1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
Crategus—continued. 
Cc. mexicana Carrierei (Carritre’s). //l. at first white, sub- 
sequently becoming flesh-coloured. Spring. jr. bright red, 
resembling cherries, persistent throughout the winter. 1883. A 
handsome tree, of garden origin. (G. C. 1888, iv., p. 736, f. 104, 
and R. H. 1883, 108, under name of C. Carrierei.) C. Lavallei is 
very similar to, if not identical with this. 
C. Michauxii (Michaux’s). A synonym of C. flava. 
Cc. monogyna (one-styled). <A form of C. Oxyacantha. 
Cc. Oliveriana (Oliver's). A synonym of C. melanocarpa. 
C. Oxyacantha atrofusca (very dark). jl. pure white, 
medium-sized. A very beautiful, weeping variety. 
C. 0, flore-pleno. Of the double-flowered variety there are three 
forms—coccinea, with scarlet-, lucida, with white-, and rosea, 
with rose-coloured flowers. 
C. O. flore-puniceo (reddish-brown flowered). 
very attractive, freely produced. 
C. O. foliis-tricoloribus (three-coloured-leaved). J. variegated 
with different shades of dark red, carmine, and rose, 1886. 
An ornamental garden variety. 
Cc. O. Gumperi (Gumper's). 1. white, bordered with pink. 
— O. integrifolia (entire-leaved). A variety having undivided 
eaves. 
Cc. O. monogyna (one-styled). /.., 
acuminate, not glandular. jr. almost 
style and one stone. 7, deeply tri-quinquefid, incised-toothed. 
Europe, &c. There are several sub-varieties of this. 
C. O. rosea-superba. There isa sweet-scented double variety 
called plena. 
C. O. semperfiorens (ever-flowering).* A useful garden variety, 
flowering throughout the summer; towards autumn plants may 
be seen with nearly ripe fruit, green fruit, and open flowers at the 
same time. Syn. C. Bruanti. 
Cc. O. stricta (erect). A pyramidal variety with fastigiate 
branches. 
Cc. oxyacanthoides (Oxyacanthus-like). A 
C. Oxyacanthus. 
Cc. pentagyna (five-styled). /l. white, in erect, somewhat 
pointed corymbs; peduncles and base of calyx sparingly beset 
with shaggy hairs. 7. broadly oval, divided on each side into from 
two to four long, pointed, toothed lobes, glabrous above, hairy 
on the nerves beneath. A tall, thorny bush. The earliest of all 
the Thorns to come into leaf. SYN. C. pinnatijida (R. G. 366). 
Cc. p. major (greater).* jl. white, large, corymbose. fr. bright 
red, pear-shaped, Zin. in diameter. 7. long-stalked, lobed, and 
pinnatifid. North China, 1886. An ornamental form. (G. C. 
Nl. S., XXVi., p. 621, under name of C. pinnatifida major.) 
Cc. pinnatifida (pinnatifid). A synonym of C. pentagyna. 
Cc. prunifolia (Prunus-leayed). A variety of C. Crus-galli. 
Cc. Pepe centile crenulata (slightly crenate). A yellow-berried 
variety. 
Cc. P. Lelandi (Leland’s).* fr. bright orange-scarlet, produced 
when the plant is but a few inches in height. 1888, 
C. P. pauciflora (few-flowered). /l. few in corymb. fr. reddish- 
yellow. Branches very spiny. A dwarf, tufted variety, useful for 
hedges or for the rockery. 
C. pyrifolia is a variety of C. tomentosa. 
Cc. stipulacea (large-stipuled), #. white, on downy pedicels, 
disposed in dense corymbs. 7. glabrous, downy on the nerves 
beneath; lower ones lanceolate or oblong, acute, strongly 
toothed at the summit; those at the tips of the branches 
pinnatifid, with three divergent lobes; stipules very large, 
persistent, slightly toothed, h. 3ft, to 6ft. 
C. tomentosa (downy). jl. in broader, looser, pubescent 
corymbs, with a disagreeable scent, and, as well as the smaller, 
oblong, upright, fruit, later. 7. thicker, without glands, densely 
_ pubescent beneath. Branches pale grey, without thorns. Other- 
wise like C. coccinea. United States, 1882. Syn. C. leucophlaos. 
CRATERIFORM. Goblet-shaped. 
CRATEROSTIGMA (from krateros, strong, stout, 
and stigma; in allusion to the conspicuous stigma). Orb. 
Scrophularinee. A small genus (two or three species) of 
dwarf, almost stemless, stove or greenhouse perennials, 
natives of South and tropical Eastern Africa, and closely 
allied to Torenia. Flowers spicate, racemose, or rarely 
solitary: calyx tubular, five-ribbed, five-toothed ; corolla 
tube enlarged above, the dorsal lip concaye, entire or 
emarginate, the anterior one spreading, with three broad 
lobes; style somewhat funnel-shaped at apex. Leaves 
radical, Plantain-like, many-neryed, entire. Only one 
species calls for mention here. For culture, see Torenia. 
JA. red, single, 
calyx lobes lanceolate, 
lobular, having only one 
synonym of 
Cc. pumilum (dwarf). The correct name of the plant described 
on p. 59, VoL IV., as Torenia auriculefolia, Its habitat is 
Abyssinia. 
Vol. V. 
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CRAWFURDIA. Syn. Golowninia. Corolla tubular- 
campanulate ‘or almost funnel-shaped, the limb four- or 
five-lobed ; stamens four or five; disk shortly five-lobed or 
wanting. 
CREAM FRUIT TREE. See Roupellia grata. 
CREAM-SPOTTED TIGER MOTH. See Tiger 
Moths. 
CREEPING SNOWBERRY. ‘ce Chiogenes. 
CREMATOMIA. A synonym of Bourreria (which 
see). 
CRENATURE. One of the teeth of a crenate margin. 
CREPIDIUM. A synonym of Microstylis (which 
see). 
CRIMSON CLOVER. ‘ee 
natum. 
CRIMSON FLAG. See Schizostylis coccinea. 
CRINITA (of Houttuyn). A synonym of Pavetta 
(which see). 
CRINITE. Furnished with a tuft or fringe of long, 
weak hairs. 
CRINUM. Of this genus seventy-nine species are 
described by J. G. Baker, in his ‘‘ Handbook of the Amaryl- 
lidew”’ ; they are broadly dispersed over the tropical and 
sub-tropical regions of the globe. Flowers white or reddish, 
few or numerous in an umbel, large, sessile or shortly 
pedicellate ; stamens affixed tothe throat. Leaves persistent, 
usually broad. To the species described on pp. 396-7, Vol. I., 
the following should be added. Except where otherwise 
stated, stove treatment is required : 
C. abyssinicum (Abyssinian). //l. white, fragrant, four to six in 
an umbel ; perianth tube slender, curved, l4in, to 2in, long, the 
limb horizontal or sub-erect, 2in. to din. long, the segments 4in. 
to jin. broad; peduncle 1ft. to 2ft. long. 7. about six, bluish- 
green, linear, sub-erect, 1ft. long, sin. to lin. broad, gradually 
narrowed. Bulb ovoid, 3in. in diameter. Abyssinia, 1892. 
Greenhouse. (R. G. 1892, p. 412, f. 89.) 
Cc. amabile augustum (august). 
C. angustifolium blandum (charming). /l., perianth segments 
broader than in the type; filaments whitish. JZ. also broader, 
Syn. C. blandum (B. M. 2531). 
C. a. confertum (clustered). 7. sessile; perianth segments 4in, 
long, a little exceeding the tube. Syn. C confertwm (B. M. 2522). 
C. anomalum (anomalous). <A form of C. asiaticum. 
C. blandum (charming). A variety of C. angustifolium. 
C. brevifolium (short-leaved). A synonym of C. bracteatum. 
C. Broussonetii (Broussonet’s). A synonym of C. yucceefolium. 
C. capense. This is regarded by J. G. Baker as identical with 
*C. longifolium. 
C. Colensoi (Colenso’s). A garden synonym of C. Moorei. 
C. confertum (clustered). A variety of C. angustifoliwm. 
C. crassipes (thick-stalked). l. fifteen to twenty in an umbel ; 
perianth tube green, curved, Jin. long, the limb sub-erect, 2sin. 
lene the segments white, sin. broad, with a pink keel; pedicels 
lin. to 1jin. long ; peduncle compressed, less than 1ft. long, jin. 
thick. July. 1. lorate, bright green, sub-erect, 4in. broad. Bulb 
very large, conical. Tropical or sub-tropical Africa (7), 1887. 
Stove or intermediate. 
Cc. cruentum Loddigesii (Loddiges’). /., perianth segments 
tipped dark purple ; pedicels as long as the ovary. 
C. declinatum (declinate). A form of C. asiaticwn. 
C. distichum (two-ranked). 1. usually solitary, sessile ; perianth 
tube curved, Sin. to 6in. long, the limb horizontal, about 4in. 
long, the segments keeled bright red, oblong, acute, connivent, 
lin. broad; stamens and style nearly reaching the tips of 
the segments; peduncle about lft. long. June. /. about ten, 
distichous, linear, firm, channelled down the face, tapering, 
lft. long. Bulb small, globose. Sierra Leone. Syn, Amaryllis 
ornata (B. M. 1253). 
C. Dorize (Doria’s). fl. white, striped with red, scented, many 
in an umbel; scape short. J. broad, wavy at the margins. 
Abyssinia, 1893. Stove. 
C. elegans (elegant). A variety of C. pratense. 
C. ensifolium (ensate-leaved). A variety of C. defixum. 
C. faleatum (sickle-shaped). A synonym of Amimocharis 
Saleata. 
C. firmifolium (firm-leaved). /l. six to eight in an umbel; 
perianth tube straight, 5in. to 6in. long, the segments linear, 2in. 
to 2sin. long; peduncle lft. long. /. narrow, lorate, firm, Sft. 
long, lin. broad, gradually tapering, with entire margins. 
Madagasear, 1892. 
Trifolium incar- 
A synonym of C. augustum. 
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