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CALLIRHOE 



AA. Perennial: involucre present 

 involucrita, Gray. Height 9-12 m , plant hirsute or 

 even hispid : root large, napiform stems procumbent 

 lv3. of rounded outline, palmately or pedatelj 5-7 parted 



CALLUNA 



Thuia The <;mall cones have 4-G separating woody 

 scales Ivs small and scale-like, persistent. Of very 

 attractive habit The only species in the Amer. trade is 

 TObuBta, R Br Cypress Pine. Somewhat resembles 

 our native red cedar, but is conical in form and very 

 df lisp It IS a fine tree for tall hedges and windbreaks. 

 \ nil.; tri ts planted out in S. Fla. make fine specimens, 

 1 r in Inn.,' from the ground. In five years the plants 

 ri I h 111-12 ft high. Little known in this country, 

 (^u. iiisljnd L. H. B. 



CALLtTNA (Greek, to sweep ; the branches are some- 

 times used for making brooms). Kricftcetp. Heather. 

 Low evergreen shrubs with imbricated, scale-like Ivs. 

 in fimr rons, the branchlets therefore quadrangular: 

 fl t m nal racemes corolla campanulate 4 lobed, 



si rt r tl an the 4 parted colored calyx stamens 8 

 fr r ular One species in W and N Eu also in 

 A M r in E N Amer in some localities natural 

 iz 1 > r culture see Erica 



vulgins '^al sh (E \ca x l/t s Linn) From H 3 

 f 111 ear obtuse sagittate at the base, 



t fls small m long erect rather 

 I V pink sometimes white Aug 



^ I many varieties Var ilba (and 



\ / ) with white fls Tar Alpbrti of 



1 f, th with ro im nc fls \ ar c4r 



nea th Ucbh col le 1 fl \ ar fI6re pl^no \ ith loul le 



319 Callirhoe pedata 



or -cleft, the divisions mostly wedge-shaped, incised, the 

 lobes oblong to lanceolate : fis. crimson-purple, cherry 

 red or paler. AH summer. Minn, to Tex. G.W.F. 26. 

 E.H. 1862:171, as C. verticUlata. 



Var. lineariloba. Gray. Less hirsute than the type : 

 stems ascending : Ivs. smaller, 1-2 in. across, the upper 

 or all dissected into linear lobes.— An excellent trailer, 

 especially for rockeries. Thrives even in very dry soils, 

 the root penetrating to a great depth. A sunny position 

 is preferable. j g j^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ jl. 



CALLISTfiMMA, CALLlSTEPHUS. See Aster, China. 



CALLISTfiMON (Greek, kallns. beauty; sfemnn. a 

 stamen ; in most of th.- -^luH..- th- tt.ni.iis -.xr,- n beau- 

 tiful .scarlet color). .)/-/'' • I : - ii i nhi -^ii, Au- 

 stralian shrubs: Ivs. cx' i ■' ll~. m ■li-nse, 



cylindrical spikes, at lir ■ i , , ! iln a\i^ i;row- 



ing out into leafy shout- ; ^iml.' !■- \. i -niil.', wiili par- 

 allel cells opening longituilhudly : fr. persisting several 

 years. Prop, by ripened cuttings in sand under a hand- 

 glass, which flower when small ; or by seeds, but the 

 seedlings are slow in reaching the flowering state. 

 Rapid growers ; very ornamental ; greenhouse in the 

 north ; hardy in California, thriving in any soil and 

 without irrigation. 



A. Lvs. flat, penniveined . 



Bpeci6suB, DC. Lvs. thick, narrow-lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent when young : spikes dense, large : fls. scarlet, the 

 calyx and corolla pubescent ; stamens obscurely or very 

 shortly 5-adelphous. March-April. West Australia. 

 B.M. 1761, as Mrfr..s!<l,,;..-^ s/., ,;,..■<„. Height 10 ft. 



lanceolfttus, Sw,,t. Ii-, :;jii. Hrii^-Iit C-IO ft.: lvs. 

 crowded, thick, hiii.i ,,hii.>. |.iMi.t;ii. , rc-ddish when 

 young: spike rut In t Io.im, .if rnlili-li Hs. N.S. Wales. 6 ft. 



rigridus, R. Br. I.\ -. lin. ar mi- niirn.wly linear-lanceo- 

 late, rigid, alnn'st jMiiiLn lit pMinii .1 : -pikes dense : fls. 

 red; anthers dmli. N.w SmuiIi w air-. 4 ft. 



ch, 



,h,l 



■veless 



l-iiertrd. 

 linearis, DC. Height 4 to 6 ft. : fls. dark or pale scar- 

 let : f r. more globular and more contracted at the mouth 

 than in C. rigidus. June. N. S. Wales. 



J. BuRTT Davy. 

 CALLlTRIS (from the Greek for beautiful). Conif- 

 ertr, tribe Cupresslnece. About 15 trees or shrubs, 

 growing in Africa and the Australian region, allied to 



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320. CalHstemon lanceolatuB. 



rose-colored fls.; var. pjgmsea, forming low, moss-like 

 tufts ; var. tomentdsa, the branchlets and lvs. with 

 grayish tomentum. The Heather is a very handsome 



