222 CALOPHACA 



damp-off if kept too moist and shady. Sometimes grafted 

 nigh on Caragana or Laburnum, forming a very attrac- 

 tire, small standard tree. 



Wolgarioa, Fisch. Two-3 ft. : pubescent and glandu- 

 lar : Ifts. 11-17, roundish-ovate or oval, ^-^^ In. long : 

 racemes long-peduncled, with 4-7 fls.; corolla over % 

 in. long. June-July. S. Russia, Turkestan. -C. ffj-andi- 

 fldra, Regel, is similar, but Ifts. 17-25 : racemes 10-16- 

 fld. ; corolla 1 in. long. S.Russia. Gt. 35:1231. 



Alfred Rehder. 

 CALOPHtLLUM (Greek, lecmtina-Uaved). Out- 

 Uferdcj.r. TnipicU trees, with shining, leatherv, ever- 

 green ijeiiniiuTviil Ivs. and panicled fls. The fo'llowing 

 IS cult, outiloors iu S. Fla. and S. Calif., and possibly in 

 northern wamihouses. Prop, by cuttings. 



Inophyllom, Linn. Branches terete : Ivs. obovate 

 usually marginate : fls. white, fragrant, in loose, axil- 

 lary racemes; peduncles 1-fld., usually opposite; sepals 

 4; tr. reddish, as large as a walnut. E. Tropics. -Int. 

 by Reasoner, 1893. Also in S. Calif. A tall tree, with 

 beautiful glossy Ivs. and white fls. Oil is extracted from 

 the seeds. Has medicinal properties. 



CALOPdGON (Greek, beautiful beard). Orchid&cece 

 One of our daintiest native orchids, with pink fls. an in 

 across, grass-like Ivs., and a small bulb. The lip is on 

 the upper side of the flower, spreading, distant from 

 the column, with a narrowed base. One of the choicest 

 hardy bog plants. A moist and shaded position and 

 very porous soil are most suitable for this prettv plant, 

 though I have seen it do admirably well on a 'rockery 

 only slightly shaded at midday, but here the plants were 

 watered very freely every day during hot or dry weather. 

 Prop, by offsets, separated from the old tubers, but the 

 old established plants should not be disturbed very 

 often. Collected clumps of all our native orchids are 

 offered at very reasonable figures, and these give imme- 

 diate satisfactory results, while the small oft'sets would 

 not be strong enough to flower for several years, and 

 require much attention during the first year, or perhaps 

 longer. •■ > r r 



pulch^llus, R. Br. Height 12-18 in.: scape 2-6-fld.: 

 fls pink, magenta, or purple : lip bearded with white, 

 yellow, and purple club-shaped hairs. Bogs, Newf to 

 f H'TTrv-*°,^"°S-,f'"^^°- G-W.P.14. G.F. 10:505. 

 J. U. Ill 3o: 4o. B.M. 116, as lAtnoaorum tuberosum. - 

 H-leven fls. on a scape is the average number in Penn- 

 sylvania bogs. 



J. B. Keller and W. M. 



CALOTHAMNUS (Greek, beautiful bush). Mur- 

 tAcem. Australian shrubs somewhat similar to Calliste- 

 mon but more graceful in habit : Ivs. long, alternate • 

 fls. showy usually red, in lateral clusters : stamens 

 united in bundles opposite the petals ; anthers erect, 

 attached by the base, oblong or linear ; cells parallel, 

 turned inwards, opening by longitudinal slits. Orna- 

 mental greenhouse shrubs. Hardy out of doors in Cali- 

 fornia. For cult., see Callistemon. 



quadriHdus, R.Br. Height 2-4 ft. : Ivs. narrow, terete 

 or slightly flattened, heath-like, glandular-dotted: fls. 

 rich crimson, 4-merous ; calyx 2-lobed in fruit ; stami- 

 n^l bundles nearly equal, of 15 to 20 or more filaments. 

 W. Austral. B.M. 150C. t r„„^.„ r. 



J. BuRTT Davy. 



CALPtENIA (after Calpumius, an imitator of Vireil 

 because these plants are allied to Virgilia). Zegumi'- 

 ndsm. Trees and shrubs from tropical and southern 

 Afr. cult out of doors in S. Calif. Lvs. odd-pinnate : 

 racemes long, axillary and terminal : fls. yellow. 



Bylvitica, E. Mey. Shrub, G-10 ft. high : lvs. 2-6 in 

 long: Itts. in 3-10 pairs, membranous, obovate-elliptical' 

 PaftvL*"' "a"','"'" = '?^- ^,'°- '""S : ovary glabrous, 

 shriib ^^^^ """• "'"'"' "^ " greenhouse 



CALTHA 



CALTHA (Latin name of the Marigold). Banuncu- 

 idcew. A genus of beautiful marsh plants, about 10 

 species, of temperate and frigid regions. Succulent 

 perennial herbs, glabrous, with a fascicle of strong, 

 fibrous roots : lvs. simple, rather rounded-cordate at 

 base : fls. yellow, white ..r i.iiik • -...n-iN |.|rf.e dppifl 

 uous, petal-like : j.. t;,|, ,„,„, -r,,'„,,,,- „inu,^i:ms c-,r- 



pels sessile, bi-i-. i, ,„,, ,.y, ' ' f 



seeds. Theyfloun- i.. , ., ,, , ,h ■„■ ruimiiJ 



water. Though iiatnr,,!! i-... ..i,,,;, iIm x- Micoeed ad 

 mirably well in an ordinary l,.,r(Ier in rather rich soil 

 They should be introduced more liberally into the flower 

 garden, where they flower very freely year after year 

 and generally mature a second quite abundant crop of 

 bloom m the fall. The flowir-. hi.t a !..„- tinu- in water 

 and sell readily in the cut-II.Ai, i mark.""!. Munogr by 

 G. Beck, in Kaiserlich-K.iiii-lh li.- y,.,..] -H,,t (it-seli- 

 schaft (Vienna 1886), 36: 3i7-:;,;:;; E. lluth,'Monogr. 

 in Hehos 9: 69-74. ^ 



bifWra, DC. No true stem ; scape slender, usually 

 <!-fld. : lvs. as in C. palustris : sepals 6-9, nearly white 

 or sometimes bluish : follicles at maturity distinctly 

 stalked. Spring. Calif, to Alaska. Int. 1881. 



Ieptos6pala, DC. Stout scape, 8-12 in. : lvs. all basal 

 or barely one on stem ; nerves at base nearly parallel 

 otherwise like those of C. bifjora .- sepals 7-10 oblong' 

 becoming narrower, white; fls. solitary: follicles 

 ^'=^'"«ely stalked. May-June. Alaska to Wash, and Colo. 



paltistris, Linn. Marsh JIariqold. Stem hollow, 1-2 

 ft., branching, several-fld. : lvs. cordate or reniform, den- 



324. CalycanthuB Horidua. 



lasifigyne.E. Mey. (C. 

 with larger lvs. and 



Area, Benth.). Ataller shrub, 

 more coriaceous, more pubes- 



cent, and exactly elliptical or oblong leaflets. The silky 

 ovary at once distinguishes it. Natal. ^ 



tate, crenate or entire : fls. bright yellow, 1-2 in. broad 

 sepals 5 or 6, rarely 7: follicles compressed, K in. long 

 Apr.-June. Wet ground. Carolina to Canada and west 

 ward. Gt. 47, p. 630. D. 115, pi. 35.-Used before flow 

 ering in the spring as "Cowslip greens." Var. : 



