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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Calophyllnm continued. 



C. Calaba. Calaba-tree. fl. white, sweet-scented, loosely race- 

 mose ; racemes lateral, very short, fr. green. I. obovate or 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate. h. 30ft. West Indies, &c., 1780. 



C. inophyllum (fibrous-leaved), fl. snow-white, sweet-scented, 

 loosely racemose ; racemes axillary ; peduncles one-flowered, 



Calopogon continued. 



Orchidece. Very pretty, hardy, tuberous-rooted Orchids, 

 admirably suited for a good shady position at the foot of 

 the rockwork, or for an open situation in a hardy fernery. 

 Propagated by offsets, taken from the tuberous roots ; but 



usually opposite, fr. reddish, the size of a walnut I oblong 

 or obovate, obtuse, but usually emarginate. Branches round 

 Tropics of the Old World, 1795. A medium-sized tree. 



CALOPOGON (from kalos, beautiful, and pogon, a 

 beard; in reference to the fringe on the lip). OBD. 



FIG. 330. CALODENDRON CAPENSIS. 



this method of increase is very uncertain. Perhaps the 

 only species in cultivation is the following : 

 C. pnlcliellus (beautiful).* /. purple, with a very pretty pale 

 yellow beard or tuft of hairs growing from the lip ; two or three to 

 a plant. Late summer. I. few, radical, grass-like, h. lift. North 

 America, 1791. SYN. Limodorum tuberosum. (S. B. F. Q. 115.) 



