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Fie. 36L. HEAD or CANKABIS SATIVA. 



CANNON-BALL TREE. A common name for 

 Couronpita gTuanensis (which see). 



CANSCORA (from Eansgan-Cora, the Malabar name 

 of C. perfoliata, as yet unintroduced). STN. Pladera, In- 

 cluding Phyllocydu*. OBD. Gentiane*. Small, erect, 

 simple or branched, stove or greenhouse annuals. Flowers 

 stalked or sub-sessile. Leaves opposite, sessile or amplexi- 

 caul Corolla funnel-shaped, with a four-cleft, unequal 

 limb ; the two outer segments equal, two lower ones com- 

 bined a greater distance. Stems tetragonal. C. Parithii 

 requires similar treatment to Balsam, and grows best in 

 a soil to which chalk or limestone debris is added. 

 C. Parlshli (Parish's). JL white. L opposite, perfectly connate, 



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CANTERBURY BELLS. See Campanula Me- 

 dium. 



C ANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS. See Chantarelle. 

 CANTB2UM. A synonym of Plectronia. 

 CANTUA (from Cantu, the Peruvian name of one of 

 the species). STN. Periphragmos. OBD. Polemoniacea. 

 Very pretty erect, branched greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 

 Flowers in corymbs, at the termination of the branches, 

 rarely solitary and axillary. Leaves entire or almost pin- 

 natifid, alternate, petiolate, elliptic, acuminated, or cuneate- 

 oblong, glabrous, or downy on both surfaces when young. 

 They are of easy culture in a compost of turfy loam, leaf- 

 mould, and sand, if good drainage is allowed. Propagated 

 by cuttings, placed in sand, under a hand glass. In the 

 western parts of England, these plants particularly C. 

 buan/oHa thrive remarkably well in sheltered situations. 

 C. blcolor (two-coloured). JL solitary ; corolla with a short yellow 



tube and scarlet limb. May. A. 4ft Peru, 1846. (B. M. 4729.) 

 C. bmdfolia (Box-leared).* JL, corolla pale red, straight funnel- 

 shaped, with a very long tube ; corymbs few-flu <; 

 ose. April. L cuneate-oblong, mucronulate, m 

 Peruvian Andes, 1849. An elegant plant Ml 



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*. 4ft 



C. dependent (hanging). Synonymous with C. bvxi/olia. 



C. pyrlfolla (Pyrus-leaTed).* Jl., corolla yellowish- white, curred ; 

 stamens twice as long as the corolla ; corymbs terminal, dense- 

 flowered. March. L elliptic or oborate acute, entire or sinuate- 

 dentate. h. 3ft. Peru, 1846. (B. M. 4386.) 



CAOUTCHOUC. The elastic gummy substance known 

 as indiarubber, which is the inspissated juice of various 

 plants growing in tropical climates in different parts of 

 the world : such as Castilloa, Picus elattvca, Hevea, various 

 species of Landolphia, Manihot, Ac., Ac. 



CAPE EVERLASTING. See Helidxrysum. 



CAPE GOOSEBERRY. See Physalia peruviana 



Fio. 362. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CAKTDA BUXIFOLU. 



CAFE GUM. The gum of Acacia Karroo or A. 

 eaperuif. 



CAPE JESSAMINE. See Gardenia florida. 



CAPER-TREE. See Capparia. 



CAPILLARY. Very slender; resembling a hair. 



CAPITATE. Growing in a head. 



CAPITULATE. Growing in small heads. 



CAPITULUM. A close head of flowers; the inflo- 

 rescence of Composites. 



C APPARIDES. An order of herbs or shrubs, rarely 

 trees. Flowers clustered, or solitary ; sepals four to 

 eight, imbricate or valvate : petals four, arranged crosswise, 

 sometimes, but rarely, five, or eight, rarely absent. Leaves 

 alternate, very rarely opposite, stipulate or exstipulate. 

 The order is distributed throughout the tropical and warm 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres, the frntescent 

 species being largely represented in America. There are 

 about twenty-three genera the best-known being Capparit, 

 Cleome, and Crat&va and about 300 species. 



CAPPARIS (Icapparit, old Greek name used by Dios- 

 corides, from Persian labor, Capers). Caper-tree. OBD. 

 Capparideae. Greenhouse or stove evergreen shrubs, of 

 considerable beauty. Calyx four-parted; petals four; 

 stamens numerous; succeeded by a berry. They thrive 

 best in a compost of well-drained sandy loam. Cuttings 

 of ripe shoots will root in sand, under a hand glass, in 

 moist heat. This genus contains about 120 species, but 

 it is very doubtful if more than six are to be found under 

 cultivation in this country. 



C. amygdallna (Almond-like).' .. white ; peduncles axillary, 

 com|preised,corymbJfeK!. i. elliptical -oblonp>arrowed towards 



both ends, with a callous point ; 

 face, as well as the branches, 

 h. 6ft West Indies, 1818. Stc 



smooth; under i 

 with sflTery scaly dots. 



C. cynophallopnora (Dog-phallus bearing). JL white, large, 

 fragrant ; peduncles few-flowered, shorterihan the leaves. L 

 smooth, leathery, oblong, on short petiole. A. 8ft to 25ft West 

 Indies, 1752. Store. (B. G. 1862, 351.) 



C. odoratissima (sweetest-scented).* .*. violet sweet-scented, 

 about the size of Myrtle, with yellow anthers ; peduncle* r 

 ferons at the top. L oblong, acuminate, on long footstalks ; 

 surface smooth ; under surface covered with little bard 

 k. 6fu Caracas, 1814. SM>T. 



