440 ORCHIDS. 



Burtii. Commemorative of Mr. Burt, so Mr. Endres of Costa 

 Rica named Batemannia Burtii. 



C. 



Ceerulescens. Having a tendency to blue. 



Caeruleus, -a, -um. Pale indigo blue. 



Ceespitosus, -a, -um. Growing in tufts. 



Calamaria. Reed or quill-stemmed, from calamus, a reed. 



Calamiformis, -e. Shaped like a reed. 



Calanthe. > 



} Lovely flower. 

 Calaiitnum. ) 



Calcaratus, -a, -um. Chalky dead white color. 



Calceolaria. Resembling a Calceolaria. 



Calceolus. Shaped like a little shoe. 



Calocheilus, -a, -um. Having a beautiful lip. 



Callosus, -a, -um. Having a thick skin or covering. 



Calyx. The outermost of the two sets of leafy pieces which 

 constitute a perfect flower or "perianth," the corolla (con- 

 stituted of petals) being interior to it. 



Camaridium. From kamara, an arched roof or chamber. 



Camarotis. Chambered flower, in reference to the form of the 

 lip. 



Cambridgianus, -a, -um. Complimentary to Augusta Louisa, 

 first Duchess of Cambridge, who was on a visit to Chats- 

 worth in 1838, when Dendrobium Cambridgianum first 

 flowered. 



Campanulatus, -a, -um. Bell-shaped. 



Candelabre. In form of a candelabrum. 



Candidus, -a, -um. Pure, lustrous white. 



Candollei. In honor of De Candolle, the distinguished bot- 

 anist. 



Caniculatus, -a, -um. Channeled, generally referring to the 

 foliage. 



Capillipes. Hairy-footed. 



Cardinalis, -e. Cardinal color. 



