CYPHOKENTIA 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



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CYPHOKENTIA (allied to Kentia, differing, among 

 other things, in having a lateral protuberance or tumor 

 on the fr., whence the name). Palmacese. Feather- 

 Ivd. robust spineless palms, of very few species in 

 New Caledonia, suitable for the warmhouse but little 

 grown. The Ivs. are terminal and pinnate-parted, the 

 segms. long-swordshaped and narrowed at apex, the 

 margins at base recurved: spathe-valves 2, deciduous, 

 bearing stout glabrous branching spadices; fls. diclinous, 

 the stamens 6 or 12: fr. small, globose or ellipsoidal. 

 Engler and Prantl combine Cyphosperma and Micro- 

 ken tia with this genus, comprising, about 10 species, 

 all of New Caledonia. The original species are: C. 

 robiista, Brongn., with the branches of the spadix thick 

 and long-cylindrical, fr. reniform-ellipsoidal, stigma 

 not prominent above the base, and seeds reniform; 

 C. macrostachya, Brongn., with long flexuose spadix 

 branches, globose fr., lateral stigma, and usually sub- 

 globose seeds. The cyphokentias probably require the 

 treatment given arecas. L_ jj. B. 



CYPHOMANDRA (from the Greek, referring to the 

 hump-shaped anthers). Solanacex. South American 

 spineless shrubs or small trees, one of which is some- 

 times grown for its edible fruit. 



The genus is distinguished from Solanum chiefly 

 by the thickened connective of the anthers: the plants 

 are erect and usually stout and the large Ivs. are entire, 

 3-lobed, or pinnatisect: fls. pedicellate, in racemes, 

 scorpioid cyme-branches, or arising below the nodes; 

 calyx and corolla 5-lobed, the corolla somewhat rotate, 

 the tube very short; anthers porose or acuminate at 

 apex; ovary 2-celled: fr. an ovoid or oblong fleshy berry, 

 many-seeded. Some 30 or more species, of little con- 

 cern to the horticulturist. 



betacea, Sendt. (Solanum frdgrans, Hook.). TREE 

 TOMATO. Fig. 1195. Cult, occasionally for the egg- 

 shaped, reddish brown, faintly striped frs., and under 

 such conditions it becomes a tree-shaped, half-woody 

 plant 6-10 ft. high: Ivs. large, soft-pubescent, cordate- 

 ovate, more or less acuminate, entire: fls. small, pink- 

 ish, fragrant, in small axillary or super-axillary clus- 

 ters: fr. about 2 in. long, on slender stalks, 2-loculed 

 and seedy, musky-acid and tomato-like in flavor, agree- 

 able to those who like tomatoes. Brazil. B.M. 3684. 

 J.H. III. 31:470. G.C. III. 25:105. A.G. 11:409. 

 Bears the second and third year from seed, under glass 

 (where it must be grown in the northern states) . Grown 

 mostly as a curiosity. L jj g 



CYPHOPHCENIX (hump and Phoenix, a palm). 

 Palmacese, tribe Arecese. A rather unimportant genus 

 of unarmed, stout-stemmed palms, with terminal 

 pinnatisect leaves. 



Leaflets acute at the apex, sword-shaped, the base 

 often with a thickened and recurved margin; rachis 

 stout and broad, a little convex on the lower side: 

 spadix glabrous, with many long stout branches bear- 

 ing short bracts and numerous monoecious fls.; sepals 

 thick and leathery, round and a little concave: fr. 

 elongate-ovoid or rarely ellipsoid. There are only 2 

 species, both from New Caledonia. They have some- 

 thing the aspect of Kentia from which they differ in 

 having only 6 stamens. They are almost unknown in 

 the trade. For cult., see Kentia or Howea. 



elegans, Benth. & Hook. (K6ntia elegans, Brongn. & 

 Griseb.). Rachis convex below, keeled above; Ifts. alter- 

 nate, not close together, scaly along the mid-nerve below, 

 3-nerved : spadix more or less spreading or reflexed in 

 age, simply branched : fr. oblong-elliptical, acute. 



fulcita, Benth. & Hook. (Kentia fuldta, Brongn.). 

 St. clothed at the base with smooth aerial roots: fr. 

 ovoid, attenuate above. A tall graceful palm scarcely 

 known outside of botanic garden collections. 



N. TAYLOR, t 



CYPHOSPfiRMA (Greek, hump and seed). Pal- 

 macese, tribe Arecese. Unarmed stout-stemmed palms 

 with a crown of pinnately divided, terminal leaves. 



Leaflets leathery, sword-shaped, the apex narrowly 

 oblique, the base with a thickened recurved margin; 

 rachis broad and stout, slightly convex beneath, chan- 

 neled above: spadix smooth and much branched, the 

 branches distichous; fls. spirally disposed on the 

 spadix, brownish, otherwise as in Cyphophcenix : fr. 

 globose or 4-5-angled. Two species of New Cale- 

 donian palms, rare in cult, in U. S. and only doubtfully 

 in the trade. See Cyphokentia; for cult, see Areca. The 

 young plants have rather stiff petioles, but graceful, 

 arching If.-segms. G.C. II. 24:362. 



Vieillardii, Benth. & Hook. (Cyphokentia Vieilldrdii, 

 Brongn.). St. medium height: Ivs. pinnatisect, the 

 Ifts. thick and narrowly sword-shaped: fr. obtuse, 4-5- 

 angled, the seed also acutely angled. A rare palm, 

 known also under the names Kentia robusta and K. 

 Vieillardii. N. TAYLOR. 



CYPRESS: Chamxcyparis, Cupresstis and Taxodium. 

 CYPRESS VINE: Ipomcea. 



CYPRIPEDIUM (Venus' -slipper). LADY'S SLIPPER. 

 MOCCASIN-FLOWER. Orchidacese. Attractive hardy 

 orchids, often 

 planted in moist 

 cool borders, 

 bogs, and some- 

 times in rock- 

 gardens. 



Stems very 

 short, with a pair 

 of Ivs. close to or 

 near the ground, 

 or long ana 

 leafy: Ivs. com- 

 monly many- 

 nerved: fls. ter- 

 minal, 1 to few, 

 withering on the 

 ovary; lateral 

 sepals free, or 

 united nearly or 

 to the apex, the 

 dorsal sepal 

 erect; petals gen- 

 erally narrower, 

 spreading; lip 

 saccate, rarely 

 split down the 

 front; ovary 1- 

 celled, with 3 

 parietal pla- 

 centae. Species . 

 about 30, in the 

 north temperate 

 zone. For the 

 greenhouse spe- 

 cies formerly 

 included here, 

 see Paphiopedi- 

 lum, and Phrag- 

 mipedilum. 



1196. Cypripedium 

 pubescens. 

 (XM) 



A. Lvs. 2, oppo- 

 site: lip split 

 in front. 



acaule, Ait. 



Lys. flat on the ground, ovate to oblong-oval: scape 

 with 1 fl.; upper sepal and petals brownish, lanceolate; 

 labellum pink -purple, darker veined. May, June. 

 Newfoundland to N. C., west to Ind., Mich, and Minn. 

 A.G. 13:514; 14:405. Gng. 4:263. A.F. 11:1049. G.C. 

 111.46:209. 



