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CYNOGLOSSUM 



CYPERUS 



intro. It is a hairy herb, 1-3 ft. high, with large Ivs. and 

 numerous blue fls. in clusters as in forget-me-not. 

 India. Fls. in June. See page 3567. 



C. amdbile, Stapf & Drummond. Allied to C. furcatum, but 

 has larger fls. Perennial. S.W. China. j^ TAYLOR. | 



CYNORCHIS (Greek for dog orchid). Orchiddcex. 

 Terrestrial orchids, grown in the warmhouse. 



Flower-clusters loose; sepals and 

 petals similar, or the petals smaller, 

 spreading; lip spreading, 3-5-lobed, 

 spurred; anther short, with 2 points, 

 between which arises the middle lobe 

 of the beak. About 25 species, of 

 the Mascarene Islands and tropical 

 Africa. 



The following have been in cult. : C. com- 

 pdcta, Reichb. f. Fls. white, the disk of lip 

 red-spotted. Natal. B.M. 8053. O.R. 19:265. 

 C. Lowidna, Reichb. f. Lateral sepals light 

 green, the lip bright rose-purple, the spur 

 clavate. Madagascar. B.M. 7551. (as C. 

 purpurascens). O.R. 19:273. G. C. III. 43: 

 184. C. M6rlandii,Rolfe. Racemes 5-9-fld.; 

 fls. medium-sized, lilac. Mozambique. C. 

 purpurdscens, Thomas. Fls. numerous in a 

 spike-like raceme or head, rose, with the disk 

 of the lip white. Mascarene Isls. B.M. 7852. 

 O.R. 14:305; 15: 121; 19:272. G. C. III. 29: 

 87 ; 35 : 227. C. villdsa, Rolfe. Raceme spike- 

 like, densely fld.; fls. rose-purple, ' the sepals 

 glandular-hairy. Madagascar. B.M. 7845. 



GEORGE V. NASH. 



CYNOSURUS (Greek kuon, a dog, 

 and oura, a tail). Graminese. DOG'S- 

 TAIL-GRASS. Cespitose grasses with 

 flat blades and spike-like panicles, 

 two species of which are cultivated as 

 ornamental grasses and in lawns and 

 pastures. 



Spikelets of 2 forms in small fas- 

 cicles, the terminal spikelets perfect, 

 the lower sterile, consisting of several 

 empty glumes. Species about 6, in the north temper- 

 ate regions of the Old World. 



cristatus, Linn. CRESTED DOG'S-TAIL. Fig. 1191. 

 Perennial, 1-2 ft.: spike 1-3 in. long; awns shorter than 

 the lemmas. Eu. Dept. Agric., Div. Agrost. 20:146. 

 Sometimes used in mixtures of lawn or pasture 

 grasses. 



elegans, Desf. Annual, 6-18 in.: panicle loose, 1- 

 sided, about 1 in. long; awns silky, longer than the 

 lemmas, sometimes as much as 1 in. Eu. Used for 

 dry bouquets. A. S. HITCHCOCK. 



CYNTHIA: Krigia. 



CYPELLA (application obscure). Iriddcex. 

 South American bulbs, resembling Iris. 



Half-hardy: bulb tunicate: Ivs. radical or 

 caulirie: fls. 1-3 from a spathe, yellow, orange 

 or blue; segms. free, narrow or broadly un- 

 guiculate, the outer ones spreading and the inner erect 

 and somewhat recurved at the apex. The genus differs 

 from Iris and Moraea in its stigmas, which are neither 

 petal-like nor filiform, but erect, and in the anthers, 

 which are broad, erect, not curved, bearing the pollen 

 on their edges, also in the plaited Ivs. Perhaps a half- 

 dozen species. The bulbs should be set out in spring, 

 lifted in fall and stored over winter. Prop, by offsets or 

 by seed, which should be sown as soon as ripe. The 

 blue-fld. species are presumably equally worthy of cult. 

 For the still showier C. cserulea, see Marica. 



A. Style appendages spur-like. 



Herbert!!, Herb. Lvs. about 1 ft. long, linear, acumi- 

 nate, twice plaited, the angles of the plaits winged: 

 scape 2-3 ft. high, erect, flexuose, glaucous, branched, 

 many-fld. ; fls. 3 in. across, chiefly yellow, odorless, soon 

 withering; outer segms. bearing a rather long cusp or 



1191. Cynosurus 

 cristatus. ( x Yz) 



tail. S. Brazil. Uruguay. Argentine. B.R. 949 (as 

 Moraea) and B.M. 2599 (as Tigridia) show very distinct 

 colors, but Baker says there is a lilac variety. 



plumbea, Lindl. Three to 4 ft., the st. glaucous, 

 round and thickish : Ivs. not very close together, sheath- 

 ing at the base, plicate and glaucous: fls. fleeting, at 

 their best early in the morning, not unlike those of 

 Iris versicolor, and the same color; style slender, broad- 

 ening at the apex into a spur-like appendage. Trop. S. 

 Amer. Has been offered under the name C. platensis, 

 which is otherwise unknown in botanical and horti- 

 cultural literature. 



AA. Style appendages petal-like, flat. 



peruviana, Baker. Lvs. 6-9 in. long, linear, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle both ways, glabrous, plaited : 

 fls. 2-3 in a solitary stalked cluster, soon withering, 

 chiefly yellow; segms. with a distinct long claw and a 

 proportionately shorter and broader blade and a shorter 

 cusp, at the base spotted brown. Peru. B.M. 6213. 



N. TAYLOR, f 



CYPERORCHIS (Cyperus and Orchis, from the 

 sedge-like appearance) . Orchidacese. Epiphytic orchids, 

 thriving in the warmhouse. 



Very closely allied to Cymbidium, from which it 

 differs in the narrower sepals and petals which are con- 

 nivent to the middle or beyond, thus preventing the 

 full expansion of the fl., and by the straight narrow 

 lip. There are 3 species, natives of the Himalayas 

 and the Khasia Hills. 



elegans, Blume. Fig. 1192. Pseudobulbs short, 2-3 

 in. long: Ivs. linear, up to 20 in. long, streaked, pale 

 yellow-green: raceme many-fld., dense, pendulous; fls. 

 yellow, lJ^-2 in. across; sepals and petals linear- 

 oblong, the recurved tips acute; lip cuneate, 3-lobed, the 

 middle lobe oblong, short, obtuse; disk with 2 raised 

 orange lines. Himalayas. B.M. 7007. 



Masters!!, Benth. (Cymbidium Mdstersii, Griff.). 

 Pseudobulbs 4-10 in. long: Ivs. up to 2^ ft. long, 

 acute: racemes 6-10-fld. ; fls. about 2 in. across, almond- 

 scented, ivory-white; sepals and petals oblong-linear; 

 lip usually spotted rose-purple, the lateral lobes round- 

 ish-oblong, the middle lobe undulate, reflexed, oval; 



1192. Cyperorchis elegans. 



disk with 2 raised orange 



lines. Sikkim and Khasia 



Hills. B.R. 31:50. F.M. 



1879:346; 1880:391. Lind. 5:222. J.F. 3 : 289. O. 



1910:8. GEORGE V. NASH. 



CYPERUS (ancient Greek name). Cyperdcese. A 

 large genus of the sedge family, inhabiting both tropical 

 and temperate regions. The species in cult, are all 

 perennials from rootstocks or tubers: Ivs. grass-like: 

 st. simple and mostly naked above: fls. perfect, without 



