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Ceropegia continued. 



one to six-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 1. oblong, or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated. Root fibrous. India, 1828. Stove. 

 See Fig. 411. (B. M. 3015.) 



C. Gardner!! (Gardner's).* fl. creamy-white, purple-blotched. 

 I. lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Ceylon, 1860. An elegant 

 greenhouse twiner. See Fig. 412. (B. M. 5306.) 



C. juncea (Hush-like), fl. greenish yellow, and elegantly varie- 

 gated with purple, large ; corolla clavate, curved, ventricose at the 

 base ; peduncles few-flowered. I. small, sessile, lanceolate, acute. 

 India, 1822. Stove. 



C. Sanderson! (Sanderson's).* fl. pale green, mottled and veined 

 with darker green, with a peculiar, translucid appearance, beauti- 

 ful, large ; the flve petals uniting to form an umbrella-like cap, 

 which is ciliated along the margin, with flat white, capillary 

 processes ; peduncles axillary, three to four-flowered. Summer. 

 I ovate-cordate, thick, fleshy, shortly petiolate. Natal, 1868. 

 Greenhouse. (G. C. 1870, 173.) 



C stapeliseformis (Stapelia - like). fl. purple, sessile, rising 

 from the axils of the leaves. July. I. very minute, ternate, 

 almost invisible, cordate, cuspidate. Plant procumbent. Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1824. Greenhouse. 



C. Thwaitesii (Thwaites').* fl. with a narrow funnel-shaped tube, 

 liiu. long, very narrow below, but much widened above, and 

 almost globose towards the top ; tube yellow ; the upper part of 

 the corolla beautifully sprinkled with dark blood-red spots ; pro- 



OESTRUM (from Kestron, an ancient Greek name). 

 OBD. Solanacece. Including Habrothamnus. An extensive 

 genns of stove, greenhouse, or half-hardy shrubs. Flowers 

 cymose or fascicled ; cymes corymbose or panicled ; corolla 

 with an elongated tube, widening gradually to the top ; 

 limb five-parted, sub-plicate, spreading or revolute, regular, 

 conduplicate in aestivation. Leaves alternate, entire. Thia 

 very ornamental genus of shrubs are useful subjects either 

 as pot plants or as climbers; but plenty of pot room is, 

 under all circumstances, necessary. A free and moderately 

 rich soil is most suitable. Propagated by cuttings, in 

 August, the same being potted off as frequently as the 

 roots reach the sides of the pots. They should be pinched 

 back early in January, to cause a bushy growth ; the 

 following season, they do better, as a rule, if potted and 

 grown on in frames or out of doors. Where Cestrums 

 are intended to be grown as wall-subjects, they should 

 be planted out in the greenhouse or conservatory borders, 

 and receive liberal treatment. They generally do well in 

 a house where a temperature of about 40deg. or 45deg. 

 is maintained during winter. 



FIG. 412. FLOWERING STEMS OF CEROPEGIA GARDNBRH. 



duced in axillary, three to five-flowered, umbellate racemes. 

 Ceylon, 1851. Stove. (B. M. 4758.) 



C. Wight!! (Wight's), fl. green, purple ; corolla spherically jen- 

 tricose at the base ; tube slender ; segments of the limb downy. 

 August. I. ovate, acute, fleshy. Plant twining, h. 5ft. India, 

 1832. Stove. 



CEROXYLON (from Iteros, wax, and xylon, wood ; the 

 trunk is coated with wax). OBD. P almas. A very hand- 

 some greenhouse Palm, for sub-tropical gardening perhaps 

 unequalled, if placed in a sheltered situation, away from 

 the direct rays of the sun. It thrives in a compost of loam 

 and peat in equal parts. Increased by imported seeds. 

 C andicola (Andes).* fl. sometimes perfect, at others unisexular ; 

 sepals and petals three-parted; spathe entire, quite covering the 

 flower-spike. I. pinnate, 2ft. to 12ft. in length ; petioles erect, 

 somewhat ferruginous at the base, slightly arching at the apex ; 

 pinna; acuminate, 2ft. in length, IJin. in breadth, patent ; upper 

 side full, deep shining green ; lower side silvery-white, h. 50ft 

 New Grenada, 1845. 



CESFEDESIA (named after Juan Maria Cespedes, 



a priest of Santa m de Bogota). OBD. Ochnacea!. A 



Theophrasta-like stove tree. For cultivation, see Ochna. 



C. Bonplandii (Bonpland's).* fl. orange-yellow. I. very large, 



obomeTwith a bicrenated margin, and the upper side strongly 



marked with transverse veins. Tropical America, 1878. 



C alaternoides (Alaternus-like). fl. white, disposed in nearly 

 ses^e racemeV July to August. I. alternate, ovate, undulated, 

 coriaceous Thfning. A. 3ft Trinidad, 1840. A stove evergreen 

 shrub. (B. M.2929.) 



celent cool-house evergreen shrub. (B. B. 1845, 22.) 



C corymboaum (corymbose), fl. red ; corymbs terminal, forming 

 a Oenseleafy panicle. May to June. I. ovate-lanceolate, entire. 

 h 5ft. Mexico, 1843. A handsome greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 SYN. Habrothamnus corymbosus. (B. M. 4<X)1.) 



C elegans (elegant).* fl. purplish-red, numerously produced, in 

 lenfet^uTinal cymes; petals ciliated. Summer. '-ova^Bceo- 

 late. Branches and under sides of leaves downy. Mexico, 184 

 A well-known greenhouse or half-hardy evergreen with a climbinj 

 habit SYN. Habrothamnus elegans. (B. R. 1844, 43.) The variety 

 lamed argentea is one of the best climbers, having variegated 

 "eaves, the surface of which is creamy white, faintly tinged with 

 rose, and relieved by irregular blotches of light green. 



C fasciculatum (fascicled).* fl. purplish-red, terminal, cymosely 

 (japiUte, ^nvoluerated ; corolla urceolate, with ciliated segments. 

 Early spring. 1. ovate, entire. Plant downy, h. 5ft. Mexico, 

 1843 A greenhouse evergreen shrub. SYN. Habrothamnus /<wcw 

 culatu*. (B. M. 4183 and 5659.) 



C. Newell! (Newell's).* fl. bright crimson large, Produced to 

 dense terminal clusters. I. neat, smooth, h. 6ft This is de- 

 scribed as a very ornamental greenhouse plant, of free growth. 

 SYN. nabrothamnut Newetti. 



