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Calophyllum — contiiiued. 



C. Calatoa. Calaba-tree. Jl. wlute, sweet-scented, loosely race- 

 mose; racemes lateral, very -short. Jr. gi-een. l. obovate or 

 oblong, obtuse or eiiiarfiinate. h. 30ft. West Indies, &c., 1780. 



C. inophyllum (fibrniis-lcaved). Ji. snow-white, sweet-scented, 

 loosely racemose ; racemes axillary ; peduncles one-flowered, 



Calopog'on — continued. 

 Orchidece. Very pretty, liardy, tuberous-rooted orehiclR, 

 admirably suited for a good shady position at tlie foot of 

 the rockwork, or for an open situation in a hardy fernery. 

 Propag-ated by offsets, taken from the tuberous roots; but 





usually opposite /r leildisli. the size of a walnut. I. oblong 

 or obovate, obtuse, but usually eniargiuate. Branches round. 

 Tropics of the Old World, 1793. A medium-sized tree. 



CAIiOFOGON (from kalus. beautiful, and pogon, a 

 beaid ; in reference to the fringe on the lip). Obd. 



FK, 6M e\LUDi.M)R0N CAI'FN^IS 



this method of merease is very uncertain Peihaps the 



only species in cultivation is the following : 



C, pulchellus (beautiful).* Jl. purple, -with a very pretty pale 



yellow beard or tuft of hairs gi-owing from the lip ; two or thr-ee to 



a plant. Late summer. L few, radical, gxass-like. h. lift. North 



America, 1791. Syn. Liniudvram tuberosum. (S. B. F. G. 115.) 



