CARAGUATA 



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CARBENIA 



C. abort" scens pe'ndula (pendulous). A weeping variety. 



pra'cox (early). 3. Yellow. April. 



pvlverulefnta (dusty). 



Redow'skii (Redowski's). 



arena'ria (sand). See C. CUNEIFOLIA. 



arge'ntea (silvery). See HALIMODENDRON ARGEN- 

 TEUM. 



auranti'aca (orange). Orange. Central Asia. 



ere'cta (erect). Upright in habit. 



Boi'si (Bois 1 ). 2-5. Yellow. May. W. China. 

 1904. 



brcvispfna (short-spined). Greenish-yellow. Hima- 

 laya. 1847. 



Chamla'gu (Chamlagu). 4. Yellow. May. China. 



cuneifo'lia( wedge-shaped-leaved), i. Yellow. June. 



Siberia. 1802. B.M., t. 1886. 

 deco'rticans (bark-casting). 6 to 8. Bright yellow. 



Afghanistan. 1903. 

 fe'rox (fierce). See C. SPINOSA. 

 fruie'scens (shrubby). 2. Yellow. April. Siberia. 



1752. 

 angustifo'lia (narrow-leafleted) 6. Yellow. April. 



Odessa. 



grandifl'ora (large-flowered). 

 latifo'lia (broad-leafleted). 6. Yellow. April. 

 mo : llis (soft). 



pe'ndula (pendulous). A weeping variety. 

 ,, ., sylva'tica (wood). 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). i. Yellow. June. 



Iberia. 1823. 



,, cerardia'na (Gerard's). Himalayas. 1839. 

 juba'ta (maned). 2. Pink. April. Siberia. 1796. 

 macraca' ntha (large- thorned). 2. Yellow. June. 



Siberia. 

 microphy'lla (smaU-leaved). 2. Yellow. May. 



Russia. 1819. 



cra'sse acuUa'ta (thick-spined). See C. BOISI. 

 mo'llis (soft). See C. FRUTESCEXS MOLLIS. 

 mongo'lica (Mongolian). Yellow. April. Tartary. 



1826. 



., Pygma'a (pigmy), i. Yellow. May. Siberia. 1751. 

 arena'ria (sand), i. Yellow. April. 

 Redo'wski (Redowski's). See C. ARBORESCENS RE- 



DOWSKI. 



,, prce'cox (early). See C. ARBORESCENS PR^COX. 

 spino'sa (thorny). 6. Yellow. May. Siberia. 1775. 

 tragacanthoi' des (goat's- thorn-like). 4. Yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1816. 

 trifldra (three-flowered). See C. BREVISPINA. 



CARAGUA'TA. (A South American name for several 

 of this order and adopted by Lindley. Nat. ord. 

 Bromeliads [Bromeliaceae].) 



Epiphytic plants requiring stove treatment ; with a 

 moist atmosphere, and not too much moisture at the 

 roots. Similar treatment to that recommended for 

 Billbergias will suit them. 

 C. andrea'na (Andrean). 2. Yellow. Bracts carmine. 



Colombia. 1881. 

 angustifo'lia, (narrow-leaved). Pale yellow, scarlet. 



Colombia. 1882. 



belea'na (Belean). 2. White. 1891. 

 cardina'lis (scarlet). i$. White. Bracts brilliant 



scarlet-red. Colombia. 1880. 

 coni'fera (cone-bearing). Yellow. Bright scarlet 



bracts. Ecuador. 



devansaya'na (Devansayan). Ecuador. 1882. 

 fuerstcnbergia'na (Fuerstenbergian). July. Ecuador. 



1883. 

 Linde'ni (Linden's). Leaves with purple-brown 



bands. Peru. 1878. 

 lingula'ta (tongued). White. Bracts scarlet. Trop. 



Amer. 1856. 

 lingula'ta cardina'lis (tongued scarlet). See C. CAR- 



DISALIS. 



Melino'nis (Melinon's). French Guiana. 

 morrenia'na (Morrenian). i\. Yellow. Bracts red. 



Colombia. 1887. 



musa'ica (mosaic). Orange, white. Bracts orange- 

 red. Colombia. 1873. 

 osya'na(Osyan). Yellow. Bracts "bright red. Ecuador. 



1875. 



Peaco'cki (Peacock's). White. Bracts bright purple. 

 Leaves rose-purple. S. Amer. 1885. 



C. sangui'nea (blood-red). Pale yellow. Leaves rose. 



Colombia. 1883. 

 Schlumberge'rii (Schlumberger's). 3. Yellow. S. 



Amer. 1882. 



serra'ta (serrate). See TILLANDSIA SERRATA. 

 sple'ndens (splendid). See C. LINGULATA. 

 Van Volxe'mii (Van Volxem's). 3. Yellow. Bracts 



bright rose. Colombia. 1878. 

 vitta'ta (striped). S. Amer. 

 Za'hnii (Zahn's). ij. Yellow. Bracts scarlet. 



Leaves striped red. Chiriqui. 1870. 



CARALLIA. (From Car Mi, its name in India. Nat. 

 ord. Mangroves [Rhizophoraceae]. Linn. ii'Dodecandria, 

 l^fonogynia.) 



This, like the rest of the Mangroves, grows only along 

 the tropical shores, where they form impenetrable 

 thickets, and send down roots from the branches, like 

 the Banyan-tree. In time such roots raise the main 

 trunks high above their original level ; hence the usual 

 name of the order Rhizophoracea?, or root-bearers. 

 Cuttings and treatment as for Canthium. 



C. lancafo'lia (lance- leaved). 20. Yellow. India. 1820. 

 lu'cida (shining). See C. LANC^EFOLIA. 



CARALLU MA, (Its Indian name. Nat. ord. Ascle- 

 piads [Asclepiadacea;]. Linn. $-Pentandria, 2-Digynia. 

 Allied to Stapelia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, natives of East Indies. 

 Cuttings well dried, and laid, rather than fastened, 

 among gravelly and limy, rubbishy soil, until they strike ; 

 sandy loam, broken pots, and lime-rubbish ; little water 

 given, unless when growing freely. Summer temp., 

 60 to 85 ; winter, 48 to 55, and dry. 



C. affi'nis (allied). Red-purple, striped yellow. W. 



Mediterranean Region. 1904. 

 ascSndens (ascending). 2. Pink. July. 1804. 

 campanula' to (bell-shaped). India. B.M., t. 7274. 

 commuta'ta (changed). $. Brown. S. Arabia (?). 



1910. 



crenula'ta (scolloped). See BOUCEROSIA CRENULATA. 

 ftmbria'ia (fringed), i. Pale yellow. Burma. 1829. 

 inve'rsa (inverted). White and dark purple- brown. 



S. Africa. 1903. 

 Luga'rdii (Lugard's). Yellow, brown, velvety. 



German S.W. Africa. 1904. 

 Lu'ntii (Lunt's). S. Arabia. 

 Marlo'thii (Marloth's). Green, dotted violet-brown. 



S. Africa. 1903. 

 Nebrow'nii (N. E. Brown's). Purple clubbed hairs 



on margin of flowers. German S.W. Africa. 



1907. 

 Simo'nis (Simon's). Closely allied to C. europaa. 



Syn. Boucerosia, Simonis. 

 ,, Sprenge'ri (Sprenger's). Gold-bronze, with white 



eye. Abyssinia. 1893. 

 to'rta (twisted). Brown-purple. S. Arabia or Socotra. 



umbelh 



'Ja'ta (umbelled). See BOUCEROSIA UMBELLATA. 

 CARAMBO'LA-TREE. Averrho'a Carambo'la. 

 CARA'NDAS. Cari'ssa Cara'ndas. 



CARAT A. (From Caraipe, its name in South America. 

 Nat. ord. Meliads [Meliaceae]. Linn. lo-Decandria, 

 i-Monogynia.) 



The flowers are small, but numerous ; and, like the 

 rest of the Meliads, this genus possesses bitter astringent 

 and tonic qualities. Stove trees. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a glass, and in bottom-heat ; loam 

 and peat. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 C. guiane'nsis (Guiana). 20. Yellow. Guiana. 1824. 



guineSnsis (Guinea). See C. PROCERA. 



molucce'nsis (Moluccas). 20. Yellow. E. Ind. 1820. 



pro'cera (tall). 40. Yellow. Asia and Trop. Africa. 



CA'RAWAY. Ca'rum Ca'rvi. 



CARBENIA. (Probably commemorative. Nat ord. 

 Composite. Allied to Centaurea.) 



A hardy, spiny annual Seeds in the open ground in 

 April. Ordinary soil. 



C. benedtcta (praised). 2. Yellow. July to October. 

 Mediterranean Region. 1548. " Blessed Thistle." 



