CALCEOLARIA 



CALLA 



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green calicos. Peru. B.M. 5154. F.S. 22:2331. C. Forgetii, Skan. 

 Undershrub, 1-1 ^ ft., slender: Ivs. ovate, obtuse or somewhat 

 acute, serrate: fls. small, pale yellow with a large reddish brown 

 blotch inside the lower lip. Peru. B.M. 8436. C. fuchsix folia, 

 Hemsl.=C. deflexa. C. Henrici, Hook. f. Shrubby, evergreen: 

 Ivs. willow-like, small-toothed: fls. panicled, clear yellow, the upper 

 lip large. Peru. B.M. 5772. C. hyssopifdlia, HBK. Shrubby: Ivs. 

 crowded, small, lanceolate and toothed, or at top of st. linear and 

 entire, margins revolute: fls. rather large, in many-fld. corymbs, 

 pale sulfur-yellow, the slipper oboyate-orbicular and crenate. 

 Ecuador. C. Jeffreyi,H.vrt.,ia a hybrid group between herbaceous 

 greenhouse kinds and C. integrifqlia, produced about 10 years ago 

 in England: 2-6 ft., with branching panicles bearing fls. about 1 

 in. across of few colors. C. kewensis, Hort. Cross of C. Jef- 

 freyi with herbaceous varieties: more compact and larger-fld. 

 than C. Jeffrey!; colors of wide range: plant 1-2}^ ft. high and 

 about as broad when in good bloom. G.C. III. 39:390. C. lobdta, 

 Cav. Herbaceous: Ivs. triangular-ovate, palmately 5-7-lobed, 

 dentate: fls. in terminal clusters, clear, pale yellow, and spotted 

 on the up-curved slipper. Peru, Bolivia. B.M. 4525, 6330. C. mex- 

 icana, Benth., is a small-fld., pale yellow species hardy in England: 

 annual: lower Ivs. 3-parted or -lobed, the upper ones pinnatisect. 

 Mts., Mex., Costa Rica. C. petiolaris, Cav. (C. floribunda, Lindl.). 

 Herbaceous: Ivs. ovate, the lower ones wing-petioled, toothed, 

 rugose: fls. yellow in loose panicles, the lips connivent. Chile. 

 C. pisacomensis, Meyen. Shrubby: Ivs. ovate-cordate, nearly or 

 quite obtuse nearly sessile, irregularly crenate, margins reflexed: fls. 

 large, orange varying to red, the slipper up-curved. Peru. B.M. 5677. 

 -C. polyrrhiza, Cav. A dwarf and tufted species from Patagonia, 

 with dark yellow purple-spotted fls.: herbaceous, cespitose: Ivs. 

 crowded, lanceolate. S. Chile, Patagonia. For rockwork. C. 

 profiisa, Hort. (C. Clibranii, Hort.). On the order of C. Burbidgei. 

 A garden form of free-flowering habit. C. Sinclairii, Hook. Her- 

 baceous, half-hardy: Ivs. oblong-ovate, stalked, crenate-dentate, 

 hairy: fls. small, lilac or flesh-colored, spotted within, the 2 lips 

 nearly equal, not saccate. New Zeal. B.M. 6597. Now referred to 

 Jovellana (J. Sineclairii, Kranzl.) C. tenella, Poepp. & Endl. 

 Herbaceous, half-hardy, 6 in. high: Ivs. ovate or orbicular, small 

 (Jiin. long), nearly or quite sessile: fls. yellow, spotted within. Chile. 

 B.M. 6231. C. Veitchii, Hort. Hybrid of C. alba and a garden 

 variety: 3-5 ft., erect and branched: fls. many, rather small, pale 

 lemon-yellow. G.C. III. 51, Suppl. June 1. Gn. 76, p. 271. (See No. 

 14.) C. violacea, Cav. (Jovellana violacea, Don). Shrubby: Ivs.small, 

 ovate-cordate, deep-toothed, stalked: fls. yellow-salmon, spotted 

 within and without, the two lips not saccate. Chile. B.M. 4929. 

 C. virgata, Ruiz & Pav. Bushy, 1-1% ft.: Ivs. ovate, short-stalked : fls. 

 rather small, numerous, white. Peru, Bolivia. G.C. III. 51:50. 



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CALENDULA (Latin, calendse or calends: throughout 

 the months). Composite. Flower-garden plants. 



Small herbs , the common cult, species annual, others 

 perennial, with alternate simple Ivs., mostly large heads 

 with yellow or orange rays, glabrous incurved achenes, 

 plane naked receptacle, pappus none, and involucre 

 broad, with scales in one or two series, their margin 

 usually scarious. Some 15 species from 

 Canary Isls. to Persia. 



officinalis, Linn. POT MARIGOLD. Fig. 

 741. Annual: 1-2 ft. high, more or less 

 hairy: Ivs. oblong and more or less clasp- 

 ing, entire, thickish: heads solitary, on 

 stout stalks, large with flat spreading 

 rays, showy, closing at night. S. Eu. B.M. 

 3204. V. 5:44; 16:165. One of the most 

 universal garden fls., running into many 

 vars., distinguished by size, color, and 

 degree of doubling. The color varies 

 from white-yellow to deep orange. This is 

 the marygold of Shakespeare's time. The 

 fl. -heads are sometimes used in cookery, 

 to flavor soups and stews. The calendula 

 is of the easiest culture in any warm, 

 loose soil. The seeds are usually sown 

 where the plants are to stand, but they 

 may be sown indoors or in a frame and 

 the plants transplanted. The achenes are 

 large and germinate quickly. The plant 

 blooms the whole season, particularly if 

 the fls. are picked. It is a hardy annual, 

 and in the southern states will bloom 

 most of the year. In the N. it blooms up 

 to the first frosts, sometimes beyond. 

 Sown in summer or autumn, it makes a 

 good winter bloomer. Florets are used in 

 medicine as a vulnerary and anti-emetic. 

 The flowering plant was formerly used for 

 removing warts. 



suffruticdsa, Vahl (C. Noedna, Boiss.). More dif- 

 fuse, annual: Ivs. sessile, lanceolate, somewhat dentate: 

 heads bright yellow, not doubled, very numerous, on 

 long peduncles. W. Medit. region. Seeds are sold by 

 American dealers. 



C. Pongei, Hort., and C. plurialis, Linn., will be found under 

 Dimorphotheca. T -^ 



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CALICO BUSH: Kalmia. 



CALIFORNIA POPPY: Eschscholtzia. 



CALIFORNIA YELLOW BELLS: Emmenanthe penduliflora. 



CALIMERIS (Greek, beautiful arrangement). Com- 

 pdsitse. Good daisy-like border plants. 



Calimeris comprises about 10 Asian herbs, now 

 mostly united with Aster, but horticulturally dis- 

 tinct, and differing from that genus in the hemis- 

 pherical involucre of few nearly equal scarious-mar- 

 gined bracts, and broad convex receptacle: achene 

 flat and hairy. Hardy perennials of low growth, suited 

 to the border in front of stronger plants. C. tatarica 

 is described in the genus Heteropappus. 



incisa, DC. (C. incisaefdlia, Hort.? Aster indsus, 

 Fisch.). One to 2 ft., erect, corymbose at the summit: 

 Ivs. lanceolate, remotely incise-dentate; scales of 

 involucre red-margined: fls. large, purple-rayed or 

 almost white, and yellow-centered. Of easy cult, in 

 any good soil, making a 

 display throughout July and 

 Aug. The commonest species 

 in cult. 



altaica, Nees (Aster altd- 

 icus, Willd.). Lower, pu- 

 bescent or hispid: lys. linear- 

 lanceolate and entire: scales 

 of involucre pubescent and 

 white -margined; rays nar- 

 row, blue.. L. H. B. 



CALIPHRURIA: CaUiphruria. 



CALLA (ancient name, of 

 obscure meaning). Ardceas. 

 A monotypic genus, contain- 

 ing a native bog-plant with 

 a white spathe. 



Herb, with creeping rhi- 

 zomes and 2-ranked Ivs. 

 Differs from Orontium in the 

 parallel secondary and ter- 

 tiary veins of the If.-blade, 

 as well as in having a prom- 

 inent more or less fleshy 

 persistent spathe envelop- 

 ing the spadix, and in the 

 absence of perianth; lower 

 fls. perfect, upper stami- 

 nate; fr. a red berry. See 

 Zantedeschia for C. asthio- 

 pica, C. albo-maculata, and 

 others. The calla of florists, 

 or calla lily, is Richardia of 

 recent books, but is properly 

 Zantedeschia, where it is de- 

 scribed and the culture given 

 in this work. 



paiuslris, Linn. WATER 

 ARUM. Fig. 742. Rhizome 

 bearing many distichous Ivs. 

 one year, the next only 2 

 Ivs. and the peduncle: 

 petioles cylindrical, long- 

 sheathed; blade cordate: 

 spathe elliptical, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, white. Eu., N. 



741. Calendula officinalis, double-flowered. 

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