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LOWERING Branch oi' Cai.ycantiius floridus. 



C. glaucns (glaucous).* fl. lurid purple, not strongly scented. 

 May. I. ovate-Ianci'olate, acuminated, glaucous and pubescent 

 beneath, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Carolina, 1726. SVN. C. fertiU.'^. (B. II. 

 404.) C. ohlonijiJ'oUus is a varie»^v with ovate-lanceolate elongated 

 leaves. 



Fig. 353. Flowerim; Bra.nch of Calvcanthus l.eviuatus. 



C.lseviffatUS (smooth-leaved).* Jl. lurid purple. May. I. oblong, 

 thin, either blunt or taper-pointed, bright j;reen, and glabrous, 

 or nearly so, on bnth sides, or ratlit- r pale beneath. Branches 

 strictly erect, h. 3ft. to 6ft. Mountains of Pennsylvania, ^c, 

 1806. ISee Fig. 333. (B. R. 481.) 



C. macrophyllus (large-leaved). A garden synonym of C. occi- 

 itentalLs. 



C. occidentalis (AVestern).* ./f. brick-red, sweet-scented, 3in, to 

 4in. acruss, each petal about 2in. long and ^in. broad. June to 

 October. /. oblong or ovate-c-ordate, acuminate, slightly pubes- 

 cent on the veins only beneath, h. 6ft. to 12ft. Cahfurnia, 1831. 

 In California, this is called the Sweet-scented Shrub. SVN. 

 C. macrophi/Uiu'^, uf .:;;ir.lLiis. (B. M. 4808. 



CAZ«YCIFLOR.S:. A sub-division of dicotyledonous 

 plants, having- the stamens inserted on the calyx or disk. 



CALYCIFORM. Formed like a calyx. 



CALYCINE. Of, or belongfing to, the calyx. 



CALYCOPHYLIiTJM (from kalyx, a calyx, and 

 }<htiUun, a h-af ; in allu'-ion to one of the teeth of the calyx 

 being expanded into a largo petiolate coloured leaf). Ord. 

 Iinhiacea:. Stove evergreen slirubs, reciuiring a compost of 

 loam, peat, and a little sand and charcoal. Cutting's of 

 luilf ripe shoots will root in sand if placed under a bell 

 glass, in bottom heat. 



C. candldissimum (whitest).* /., corolla white, carapanulate. 



witli ;i bearded throat, three together, the middle one bearing a 

 petiuhite leaf, but the two lateral ones naked; corymbs terminal. 

 /. ovate, bluntly acuminated, 2in. to 3in. long. A. 30ft. Cuba, 

 1830. 



CAIiYCOTOME (from kahjr, l'alyl-os,ca.]jx, and tome, 

 a section; lips of calyx fall off). Ord. Leguininosa:. A 

 small genus of hardy, divaricately-branched, spiny shrubs, 

 formerly included as a section of Cytisus. Flowers yellow, 

 disposed in short branched leafy fasicles. For culture, 

 srr. Cytisus. 



C.spinosa (spiny), /.yellow. .Tune and July. 2., leaflets obovate* 

 obloHii. Branches angular, spiny, k. 5ft. to 6ft. Genoa, Cor- 

 sica, A-c, 1846. (B. R. 55.) 



CAIiYCTJIiATi:. Having bracts so placed as to 

 resemble an external or additional calyx. 



CALYMMODON. See Polypoditun, 



CAIiYFSO 1 from the beautiful nymph, Calypso, or 

 from Greek kali/pto, to conceal; in reference to its place 

 of growth). Ord. Orchidece. An elegant terrestrial 

 monotypic genus. It thrives well in half-shady spots on 

 the margins of a rock garden or artificial bog, in a light, 

 moist, veg-etable soil, composed of peat, leaf soil, and 



sand, mulched with cocoa-nut fibre refuse in 



winter. Propag-ated by offsets. 



C- borealis (Novtheru).* Jl. solitary, delicate rose and 

 brown, with a yellow crest on the lip; labellum longer 

 than the sepals, the lateral lobes cohering in their 

 upper part over the saccate central one, which is 

 Ksnally bifi'l at the tip, resemblinjx tlio.se of a Cypri- 

 pediuni. Summer. I solitary, thin, many-nerved, 

 uv:ite (ircordate. Stems usually thickening into pseudo- 

 bulbs. A. 1ft. High latitudes of Northern hemisphere, 

 1820. (B. M. 2763.) 



CAIiYPTRA. Literally an extinguisher; ap- 

 plied to the hood which covers the theca in mosses. 



CAI.YFTRAXTHES (from kalyptra, a 

 covering, and a^ithos, a flower ; in allusion to the 

 operculum of the flower). Ord. Mtjiiacece. Strong- 

 grooving stove evergreen shrubs or small trees. 

 Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Leaves feather- 

 veined. They are of easy culture, in a compost 

 of loam and peat, and may be propagated by 

 layers, or by cuttings, placed in heat. 



C. Chytracolia (Chytraculia). _fl. wliite, small, glome- 

 rate ; peduncles axillary and terminal, trichotomous, 

 panicled, and are, as well as the flowers, clothed with 

 rufous velvety down. March. I. ovate, attenuated at 

 the apex, stiflish, glabrous. k. 10ft. Jamaica, 1778. 

 (N. S. 1, 26.) 



C. Syzygium (Syzygium). .rf. white, on short pedicels : 

 peduncles axillary, tricliotomous, many-flowered. May 

 tn .Tuly. l. ovate, obtuse, stiff, h. 10ft. to 12ft. Jamaica, 

 1779. 



CALYPTRARIA, See Centronia. 



CALYPTRATE. Kesembling an extinguisher. 



CALYPTRIFORM. Shaped like an extinguisher. 



CALYPTRIOKT. See Corynostylis. 



CAIiYPTROCALYX (from kalyptra, an extinguisher, 

 and kiil}jj\ a calyx, in allusion to the form of the outer 

 perianth segments). Okd. Pidmew. A monotypic genus 

 of stove palms. For culture, nee Calamus. 



C, spicatus (spiked). _^., spadices elongated, spicate, leafy at 

 base; siijitlie upi-niug inti^itudinaily. I. terminal, piiinati.'sect; 

 segments reduplicate, linear, acuminate, bitid at the apex ; 

 petiole fibrous at the base, i'audex liually smooth. A. 12it. 

 Molucciis. SV.NS, Arcca and Pinawja 'jlobusa. 



