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Caleana continued. 



C. minor (less), fl. green-brown. June. 1822. 

 C. nlgrlta (blackish-flowered). /. dark. 



CALECTASI A (from kalos, beautiful, and ektasis, ex- 

 tension; in allusion to the star-like perianth segments). 

 OBD. Juncacece. An elegant greenhouse sufEruticose 

 perennial, with dry, permanent, starry flowers. It thrives 

 best in a compost of peat and loam. Propagated by 

 divisions. 

 C. cyanea (blue). JL bright blue, solitary, on short terminal 



branches. June. I. needle-shaped, sheathing at the base. 



Australia, 1840. (B. M. 3834.) 



CALENDULA (from calendce, the first day of the 

 month; in allusion to the almost perpetual flowering). 

 Marigold. OBD. Composite. A genus of showy green- 

 house and hardy annuals, and some few greenhouse shrubby 

 species. Pappus none ; receptacle naked ; involucre of one 

 or two series of sub-equal, acuminate, generally scarious- 

 edged bracts. The shrubby species are propagated by 

 cuttings, and thrive best in a compost of loam and peat. 

 For culture of the annuals, see Marigold. 



FIG. 323. FLOWERS OF CALENDTJLA OFFICINALIS. 



C. arvensis (field). /. -heads yellow. Pericarps urceolate, obovate, 



smooth ; outer lanceolate- 

 subulate, muricatedatback. 



h. 2ft. Europe, 1597. Hardy 



annual. 

 C. maderensis (Madeira).* 



fl.-heada orange. Pericarps 



cymbiform. incurved, mu- 



ricated ; outer five ovate- 

 lanceolate, membranous, 



toothed at edge. h. 2ft. 



Madeira, 1795. Hardy. SYN. 



C. gtellata. 

 C. officinalis (officinal).* 



Common Marigold, fl.-heads 



orange. June to September. 



Pericarps cymbiform, all in- 

 curved, muricated. h. 3ft. 



South Europe, 1573. Hardy 



annual. See Fig. 323. 

 C. o. prolifera (proliferous). 



A garden form, analogous 



to the Hen and Chickens 



Daisy. See Fig. 324. 

 C. stellata (stellate). A FIG. 324. FLOWER OP CALENDULA 



synonym of C. maderensis. OFFICINALIS PROLIFERA. 



CALICO BUSH. See Kalmia latifolia. 



CALIFORNIAN EVERGREEN REDWOOD. 



See Sequoia sempervirens. 



CALIFORNIAN MAYBUSH. See Fhotinia 

 arbutifolia. 



CALIFORNIAN FEPFER-TREE. See Sckimis 

 Molle. 



CALIFORNIAN POPPY. See Flatystemon 



californicus. 



CALIPHRURIA (from kalos, beautiful, and phroura, 



prison ; from the handsome spathe inclosing the flowers). 



OBD. AmaryllidecB. Pretty half-hardy greenhouse bulbs. 



Tube of perianth narrow, funnel-shaped, nearly straight; 



limb regular, stellate ; stamens furnished with a bristle 



on each side. They thrive best in a compost of sandy loam, 



a little peat, leaf soil, and sand. Propagated by offsets. 



After flowering, the plants should have a slight heat ; and, 



when starting into new growth, should be repotted. 



C. Hartwegiana (Hartweg's).* fl. greenish-white ; umbels seven- 

 flowered ; scape nearly terete, glaucous. May. I. petiolate, de- 

 pressed, ovate, sub-plicate, green, h. 1ft. New Grenada, 1843. 



FIG. 325. CALIPHRURIA SDBEDENTATA. 



C. subedentata (rarely-toothed).* ft. white, funnel-shaped, dis- 

 posed in a truss, on a long scape. Winter. I. stalked, ovate- 

 oblong ft lift. 'Columbia, 1876. See Fig. 325. (B. M. 6289.) 



CALISAYA BARK. See Cinchona Calisaya. 



CALL A (from kallos, beauty). SYN. Provenzalia, 

 OBD. Aroidece (Aracece). A monotypic genus. The species 

 is a native of Central and Northern Europe and North 



FIG. 326. CAI.LA PALU 



STRIS, showing Habit and detached 

 Inflorescence. 



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