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CRYPTARRHENA (from kryptos, hidden, and arrhen, 
a male; in reference to the concealed anthers). Syns. 
Clynhymenia, Orchidofunckia. Orp. Orchideer. A genus 
embracing only a couple of species of stove, epiphytal 
Orchids, with small, greenish-yellow flowers ; one is found in 
the West Indies and West and Central America, and the 
other in Surinam. C. lunata (B. R. 153) is in cultivation at 
Kew, but is of little horticultural interest. 
CRYPTOCAMPUS ANGUSTUS. See Salix. 
CRYPTOCARPUS (from kryptos, hidden, and karpos, 
fruit; the fruit is included within the connivent calyx). 
Orv. Nyctaginee. A small genus (two species) of slightly 
fleshy, prostrate or somewhat climbing, stove or greenhouse 
shrubs ; one is found on the Mexican mountains, and the 
Fic. 281. CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA. 
other on the sea-coasts of tropical South America. Flowers 
small, cymose, hermaphrodite. Leaves alternate, exstipu- 
late, entire. C. globosus (Syn. Salpianthus purpurascens) 
has been introduced, but is probably not now in cultivation. 
CRYPTOCHILUS. Both species are natives of the 
Himalayas. Flowers closely set, in distichous spikes, 
shorter than their persistent bracts; sepals connate in an 
equally three-lobed, gibbous, five-toothed tube; petals 
narrow ; lip included, adnate to the foot of the column, 
narrow, erect; pollinia eight. Pseudo-bulbs crowded, one- 
Cryptochilus—continued. 
or two-leaved. Tio the species described on p. 402, Vol. L., 
the following should be added : 
C. lutea (yellow). ji. pale yellow, sub-globose; sepals obtuse ; 
petals and lip lanceolate ; spike 2in. to 4in. long; scape 2in. to 
4in. long, rather slender. Leaves one or two, Sin. to 5in. long, 
linear-lanceolate, acute, petiolate or nearly sessile. Pseudo-bulbs 
oblong. 1882. 
CRYPTOCORYNE. Syn. Myrioblastus. This genus 
embraces about twenty-five species, natives of tropical Asia 
and the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers on a very slender 
spadix, the males and females very distant; spathe tube 
short or elongated, the lamina straight, folded or twisted. 
Leaves oblong- or linear-lanceolate or ovate. 
CRYPTOGAM, CRYPTOGAMIA. 
A Cryptogam is a plant of the class Crypto- 
gamia, which is the last class in the Linnean 
Sexual System, and comprises those plants 
having no stamens or pistils, and therefore 
no proper flowers ; it includes Ferns, Mosses, 
Algw, Lichens, and Fungi. 
CRYPTOGLOTTIS. 
Podochilus (which see). 
A synonym of 
CRYPTOGRAMME. ‘The Mountain 
Parsley Fern is essentially a deciduous plant, 
losing its fronds about the end of October 
and starting into growth again about the 
beginning of May. Its fertile fronds, con- 
siderably longer than the others, and pro- 
duced as a second crop of foliage later m the 
season, are greatly appreciated for bouquets 
and button-holes. ‘Their spores ripen and 
scatter themselves, in their native state, about 
September, after which the fronds soon die 
down, the barren ones remaining on the plants 
rather longer than the others. 
Although usually found growing wild in 
exposed situations, the Mountain Parsley Fern 
delights in a cool, moist, and shady spot, and 
is especially adapted for a quiet nook in a 
rockery, where it should be planted in a well- 
drained place and in a mixture of loam and 
peat in about equal parts, with the addition 
of bricks broken into small pieces ; but care 
should be taken that the compost is free from 
lime, which is highly injurious to the very 
minute fibrous rootlets. It may be propagated 
by seedlings, but this is a slow and tedious 
process; the more so that it is readily 
increased by the division of the crowns in 
the spring months, just before growth com- 
mences. This little gem also grows luxuri- 
antly in a cold frame, or for two or three 
years in the greenhouse, or under the shade 
of vines, where, however, it seldom lasts any 
longer. The plants should always be well 
established in pots before being twmned ont 
into the border or on the rockery. 
CRYPTOLOBUS. The species formerly 
classed under this name are now referred 
to Amphicarpea and Voandzeia (which 
see). 
CRYPTOMERIA. This genus is mono- 
typic, C. elegans being a variety ofc: 
japonica, which is well shown in Fig. 281. 
'o the varieties described on p. 404, Vol. I., 
the following should be added: 
C. japonica araucaroides (Araucaria-like). 1. dark bluish- 
ereen, thickly disposed, but regularly arranged, imparting a 
very dense appearance. Japan, 1885. Syn. C. j. lycopodioides. 
Cc. j. compacta (compact). This forms a compact, regular 
pyramid. Japan, 1885. 
C. j. lycopodioides (Lycopod-like). A synonym of C. j. arau- 
caroides. 
C. j. Sandersii (Sanders’). A variety of dense habit. 
Other varieties are nigricans, pungens, and rubiginosa. 
