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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



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all of very easy culture and propagation. The stove and 

 greenhouse species thrive well in a compost of maiden 

 loam, sand, and a little peat. 0. corymbosa may be placed 

 out of doors, in a sheltered warm spot in June; but, so 

 soon as the frost touches the foliage, the plant should be 

 potted up, and, after cutting it back nearly to the old wood, 

 wintered in a cool, frost-proof greenhouse or vinery. The 

 annuals and biennials are increased by seeds, which must 

 be sown in March or April, in a gentle heat; and the 

 shrubby species, by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, which 

 will root in heat, at about the same time of the year. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs, except where otherwise specified. 



C. alata (winged-Ieaved).* fl. yellow, large, bracteolate. I. with 

 eight to twelve pairs of obovate-oblong glabrous leaflets, outer 

 ones the largest, lower ones approximating to the axils, h. 6ft. 

 West Indies, 1731. Shrub. 



C. aurlculata (small-eared). /. yellow ; bracts oval-oblong ; ra- 

 cemes axillary. June, July. I. with eight to twelve pairs of 

 oval, obtuse, rather mucronate leaflets, which are puberulous 

 when young; petioles glandular, h. 4ft. to 6ft. India, 1777. 

 Shrub. 



C. bacillaris (rod), fl. yellow ; racemes axillary, pedunculate. 

 June, July. I. with two pairs of ovate, obtuse, oblique leaflets, 

 with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair. h. 12ft. to 

 14ft. South America, West Indies, &c., 1782. Tree. 



C. Barclayana (Barclay's). A synonym of C. Sophora. 



C.blflora (two-flowered), /.yellow; peduncles two to four-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves. April, December. I. with six to 

 eight pairs of oval-oblong or obovate, rather glabrous leaflets, 

 with a subulate gland on the petiole between the lower pair. h. 

 4ft. to 6ft. South America, 1766. Greenhouse. (B. M. 810.) 



C. corymbosa (corymbose).* fl. yellow, disposed in numerous 

 corymbs. Summer. I. with three pairs of oblong-lanceolate, 

 rather falcate leaflets, which are glabrous as well as the branches, 

 with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair. A. 

 6ft. to 10ft. Buenos Ayres, 1796. Half-hardy. 



FIG. 378. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CASSIA MARYLANDICA. 



C. emarginata (notched-leaved), jl. yellow ; racemes axillary, 

 crowded. May, June. I. with four pairs of ovate, obtuse or 

 rather emarginate leaflets, clothed with hairy pubescence beneath 

 as well as the branches, and glandless petioles, h. 15ft West 

 Indies, &c., 1759. Tree. 



C. floribunda (many-flowered), fl. yellow; peduncles many- 

 flowered. June, July. I. with three to five pairs of oblong- 

 lanceolate, glabrous leaflets, with an oblong gland on the petio'Te 

 between the lower pair. A. 4ft. New Spain, 1818. Stove annual. 



Cassia continued. 



C. glauca (milky-green), fl. sulphur-coloured ; racemes axillary, 

 erect, shorter than the leaves. June. I. with five to six pairs of 

 oval-oblong leaflets, which are glaucous beneath, puberulous when 

 young ; petioles glandular, one gland between each of the three 

 or four lower pairs of leaflets. India, 1800. A tall tree. 



C. Herbertiana (Herbert's). Synonymous with C. Icemgata. 



C. humilis (dwarf). A synonym of C. Tora. 



C. Isevigata (smooth), fl. yellow. July. I. with three to five 

 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, with an 

 oblong acutish gland between each of the pairs on the petiole. 

 h. 3ft. New Spain. SYN. C. Herbertiana. (B. R. 1422.) 



C. marylandica (Maryland).* fl. yellow ; racemes axillary, many- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves. August, October. I. with 

 eight to nine pairs of ovate-oblong, equal, mucronate leaflets, 

 with an ovate gland at the base of the petiole, ft. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 North America, 1723. This is the only hardy perennial species, 

 and should be grown in a sheltered situation. It thrives in any 

 common garden soil ; and may be increased by seeds, or by 

 dividing at the root, in spring. See Fig. 378. 



C. niotitans (twinkling), fl. yellow ; pedicels supra-axillary, very 

 short. July. I. with eight to twelve pairs of oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; petioles villous, bearing a somewhat 

 pedicellate gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets, h. 1ft. 

 Tropical ana sub-tropical America, 1800. Greenhouse annual. 



C. occidentalis (western), fl. yellow ; peduncles short, two to 

 four-flowered, lower ones axillary, the rest disposed in a terminal 

 raceme. May, August. I. with four to six pairs of ovate-lanceo- 

 late leaflets, with pubescent margins, and with a thick gland at 

 the base of the petiole, ft. 1ft. to 2ft. South America, 1759. 

 (B. R. 83.) 



C. Sophora (Sophora). fl., peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. June. I. with six to 

 eight pairs of linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, with a 

 fascicle of glands between each of the pairs of pinnae, and a large 

 depressed one at the base of the petiole, ft. 8ft. to 10ft. Australia, 

 &c., 1824. Greenhouse. SYN. C. Barclayana. (S. F. A. 32.) 



C. tomentosa (tomentose).* /. yellow. July, September. I. with 

 leaflets, which are nearly 

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tiole furnished with glands, usually with one between each pair 



six to eight pairs of oval-oblong, obtuse 1 

 glabrous above, but clothed with ' 



arly 

 ry tomentum beneath ; pe- 



of leaflets, h. 5ft. to 7ft. Tropical Asia, . 

 . Tora (Tora). fl. yellow. August. I. with three pairs of ob- 

 ovate, obtuse leaflets, with an oblong gland between each of the 

 two lower pairs on the petiole, which ends in a bristle. A. 2ft. 

 to 5ft. Tropics, 1693. Stove annual. SYN. C. humilis. 



CASSIDA. A synonym of Scutellaria (which see). 

 CASSIXE (the native name given by the American 

 Indians of Florida). ORD. Celastrinece. This genus as now 

 understood is restricted to the species mentioned below. 

 A greenhouse evergreen shrub, with opposite, smooth, 

 coriaceous leaves, and axillary peduncles, bearing small 

 flowers. It grows freely in a mixture of loam and peat ; 

 and ripened cuttings will readily strike root, if planted in 

 a pot of sand, with a hand glass placed over them. 

 C. concava (concave). Synonymous with Celastrus lucidus. 

 C. Maurocenia (the old generic name, after Mauroceni, a Vene- 

 tian senator and patron of botany). Hottentot Cherry, fl. at 

 flrst greenish-yellow, but changing at length to white ; pedicels 

 many, very short. July and August. I. sessile, obovate, quite 

 entire, convex, ft. 6ft. South Africa, 1690. 



CASSINTA (named after M. Henri Cassini, an emi- 

 nent French botanist). ORD. Composites. A handsome 

 genus of, for the most part, greenhouse shrubs or herba- 

 ceous perennials. Flower-heads very numerous, small, 

 disposed in terminal corymbs or panicles ; florets tubular ; 

 receptacle furnished with linear scales. Leaves alternate, 

 entire, revolute. The species are of easy culture in a loam 

 and peat compost. The annual is increased by seeds only, 

 which must be sown on a warm border during April. The 

 herbaceous and shrubby kinds are propagated in April by 

 dividing at the roots, or by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 

 placed in sand. 

 C. aurea (golden), jl-heads yellow. July. ft. 1ft. New South 



Wales, 1803. Greenhouse shrub. (B. K. 764.) 

 C. denticulata (small-toothed). * fl. -heads yellow. Summer. A. 6ft. 



to 8ft. New South Wales, 1826. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 C. spectabilis (showy), fl.-headt very pale yellow. July. I. 



lower ones oblong, shortly acuminate, stem-clasping, 4in. to 6in. 



long, woolly. A. 6ft. Australia, 1818. Hardy annual. (B. R. 678.) 



CASSIOPE (of classical derivation). OBD. Ericaceae. 

 A genus of small, hardy, Heath-like shrubs, sometimes, but 

 erroneously, included under Andromeda. Flowers solitary, 



