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CALLISIA 



C. Housto'ni (Houston's). 10. Purple. July. Mexico. 



1729. 

 hymen&oi'des (Hymenaea-like). 20. Pink. Trop. 



Amer. 1823. 

 lambertia'na (Lambertian). Purple. May. Mexico. 



1818. 

 portorice'nsis (Portorican). 6. White. July. N. 



Amer. and W. Ind. 1824. 

 pulche'rrima (fairest). 20. Mexico. 1822. 

 purpu'rea (purple). 6. Purple. April. Trop. Amer. 



1733. " Soldier Wood." 



,, quadrangula'ris (four-angled). See C. TETRAGONA. 

 terge'mina (triple). White ; filaments tipped with 



red. Trop. Amer. 1820. 

 tetrago'na (square-stemmed). 4. White. August. 



Trop. Amer. 1825. 

 Twee'diei (Tweedie's). 6. Scarlet, crimson. Brazil. 



1845. 



CALLIA'NTHEMUM. (From hallos, beauty, and 

 anthemon, a flower. Nat. ord. Ranunculaceae). 



Hardy alpine herbs. Seeds, divisions. Ordinary soil, 

 or loam, leaf mould, and sand in pots. 

 C. anemonoi'des (Anemone-like) of Endlicher. See C. 



RUT^FOLIUM. 



anemonoi'des (Anemone-like) of Prantl. J-J. White, 

 tinted pink and pale rose. Styria. 1882. 



rut/zfo'lium (rue-leaved). . White. June. Europe ; 

 Siberia. 1818. 



anemonoi'des (Anemone-like). See C. ANEMON- 

 OIDES. 



rutafo'lium (rue-leaved) of Reichenbach. See C. 



ANEMONOIDES. 



CALLICA'RPA. (From kalos, beautiful, and carpos, 

 fruit ; referring to the beautiful berries. Nat. ord. 

 Verbenas [Verbenaceael. Linn. ^-Tetrandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Petrasa.) 



The leaves of C. lana'ta are eaten by the Cingalese as 

 a substitute for betel-leaves. Stove evergreens, except 

 where otherwise specified ; cuttings in sandy soil, in 

 bottom-heat ; loam and peat. Summer temp., 60 to 

 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. The best known is C. purpurea, 

 which is grown for its berries, which are of a rich, deep 

 purple and produced freely on long, drooping branches. 

 C. america'na (American). 6. Red. June. N. Amer. 



1724. Greenhouse deciduous shrub. 

 arbo'rea (tree). 12. Purple. August. E. Ind. 1820. 

 ca'na (hoary). 3. Purple. E. Ind. 1799. 

 ferrugi'nea (rusty). 2. Blue. June. Jamaica. 1794. 

 inca'na (very hoary). See C. MACROPHYLLA. 

 intege'rrima (quite entire). China. 

 integrifo'lia (entire leaved). See ^EGIPHILA ARBORE- 



SCENS. 

 japo'nica (Japanese). 3. Pink. August. Japan. 



1861. 



lana'ta (woolly). 4. Purple. June. E. Ind. 1788. 

 lanceola'ria (spear-leaved). See C. LONGIFOLIA. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. White. April. China. 



1825. 

 subglabra'ta (nearly smooth). White, edged pink. 



March. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 6. Pink. India. 1808. 

 mo' His (soft). Japan. 



purpu'rea (purple). 3. Purple. China. 1822. 

 reticula'ta (netted). 4. Red. July. Jamaica. 1820. 

 rube'lla (reddish). 2. Red. May. China. 1822. 

 ,, wallichia'na (Wallichian). See C. LAN ATA. 



CALLICHLA'MYS. (From kalos, beautiful, and 

 chlamiis, a covering ; in allusion to the large, tubular- 

 bell-shaped, coloured calyx. Nat. ord. Bignoniads 

 [Bignoniaceae]. Allied to Bignonia.) 



Beautiful stove climbers requiring to be planted out 

 in borders and trained up the pillars or rafters. Soil, 

 turfy loam with a little peat and sand. Water liberally 

 in summer. Temp., 60 in winter ; 70 to 80 with sun- 

 heat in summer. 



C. ripa'ria (river-bank). 10 to 20. Golden yellow. Trop. 

 Amer. 1823. 



CALLTCHROA. (From kalos, beautiful, and chroa, 

 colour ; referring to the bright yellow colour of the 

 flowers. Nat. ord. Composites [Compositae]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, z-Superflua. Now referred to Layia, 

 which see.) 



Hardy annual ; seed sown in March on a slight hot- 

 bed, under a hand-light, and transplanted in patches, in 

 the open border, at the end of April, or beginning of 

 May ; or it may be sown in the front of the border in 

 the end of April, and it will flower later. 

 C. platyglo'ssa (broad-rayed). See LAYIA PLATYGLOSSA. 



CALLI'COMA. (From kalos, beautiful, and come, hair ; 

 in reference to the tufted heads of its yellow flowers. 

 Nat. ord. Cunoniads [Saxifragaceae], Linn. n-Dode- 

 candria, 2-Digynia. Allied to Weinmannia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub ; cuttings of half-ripened 

 wood, in close frame, in sandy peat. Summer temp., 

 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 to 45. 



C. serratifo'lia (saw-leaved). 4. Yellow. June. N. S. 

 Wales. 1793. 



CALLI'GONUM. (From kalos, beautiful, and gonu, 

 a joint ; in reference to its leafless joints. Nat. ord. 

 Buckwheats [Polygonacea?]. Linn. ii-Dodecandria, 4- 

 Tetragynia. Allied to Polygonum.) 



This is a curious, leafless shrub, a native of Siberia, 

 where the Calmucks, in times of scarcity, pound and boil 

 the roots, from which they obtain a nutritious gum re- 

 sembling tragacanth, to allay their hunger ; while, by 

 chewing the acrid branches and fruit, they quench their 

 thirst. Hardy evergreen shrub ; cuttings under a hand- 

 glass, in spring and autumn ; sandy loam. 

 C. Palla'sia (Pallas's). 4. Green, white. August. 

 Caspian Sea. 1780. 



CALLIO'FSIS. Synonym of Coreo'psis, which see. 

 CALLIPHRU'RIA. See CALIPHRURIA. 

 CALLIO'PSIS BI'COLOR. See COREOPSIS TINCTORIA. 

 CALLIPRO'RA LUTEA. See BRODI^EA IXIOIDES. 



CALLIPSY'CHE. (From kalos, beautiful, and psyche, 

 a butterfly ; in allusion to the beautiful flowers. Nat. 

 ord. Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceae], Allied to Eucrosia.) 



Showy greenhouse bulbs, requiring a compost of good 

 fibrous loam, a little leaf-mould, and sufficient sand to 

 make it porous, and good drainage. Give plenty of 

 water when making growth, and gradually withhold it 

 as the leaves begin to turn yellow. They should not get 

 dust dry when at rest, but just kept moist to prevent the 

 bulbs from shrivelling. Propagated by offsets and by 

 seeds. Shade when in bloom. 

 C. auranti'aca (orange). 2. Rich golden yellow. Andes 



of Ecuador. 1868. 

 eucrosioi' des (Eucrosia-like). 2. Scarlet and green. 



Mexico. 1843. 

 mira'bilis (wonderful). 3. Greenish yellow. Peru. 



1868. 

 CALLTPTERIS. See ASPLENIUM. 



CALLIRHO E. (Callirhoe, a mythical divinity, daughter 

 of the river-god Achelous. Nat. ord. Malvaceae. Allied 

 to Malva.) 



Annual or perennial herbs of considerable beauty, 

 easily cultivated in light, rich, sandy soil. Propagated 

 by seeds and the perennial species by cuttings in very 

 sandy soil in pots in a cold frame or under a hand-light 

 in summer. 



C. alcceoi'des (Alcea-like). Rosy purple. N. Amer. 

 digita'ta (fingered). 2 to 3. Reddish-purple. Summer. 



N.W. Amer. 1824. Perennial. 

 involucra'ta (involucrate). 6. Crimson. N.W. Amer. 



1 86 1. Perennial. 



linearilo'ba (linear-lobed). N. Amer. 1883. 

 macrorrhi'za (large-rooted). See C. ALC^EOIDES. 

 Papa'ver (Poppy-like). 3. Violet-red. N.W. Amer. 



1833. Perennial. 

 peda'ta (pedate-leaved). 2 to 3. Cerise. August. 



N.W. Amer. 1824. Annual. 

 ,, compa'cta (compact). A dwarf variety. 

 spica'ta (spicate). See SIDALCEA SPICATA. 

 ,, triangula'ta (triangulate). Pale purple. August. N. 



Amer. 1836. Perennial. 



CALL! SLA. ( From kalos, beautiful. A pretty species. 

 Nat. ord. Spiderworts [Commelinacea?]. Linn. j,-Trian- 

 dria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Tradescantia.) 



Stove evergreen trailers ; division of their creeping 

 shoots ; sandy loam and a little peat. Summer temp. 

 60 to 70 ; winter, 45 to 55. 



