 
