CROCUS, CYPRIPEDIUM. 385 



31. CROCUS. 6. 18. 



officina'lis (saffron, y. 4), leaves linear, with reyolute margins ; stigma exsert, 

 with long-linear segments. Var. sativus, having violet corollas . 



sagitta'lis (rattle-box. E. y. Ju. ), hirsute, erect, branching ; leaves simple, 

 lance-oblong ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, clecurrent ; racemes opposite 

 to the leaves, about 3 flowered ; corolla less than the calyx. S. 

 1610. CROTALLARIA. 32. 93. 



sagitta'lis (rattle-box, y. Ju. ), hairy, erect, branching ; leaves simple, ovate- 

 lanceolate : stipules lanceolate, acuminate, decurrent ; racemes opposite, the 

 leaves about 3 flowered : corolla smaller than the calyx. 12 i. S. 

 1916. CUCUMIS. 34. 97. 



\ Exotic. 



angu'ria (prickly cucumber), leaves palmate-sinuate ; fruit globose, echinate. 



meflo (muskmelon. y. Ju. ), angles of the leaves rounded ; pome oblong, toru- 

 lose. Sweet scented. 



sati'vus (cucumber, y. Ju. ), angles of the leaves straight ; pomaceous berry 

 oblong, scabrous. Brought from Asia. 



1916. CUCURBITA. 34. 97. 

 Exotic. 



ovif'era (egg-squash. ), leaves cordate, angled, 5 lobed, denticulate, pubes- 

 cent ; pomaceous berry with fillet-like stripes lengthwise. 



pep"o (pumpkin, y. Ju. ), leaves cordate obtuse, sub 5 lobed, denticulate : 

 pomaceous berry roundish or oblong, smooth. Var. potiro, has the fruit 

 more or less flattened. From Asia. 



dtntV'lus watermelon, y. Au. ), leaves 5 lobed ; the lobes sinuate-pinnatifid, 

 obtuse : pomaceous berry oval, smooth. Fruit watery, often striped. From 

 Africa and the south of Asia. 



lagena'ria (gourd, calabash, w. Au. ), leaves cordate, round-obtuse, pubes- 

 cent, denticulate, with 2 glands at the base on the under side: pomaceous 

 berry clavate, somewhat woody. 



111. CUPHEA. 54. 91. 



viscosis"sima (wax-bush. E. p. J. >), viscous ; leaves opposite, petioled ovate- 

 oblong ; flowers with 12 stamens, lateral, solitary ; peduncles very short. S. 

 1915. CUPRESSUS. 51. 100. 



thyai'des (white cedar. O. M. 5 ), branchlets compressed ; leaves imbricate four 

 ways, ovate, tubercled at the base ; strobile globular. S. 



52. CUSCUTA. 29. 43. 



amerioa'na (dodder. O. w. Au. ), flowers peduncled, umbelled, 5 cleft ; stig- 

 ma capitate. A bright yellow leafless vine, twining round other weeds in 

 damp places. 



europe'a (E. w. Au. ), flowers sub-sessile ; stigma acute ; stamens 4 or 5. 



pulcheV'lum (grass pink. O. r. Ju. 4), radical leaves ensiform, nerved ; scape 

 few flowered ; lip erect, slender at the base ; lamina spread ; disk concave, 

 bearded. Var. graminifolia, leaves 12 lines broad ; bracted ones acumin- 

 ate. 1218 i. S. 



171. CYNARA. 49. 54. 



Exotic. 



scol"ymus (garden artichoke. 4), leaves sub-spinose, pinnate ; scales of the 

 calyx ovate. Naturalized. 



51. CYNOGLOSSUM. 41. 42. 



officina'le (hound-tongue. O. p. Ju. 3), very soft-pubescent; leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, sessile ; panicled racemes. 



182. CYPRIPEDIUM. 7. 21. 



pubescens (yellow ladies' slipper, y. M. 4), stem leafy; lobe of the style 

 triangular-oblong, obtuse ; outer petals oblong-ovate, acuminate ; inner ones 

 very long, linear, contorted ; lip compressed, shorter than the petals. S. 



specta'bile (gay ladies' slipper. O. w. & p. J. 4), stem leafy ; lobe of the style 

 oval-cordate, obtuse; outer petals broad-oval, obtuse ; lip longer than the pe- 

 tals, split before. S. 



ncau'lc (low ladies' slipper. O. w. & p.M. 4), scape leafless, 1 flowered ; radical 

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