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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Odontospermum < -ontvnued. 



out the seedlings somewhat, if too thick, to allow each 

 plant to develop. H. sericeum, a handsome dwarf shrub, 

 does well in a cool greenhouse, in a compost of well- 

 drained turfy loam and leaf mould, and is propagated by 

 cuttings of the half-ripened young shoots. 

 O. aquaticum (aquatic), jl.-heads sessile, axillary and terminal. 



Jul}'. I. oblong, obtuse, villous or slightly glabrous. Stem erect, 



di- or trichotomous. h. bin. South Europe, 1731. Hardy annual. 



(S. F. G. 899, under name of Buphthalmum aquaticum.) 

 O. sericeum (silky), fl.-heads terminal and lateral, sessile. June. 



I. cuneate or linear, entire, silky-villous. Stem shrubby, branched. 



h. 4ft. Canaries, 1779. Greenhouse. (B. M. 1836, under name of 



Buphthalmum sericeum.) 



(ECEOCLADES. Included under Saccolabium 



(which see). 



CECEOCLADES FALCATA. An old name of 

 Angraecum falcatum. 



(EDEMONE. A synonym of Herminiera (which 

 see). 



(EDERA (named in honour of George (Eder, 1728- 

 1794, Professor of Botany at Copenhagen). OBD. Com- 

 posite. A small genus (four species) of greenhouse shrubs, 

 confined to South Africa. Flower-heads yellow, brownish 

 at back, heterogamous, sessile at the apices of the 

 branches or between the uppermost leaves, solitary or 

 few; receptacle small; achenes glabrous. Leaves oppo- 

 site, clustered, imbricated, or squarrose, short, sessile, 

 coriaceous, entire, often scabrous ciliated. The under- 

 mentioned species succeeds in sandy loam, with the ad- 

 mixture of a little peat. Propagation may be effected 

 by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, under a hand glass, 

 in heat. 



CE. prolifera (proliferous), fl.-heads yellow ; ray-florets dark 

 purplish-maroon at back. May and June. I. lanceolate, oppo- 

 site, ciliated, glabrous on both sides, reflexed. h. 1ft. 1789. 

 (B. M. 1637.) 



CENOCARPUS (from oinos, wine, and karpos, a 

 fruit ; some of the species yield palm wine and oil). 

 OBD. Palmce. A genus, sometimes confused with Euterpe, 

 comprising eight species of stove, South American Palms, 

 often unarmed and talL Flowers monoecious, in Broom- 

 like spikes, springing from beneath the leaves, and en- 

 veloped in double woody caducous spathes. Fruit often 

 purple or black, oval or nearly round, with a granular, 

 fibrous, oily flesh ; one-seeded. Leaves in terminal crowns 

 (in one apecies distichous), pinnate ; segments narrow, 

 or, rather, broad-ensiform, acuminate, rigid, and some- 

 what crisped ; petioles short, and somewhat crisped. 

 The species thrive best in a compost of peat and loam 

 in equal parts. Propagated by seeds, or by suckers. The 

 species here described are probably the only ones yet 

 introduced. 



<E. Bacaba (Bacaba). /., calyx thrice as short as the corolla ; 

 lacinise ovate-lanceolate ; petals oblong, acute. Berry purplish- 

 blue, sub-globose. I. sparse; pinnae linear-lanceolate. Trunk 

 naked, 50ft. to 60ft. high. 



CE. Bataua. Pa tana Palm. iL, male calyx four times as short 

 as the oblong and slightly acute petals, fr. cylindrical-elliptic, 

 obtuse. 1. dark green, pinnate, about IJft. long, not produced in 

 great abundance. Stem naked, h. 40ft. 1820. An elegant 

 species. 



CE. minor (lesser). fl., male calyx four times as short as the 

 petals; spathes woody, outer one narrow - lanceolate, inner 

 usually cylindrical, 1ft. or more long ; spadix fuscous, with 

 branches 1ft. or more long. fr. blackish-purple, as large as a 

 Hazel-nut, ovate-acute. I. scattered, six to ten, erecto-patent or 

 horizontally spreading, 6ft to 8ft. long; pinnae 6ft. to 8ft. 

 long, rather remote, the lower ones nearly alternate, the upper 

 ones opposite and horizontally spreading, with a very long 

 and acute mucrone. Trunk 10ft. or more high, naked, slender, 

 flexuous. 



CENOTHERA (from oinos, wine, and them, a hunt 

 or eager pursuit ; an old Greek name given by Theo- 

 phrastus to some plant, probably an Epilobium, the roots 

 of which were eaten to provoke a relish for wine). 

 Evening Primrose. Including Oodetia, Hartmannia and 

 Sphcerostigma. OBD. Onagrariece. A genus comprising 



GBnothera continued. 



about 100 species of herbs or small shrubs, of variable 

 habit, natives of extra-tropical north and north-western 

 South America, one being Tasmanian ; a few of the 

 American species are naturalised over the warmer regions 

 of the globe. Flowers yellow, pink, or purple, usually 

 large and showy, solitary, axillary, sessile, or peduncu- 

 late; petals four, scarcely clawed, obovate or obcordate. 

 Leaves membranous, sessile or petiolate, entire, dentate, 

 lobed, or pinnatifid. All the undermentioned species are 

 most desirable plants for summer and early autumnal 

 flowering, and are of very easy culture in any rather 

 sandy soil. Many of the species and varieties are 

 amongst the most beautiful and attractive of hardy 

 plants ; their flowers are large, showy, and pleasingly 

 fragrant. The plants are most suitable for the margins 

 of shrubberies, mixed borders, and similar situations, 

 preferably in warm, sunny positions. Propagation is 

 easily effected by divisions in early spring ; or by seed, 

 sown in spring for flowering the same year, or in July 

 for treating as biennials. Cuttings of the perennial 

 species may also be inserted in pots, and placed in a 

 cool frame, in the early part of the season, before 

 flowering begins. Perennial, except where otherwise 

 specified. 



FIG. 718. CENOTHERA ACAULIS, showing Habit and detached 

 Leaf and Flower. 



CE. acaulis (stemless).* fl. white, fading into red, large, with 

 obovate, rather retuse, entire petals. May to September. 

 I rosulate, pinnatifid ; the terminal lobe large and denticulated. 

 h. 6in. Chili, 1821. See Fig. 718. (B. R. 763, under name of 

 Godetia acaulie.) 



CE. albicanlis (white-stemmed), fl. white, becoming pinkish as 

 they grow older, few, axillary ; petals obcordate, large, as long 

 as the tube. June. I. linear to oblong-lanceolate, sessile, or 

 alternate at base, or abruptly petioled, entire, or repand-den- 

 ticulate or sinuate-pinnatifid towards the base. Stems decum- 

 bent A. 6in. to 12in: California, &c. See Fig. 719 (1). SYN. (R. 

 pallida (B. R. 1142). (R. G. 1041.) 



CE. amcena (ple<osing).* /. rose, with four crimson spots. 

 Summer. I. linear-lanceolate, entire. Stem ascending, diffuse, 

 branched, h. 1ft. to 2ft. North-west America, 1826. Annual. 

 (B. M. 2832, under name of CE. Lindleyi.) 



^S^S^'S^ 

 erect. One of the best, and the parent of several varieties 



