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CALADIUM 



lateral veins 4-7, erect-spreading or spreading. Brazil.— 

 Variable, furnishing many of the fancy-leaved Caladi- 

 ums. 



(\) Trnnxp-'rent white blade. 



49. Var. Belleymei, Engl. (C. Belleymii. Hort.). Fig. 



311. Petiole greenish above, variegated violet beneath; 



blade slenderly hastate-sagittate, white, translucent ex- 



Humboldtii. (No. 57.) 



cept the green veins and nerves, with small green spots 

 along the margin ; basal lobes 1-5, or rarely M or 3^ 

 connate. Para. I. H. 7:252. A.F. 8:127. 



(2) Pale green blade. 

 fa) With transparent blotches. 

 .50. Var. hastatum, Engl. (C /msMfwrn, Lem.). Peti- 

 ole long, stout, white, violet-spotted ; blade hastate- 

 sagittate, slightly contracted above the lobes ; dull, pale 

 green, very irregularly marked with transparent blotches ; 

 basal lobe 34 connate, crimson margined in the sinus. 

 Para. 



(aa) Opaque. 



51. Var. albostri&tulum, Engl. Blade greenish white 

 along the midrib and veins, white-striped and dotted 

 between the nerves. 



52. Var. Osy^num, C. Koch. Blade white along the 

 midrib and primary veins, with purple spots between 

 the veins. 



.5.3. Var. porphyroneiiron, Engl. {C. porphyroneuron, 

 C Koch. C. cupreifin, Hort. Alocdsia porphifroneura, 

 Lem.). Petiole pale reddish, variegated with dull vio- 

 let ; blade broadly hastate-sagittate, dull, pale green, 

 slightly reddish on the veins, opaque basal lolies i-G-% 

 connate. Peru and Brazil. I. H. 8:297. 



(3) Dark green blade. 



54. Var. ^legans, Engl. Petiole rosy, greenish below, 

 variegated ; blade narrowly hastate-sagittate, slightly 

 contracted above the lobes, dark green above, broadly 

 red or purple next the midrib and primary lateral veins; 

 basal lobes 1-5 connate. 



55. Var. Lemaire4num, Engl. (C Lemaire&num, Barr. 

 C. pictiirHtitm albinirviiim, C. Koch. C. picturAtum 

 viridissimnm.G. Koch). Blade shaped like preceding, 

 dark green ; midrib and primary veins pale green or 

 white. S. Amer., 1861. I.H.9:311. 



56. Var. TroubStskoyi, Engl. (C. Troubitskoyi, Chan- 

 tin. C. Appunidniini, Hort.). Petiole red, variegated ; 

 blade very narrowly hastate-sagittate, slightly con- 

 tracted above the lobes, dark green above, broadly 

 marked with pale red along the midrib and primary 

 veins, and with scattered, transparent, small white or 

 rose spots. F. 8.13:1379. 



CALAMOVILPA 



BBBB. Blade ohiong-oi-ate, or oblong: plant small. 



57. Humboldtii, Schott ( C. argyrites, Lem.). Fig. 

 312. Petiole slender, variegated, 2-3 times longer than 

 the blade ; sheath slender, narrow; blade oblong-ovate, 

 or oblong, green along the margin, midrib and primary 

 veins, with many large and small transparent spots be- 

 tween ; shortly and very acutely acuminate, the apical 

 lobe oblong-ovate, twice as long as the oblong or ovate- 

 triangular, obtuse basal ones ; basal lobes % connate, 

 separated by an obtuse triangular sinus, the 3-4 primary 

 veins of the apical lobe uniting in a collective nerve re- 

 mote from the margin. Brazil. I. H. 5:185. F.S. 13:1345. 

 Gng. 3:279. A.F. 10:197. L. 22. 



58. Var. myriostigma, Engl. (C. myriostlgma, C. 

 Koch). Blade marked everywhere with small white 



Jared G. Smith. 



CALAMAGB6STIS (Greek for reed grass). Gra- 

 in iiieu'. Reed Bent-t.rass. A genus of perennial grasses 

 with running rootstocks. Very similar to Agrostis. but 

 spikelets usually larger. Can be distinguished from it 

 by the tuft of long hairs at the base of the fl. -glume, 

 and the flowering axis continued beyond the palet. 

 Spikelets 1-flowered (rarely an aborted or .second flower 

 present). Glumes 3, the first two nearly equal and 

 empty, the third, or fl. -glume, awned on the back, usu- 

 ally below the middle. Species about 120, very widely 

 distributed over the world in the temperate and arctic 

 zones and on the high mountains of the tropics. For 

 C. brevipilis. see Calamovilfa. 



Canadensis, Beauv. Blue-joint Grass. Very com- 

 mon in the northern and northwestern states, usually 

 growing in moist meadows and swales. Under such 

 conditions it yields a large amount of indifferent hay, 

 which is used in some places. It is not used for horti- 

 cultural purposes. This species grows 3-5 ft., and has 

 flat, glaucous-blue I vs. : panicle oblong, becoming open- 

 upper glume weak-awned near the middle. 



Btricta, Beauv. (C. negl^cta, Gsertn.). Pont Grass. 

 A rather slender, erect perennial, with narrow leaves 

 and a contracted, densely-flowered panicle, .3-6 in. long: 

 fl. -glume about % as long as the second empty glume, 

 and nearly twice the length of the basal hairs ; awn 

 bent, exceeding the glume. Northern U. S.— A varie- 

 gated form has been brought into cultivation for orna- 

 mental purposes. p g jjen^jedv. 



CALAMlNTHA (Old Greek name, meaning beautiful 

 mint). Labidtce. Various species of herbs or very small 

 shrubs, 2 or 3 of them occasionally grown in borders for 

 their fls. and aromatic fragrance. Calyx 2-lipped, ob- 

 long or tubular ; corolla with a straight tube, and gen- 

 erally exceeding the calyx, the throat commonly en- 

 larged ; stamens parallel under the upper lip : fls. in 

 whorls, which are usually arranged in a long interrupted 

 spike. Plants mostly of temperate regions, and of easy 

 culture. The cult, kinds are perennial, more or less 

 hairy, mint-like herbs, 1-3 ft. high. 



grandiildra, Moench. Lvs. ovate, serrated : stems de- 

 cumbent, branching from the base : fls. in axillary 

 whorls, quite large, IK in. long, with a straight tube ; 

 upper lip flattened, purple ; ,lune-July ; h. 9-12 in 

 Europe ; this and ('. alp)na, Lam., which is smaller in 

 all its parts, are the two best species for garden use. 

 O. officinalis, Moench, the common Calamint of Eu., is 

 sometimes seen in gardens, being an old domestic medi- 

 cinal plant. It has long, ascending branches, ovate 

 crenate-serrate lvs., and few-fld. cymes : 1-3 ft. 



J. B. Keller. 



CALAMOVlLFA (Calamos, reed, and Vilfa, a kind of 

 grass). Oramlnece, A genus recently separated from 

 Calamagrostis. Distinguished from it only in that the 

 flowering axis is not produced beyond the flower. Tall 

 grasses, with stout, horizontal lvs. and paniculate in- 

 florescence. Spikelets 1-fiowered, with a ring of hairs 

 at the base of fl. -glume. Three known species, natives 

 of the temperate and subtropical regions of N. America. 



brevipilis, Hack. {Calamagrdstis brevipilis, Gray). 

 Purple Bext-grass. Culms hard, wiry, 2—4 ft. high : 

 lvs. flat, with an open, purplish panicle. —A rare grass, 



