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Caleana - -contin ae d. 

 C, minor (Ii'ss). jl. j:reeii-ln<iwn. June. 1822. 

 C. nigrita (l«];irkisli.fl..wi.Teil). Jl. dark. 



CAIaECTASIA (from kalos, boautiful, a,nd ckl a ais, ex- 

 tension; in allu.sion to the star-like perianth seg-mcnts). 

 Ord. Juncacem. An elegant greonliouse snffruticosc 

 perennial, with dry, permanent, starry tiower.s. It tlirives 

 best in a compost of peat and loam. Propagated by 

 divisions. 



C. cyanea (blue). Jl. lpri;;lit blue, solitiiry, nn short terminal 

 bninrhes. .Tune. /. neeiUe-shai)ed, sheiithing at the huafi. 

 Australia. 1840. (U. I\I. 3834.) 



CALENDULA {from (.■alcndo'; the first day of the 

 mouth ; in allusion to the almost perpetual flowering). 

 Marigold. Okd. Composite. A genus of showy green- 

 house and hardy annuals, and some few grcenhonse shrubby 

 species. Pappus none ; receptacle naked ; involucre of one 

 or two series of sub-equal, acuminate, generally scarious- 

 edged bracts. The shrubby species are propagated by 

 cuttings, and thrive best in a compost of loam and peat 

 For culture of the annuals, see Marig'old. 



Fig. 323. Flowers of Calendula officinalis. 



C.arvensis (field). Jl. -heads yellow. Pericarps urceulate, obovate, 

 snuMitli ; (luter Iflnceolate- 

 subulate. inuricateilatback. 

 h. 2ft. Europe, 1597. Hardy 

 annual. 



C. maderensis (Maileira).*^ 



fl.-ltctuis nransit'. iVricaips -; 



cyniliifnrni. incurve*!, niu- "'*..-' 



ricated ; outer five ovate- 

 lanceolate, membranous, 



toothed at ei^e. k. 2ft. 



Maileira. 1795. Hardy. Syn. 



C. sdliata. 

 C, officinalis (utticinal).* 



Common Marigold, li.-heads 



<iran;,'e. June t(» September. 



Pericjirp.s cymbiform, all in- 

 curved, nuiricated. h. 3ft. 



Sontli Kurope. 1573 Hardy 



annual. See Ki;;. 325. 

 C. o, prolifera ipndifercus). 



A ;:;inlen fiprni, analog" »us 



U* tlie Hen and Chickens 



l>ai.sy. See Fij,'. 324. 

 C. Stellata (.stellate). A Fic. 



synonym uf C iiuidercnsis. 



324. Ki,owHR OF Calicndula 



OFFICINALIS I'ROLIFFRA. 



CALICO BUSH. N. V Kalmia latifolia. 



CALIFORNIAN EVSRGKEEN REDWOOD. 



See Sequoia sempervirens. 



CALIFORNIAN MAYBUSH. See Pliotinia 

 arbutifolia. 



CALIFORNIAN PEPPER-TREE. Sve Schinus 

 MoUe. 



CALIFORNIAN POPPY. See Platystemon 

 califoi'nicus. 



CALIPHRURIA (from hdox, beautiful, and jihroiim, 

 prison ; from the handsome spathe inclosing the flowers). 

 Ord. Amai'ifllidem. Pretty half-hardy grounhouso bulbs. 

 Tube of perianth narrow, funnel-shaped, nearly straight ; 

 limb regular, stellate ; stamens furnislied with a bristle 

 on each side. They thrive best in a compost of sandy loam, 

 a little peat, leaf soil, and sand. Propagated by offsets. 

 After flowering, the plants should have a sligiit heat ; and, 

 when starting into now growth, should be repotted. 



C. Hartwegianadlartwe^'s).* II. greenish-whito ; uiuliels.seven- 

 Howereil ; scape nearly terete, glaucous. May. /. petiolute, de- 

 pressed, ovate, sub-plicate, green, h. 1ft. New Grenada, 1843- 

 (B. M. 6239.) 



Fro. 325. CALTniRURiA sitbeorntata. 



C, subedcntata (rarely-tootheil).* /I. white, funnel-shaped, dis- 

 iiommI in a truss, on a long scape. Winter, l. stalked, ovate- 

 oblong, h. lift. Columbia, 1876. See Fig. 325. (li. M. 6289.) 



CALISAYA BARK. See Cinchona Calisaya. 



CALL A (from hdlus, beauty). Syn. P ru oenzalia^ 

 Okd. Aroideai (.Iracetc). A monotypic genus. The species 

 is a native of Central and Northern Europo and North 



KiG. 326. Cai.la PALUSTRlS, showiug llabit ami detai^heil 

 tnHoresceuce. 



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