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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cdontoglossum—continued. 
NAME. PARENTAGE. 
dicranophorum .......- Lindleyanum and triwmphans. 
elegans 21.445. cirrhosum and Hallii. — ‘ 
elegantius......+++- .--- Lindleyanum and nobile (Pescatorei). 
~ Fic. 597. ODONTOGLOSSUM EXCELLENS. 
excellens (see Fig. 597)  Pescatoret and triwmphans. 
Galleottianum ........ Cervantesii and nebulosum. 
Hallio-Kegeljani .. Hallit and Kegeljani (polyxanthum). 
TANTS on lan ce cirrhosum and cristatum. 
Horsmanti .. Tuteo-purpureum and nobile. 
Humeanum. . cordatwm and Rossii. 
ANCEUS »2 2+ Syn. Andersonianum. 
Dulus ...2..45 gloriosum and luteo-purpureum. 
Murrellianum nobile and gloriosum. 
Ruckerianum .. Syn. Andersonianum. 
Staurastrum .. Lindleyanum and tripudians. 
Stawuroides .... Lindleyanum and nobile. 
Wattianum .. 
Wendlandian 
Wilckeanum Sao 
Williamsianum ........ 
Lindleyanum and Harryanum. 
crinitum and crispum Lehmannii. 
luteo-purpureum and crispum. 
grande and Schlieperianum. 
ODONTONEMA. A synonym of Thyrsacanthus 
(which see). 
ODONTOSPERMUM. To the species described on 
p. 476, Vol. II., the following should be added: 
O. maritimum (sea-loving). j.-heads, involucral bracts 
spathulate. J. oblong-spathulate, villous. Branches sometimes 
leafy, sometimes naked, one-headed. Stems irregularly 
branched. Mediterranean region. (G. C. 1884, xxii, p. 392, 
f. 70.) SYN. Asteriscus maritimus. 
CGNECTRA PILLERIANA. See Vine Moths. 
CNOCARPUS. To the species described on p. 476, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
«. dealbatus (whitened). (., spadices three or solitary, 
slender, pendulous, 14ft. to 2ft. long, much-branched. fr. globose 
or ovoid. /. about twenty in a head; segments very numerous 
(fifty to seventy), linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2ft. to 2sft. 
long. Stem tall, soboliferous. Brazil. The correct name of 
this species is Mauritia armata. 
cee ey A synonym of Berchemia (which 
see). 
CNOTHERA. Including Pachylophus. To the 
species and varieties described on pp. 476-9, Vol. IL., 
the following should be added : 
= oe This is now regarded as identical with O. taraxaci- 
Olva. 
@. crassicaulis (thick-stemmed).* 7. white, tinted with 
yellow in the centre, 3in. to 4in. in diameter ; style four-lobed. 
July to September. J. lanceolate, acute, unequally toothed, 
with whitish nerves. Stems branched from the base, the 
tranches ascending. h. 14ft. to 2ft. North America. A fine 
iennial. 
@. Drummondii (Drummond’s). j#. pale yellow, with a 
preezish centre; petals obcordate, l4in. long. June to October. 
ovate-lanceolate, undulated; cauline ones sessile. h. 2ft. 
Cnothera—continued. 
Texas, 1833. Annual or biennial. (B. 
dwarf form nana, with large flowers. 
C. eximia is a synonym of @. cespitosa. 
G. formosa (beautiful). jl. pure white, about 34in. in diameter. 
Habitat not recorded, 1899. A dwarf plant. 
C. Fraseri (Fraser's). A variety of @. glauca. 
. fruticosa major (greater).* This is a very free-flowering 
Variety having golden-yellow flowers. It is later than the type. 
G. f. Youngii (Young’s).* fl. bright yellow. A handsome 
border plant of vigorous habit. There is also a double- 
flowered form. 
. grandiflora (of Willdenow). A form of @. biennis. 
@. Johnsoni (Johnson's). This is a tall (4ft.), half-hardy 
annual, with large, citron-yellow flowers. North-west America, 
1898. (R. G. 1898, p. 430, f. 82.) 
«. Lamarckiana (Lamarck’s). 
grandijlora. 
. linearis is a form of (. fruticosa. 
@. Nuttallii (Nuttall’s). . white, turning to rose-colour, 
small; calyx tube very slender, lin. to 2in. long. June an 
July. 72. crowded, lanceolate, pinnatifid, acuminate. North 
America, 1811. A stemless, pubescent perennial. 
@. rubicunda (ruddy). A variety of @. amena. 
G. Sellowii (Sellow’s). #. bright yellow, scented, 4in. across, 
disposed in a long, terminal spike. June to August. J. ovate- 
lanceolate, pubescent; cauline ones lanceolate, acute. Stem 
erect, pubescent, simple or branched. A. 2ft. to 24ft. Chili, 
1831. Annual. ‘ 
G. serotina (late), of Sweet. A synonym of @. fruticosa. 
G:. suaveolens (sweet-scented). A synonym of W@. biennis 
grandiflora, 
C. tanacetifolia (Tansy-leaved). A synonym of @. Nuttallii. 
. taraxacifolia is a form of @. acaulis. 
G. tetraptera (four-winged). 7. at first whitish, then reddish, 
4in. across. Jl. pinnatisect, with the divisions toothed. Stems 
branched from the base; branches ascending. h. lft. Mexico. 
Annual. 
@. t. rosea (pink).* A variety with beautiful rose-coloured 
flowers. An excellent plant for either the border or the 
rockery. 
:. trichocalyx (hairy-calyxed). . white, turning to pink, 
axillary, rather small; calyx long-hairy when young. June. 
1. crowded, pinnatifid, the young ones somewhat canescent- 
hairy; segments short, entire, obtuse. Stem about lft. high, 
nearly simple, erect. North America. Perennial or biennial. 
M. 3361.) There is a 
A synonym of @. biennis 
Varieties. There are many new varieties of the annual 
section usually catalogued as Godetias. Some of the best 
are: 
Bridesmaid. 7. blush-white, blotched with rose, large. 
Crimson Beauty. 7. deep crimson, with a white centre. An 
excellent bedder. 
Duchess of Fife. ji. white, blotched carmine. 
General Gordon. 7. crimson-carmine, with lighter centre. 
Gloriosa. i. deep blood-red. A showy and compact variety. 
Marchioness of Salisbury. 7. bright crimson, margined 
with white, large. An attractive variety. 
White Pearl. 7. of a beautiful pure white. 
CONIA. See Honia. 
OIL NUT. See Pyrularia oleifera. 
OILY GRAIN. See Sesamum indicum. 
OKRA. See Hibiscus esculentus. 
OLD MAID. See Vinca rosea. 
OLD MAN CACTUS. See Pilocereus senilis. 
OLEA APETALA. A synonym of Notelea 
longifolia (which see). O. buaifoa is synonymous 
with O. capensis. 
OLEANDRA. Althongh not an extensive genus, 
Oleandra_ embraces some of the most interesting 
trailing Ferns in cultivation. O. neriiformis, a plant 
much more like an Oleander than a Fern, is, how- 
ever, an exception; it grows somewhat in the way of 
Gleichenia flabellata, but has thicker and more fleshy, 
erect stems, which haye, moreover, the peculiarity of 
branching out freely, and of being provided with aérial 
roots—a character to be found in scarcely any other 
cultivated Fern. All the other species make good speci- 
mens either trained upon stems of dead Tree-Ferns, 
which they readily ascend and quickly cover, or grown 
on mounds of peat. None but very fibrous peat shonld, 
