CANNA 



THE BULB BOOK 



CEPHALANDRA 



The following are some of the most 

 distinct natural species, with heights, 

 colours, country, etc., added : 



C.Achiras. 5ft. Dark red. Men- 

 doza. 



O. aurantiaca. 4 to 6 ft. Orange. 

 Brazil. 



C. discolor. 6 to 10 ft. Scarlet. 

 Trinidad. (Sot. Reg. t. 1231.) 



C. edulis 3 to 6 ft. Red. Peru. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 775 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2498.) 



C. flaccida 3 to 5 ft. Red. S. 

 America. (Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 562.) 



C. gigantea. 4 to 5 ft. Red, yellow. 

 Brazil. (Bot. Reg. t. 206 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2316 ; Red. Lil. vi. 331.) 



C. glauca. 2 ft. Yellow. S. 

 America. The variety rufa (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2302), from Mexico, has 

 reddish-brown flowers. 



O. Indica. Indian Reed. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Scarlet. India. (Bot. Reg. t. 776; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 454.) 



C. iridiflora. 6 to 8 ft. Red. Peru. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 609 ; Fl. d. Serr. 1360 ; 

 Belg. Hort. vii. 31 ; Rev. Hort. 1860, 

 iii.; Bot. Mag. t. 1968.) 



O. liliiflora. 8 to 10 ft. Yellow, 

 rose. Veraguas. (Rev. Hort. 1884, 

 132 ; Fl. d. Serr. 1055-6.) 



O. limbata. 3 ft. Red. Brazil. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 771.) 



C. lutea. 2 ft. Yellow. E. Indies. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 2085.) 



C. occidentalis. 3 ft. Reddish- 

 yellow. W. Indies. (Bot. Reg. t. 

 772.) 



C. speciosa. 3 ft. Red. Nepaul. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 2317.) 



C. Warscewlczl. 3 to 4 ft. Scarlet. 

 Costa Rica. (Bot. Mag. t. 4854; 

 Belg. Hort. ii. 48.) There are many 

 forms of this fine species. 



Many other species or so-called 

 species besides those given above have 

 been described from time to time, 

 but no interest is now taken in them 

 except from a purely botanical stand- 

 point. So far as the magnificent 



garden varieties are concerned it 

 would be useless to occupy a space in 

 a work of this kind with a mere list 

 of names, as these would probably be 

 out of date in a very short time, 

 owing to the appearance of newer and 

 perhaps greatly improved forms. The 

 reader is therefore advised to consult 

 the current catalogues of various 

 growers, if a modern collection of 

 garden Cannas is desired. 



OAULOPHYLLUM (kaulon, a stem; 

 phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the 

 stem appearing to be the leaf -stalk). 

 Nat. Ord. Berberidese. This genus 

 contains only one species C. thalic- 

 troides an attractive, tuberous- 

 rooted N. American perennial, about 1 

 ft. high, resembling the allied genera 

 Bongardia and Leontice (which see). 

 The fern-like leaves are twice or thrice 

 pinnately cut into narrow - pointed 

 segments. The yellow flowers appear 

 in loose racemes or clusters in April, 

 and are succeeded by roundish, deep 

 blue berries, contracted at the base 

 to a long stalk. Sepals (or bracteoles) 

 nine, the outer ones much smaller, 

 the inner ones petaloid. Petals six, 

 much smaller, nectary-bearing, dil- 

 ated, and hooded. Stamens six, free. 



This species prefers a compost of 

 peat or leaf -mould with the light 

 sandy soil, and also a partially shaded 

 place in the rockery or garden. It 

 may be increased by separating the 

 offsets from the tubers in early autumn 

 and winter in a cold frame ; or in 

 spring ; and also by sowing seeds in 

 cold frames when ripe. The root- 

 stocks should be protected from heavy 

 rains in winter with a sheet of glass 

 or a hand-light. 



CEPHALANDRA (kephale, a head ; 

 andra, a man). Nat. Ord. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. A genus containing a dozen 

 or more species of smooth or scabrous 



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