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CEPHALANTHUS 



slinih. 



Isome glossy 

 Ijalls appear- 

 1 trarden soil, 

 I. by seeds or 

 Iso by green- 

 fly in spring, 

 long-petioled, 



cult. Hardy ornamental 



foliage and very attractive xiiili ii :1 



ing late in summer. Ittlir 



best in a sandy, somewliai i 



by cuttings of ripened wm n im. . 



wood cuttinffs taken fn.ni toi.'.ril [.lau 

 oocidentalis, Linn, Slinib, a-12 ft. : 

 ovate or oval, ariiniiuate, glossy above, glabrous or 

 slightly puljcsci'iii l„l,,w, 3-6 in. long: heads about 1 in. 

 in diain., lung-ptiluucled, 3 or more at the end of the 

 branches. July-Sept. From New Brunswick south, 

 west to Ontario and Calif . Era. 394. R.H. 1889, p. 280.- 

 Var. angUBtUblia, Andr6. Lvs. oblong, lanceolate, usu- 

 ally in 3's. R.H. 1889. p. 281. Alfred Rehder. 



CEPHALAKIA (Greek for head, alluding to the capi- 

 tate flower-clusters). JJipsicew. Coarse annual or per- 

 ennial herbs of Europe, Africa and Asia, much like 

 Dipsacus, but the heads less spiny. The heads are ter- 

 minal and globular, bearing many 4-parted yellowish, 

 whitish or bluish florets. 



lat&rica, Schrad. Perennial, 6 ft., rank, with striate 

 stems, suited to the rear border, where strong effects are 

 desired, with showy cream-white flat heads in July and 

 Aug.: lvs. pinnate, the Ifts. broad-lanceolate and ser- 

 rate. Grows readily, and Is increased by seed or divid- 

 ing the clumps. L. H. B. 



CEPHALOTAXUS (Greek, ^tead; Taxu.i-\ike plant, 

 with lis. in heads or clusters). Conlferw, tribe Tax&ced. 

 Trees or sljiuhs, with evergreen, linear, pointed lvs. 

 with 2 IiiMnl, : iiii .11, lines beneath, arranged in 2 

 rows: I1-. I ' iiiiiiiate in 1-8-fld., short-stalked 

 clustiT,. 1 ' i i I ling of a small cone with sev- 

 eral brai 1 -. M II I im 2 naked ovules. Seed enclosed 



in alle.sli> »- ii> t ioj'*-. u rape -like, about 1 in. long, reddish 

 or greenish brown. From allied genera it may be easily 

 distinguished by the resin-canal in the center of the 

 pith, and by the glaucous lines beneath from Taxus, 

 which has the lvs. yellowish green beneath, iind from 

 Torreya by the glaucous lines being broader than the 3 

 green lines, while in Torreya the glaucous lines are 

 narrower than the green ones. Six closely allied spe- 

 cies from llinial. tu .lap. Oriianientiil evergreen shrubs, 



in apprar;,!!.-,. i,n 111,,. ;, i , -/, , l,iil ..f iT t.'|-accful 



habit. N..: 1 ' ■ I, ■■ I ii. "I . .' .1 -Im lirir.i posi- 

 tions. 'I'll ■ • ••- i-t I'lil well- 



draim-a. -.mim, ,.-:,,,,, .-iMM ,,, , > .na.lr.l Miaali.ms. 



Prop, by >.-.-. I..., ^iiaiilif.l ahil >o\wi in .-|.iiun; imported 

 seeds usually do not germinate until the second year ; 

 increased also by cuttings in August, under glass, and 

 by veneer-grafting in summer, on one of the species or 



CERASTIUM 



A. I/vs. SS in. long : branchUls yellowish green, 



pendulous. 

 Fbrtunei, Hook. Lvs. tapering gradually into a sharp 

 point, usually falcate, dark green and shining above : 

 fr. greenish brown, obovate. N. China, Jap. B.M. 4499. 

 F.S. 6:5.')5. R.H. 1878, p. 117.— This is the most grace- 

 ful species, with long and slender branches, attaining ia 

 its native country ,50 ft. in height, in culture usually re- 

 maining a shrub. 



AA. Lvs. 1-2 in. long. 



pedunculita, Sieb. & Zucc. With spreading, often 



somewhat pendulous branches, dark green when young: 



lvs. to 2 in. long, narrowed into a sharp point, shining 



and dark green above: fr. ovoid, roundr-d at both ends, 



Jirely globulat. Jap.. Cliina. (i.e. 11 1. IS: 7Iii. — In 

 apan, tree to 25 ft. liiu'li. u-nally slivnl' iji rnltun-. A 

 remarkable form is var. iastigiata. Car]-. { I'lKhx-.h-pus 

 Koraihna, Sieb. & Ziicr. i, of .•oluniiiar lial.it, willi up- 

 right branches and spirally arranged lvs. G.C. II. 

 21:112. S.H. 2:450. Gng. 2:341. 



drup&cea, Sieb. & Zucc. Branches spreading, stiff, 

 usually light green when young : lvs. about 1 in. long, 

 abruptly pointed, narrow and straight, often upturned: 

 fr. usually obovate, narrowed at the base. Jap. G.C. 

 III. 18:717. -This is the dwarfest species, usually form- 

 ing a low bush with stiff, spreading branches. 



Alfred Rehdeb. 

 CEPHALdTUS (Greek, in a head, referring to the 



stamens). Sa. 



Lvs, 



inary 



ifrag(tcece. On 

 al, of two kinds, the or 

 ( or elliptic, hairy, and i 

 nil purple tints and a netted 

 iri- borne in an interrupted 

 ihi'y are apetalous, and have 



crowded 

 Australia, 

 foliage h- 

 the other.- 

 and veini 

 spike, on 

 a white, I 



1-seeded carpels. The species is C. folUculiriB, Labill. 

 (Fig. 409). It is cult, in coolhouses for its odd insec- 

 tivorous pitchers, which are 1-3 in. long and beautifully 

 lined and shaded with purple and green. The plant is 

 grown in peat and moss, after the manner of Diosera 

 and Dioniea. Delights in plenty of moisture, nioiuited 

 on sphagnum moss. Give a cool and shady position. 

 Prop, by seeds (allow only one seed vessel to mature) 

 and al.so by division. A most interesting plant. R.B. 

 23:2,33. I. H. 27:391. J. H. HI. 35:260. 



L. H. B. and H. A. Siebrecht. 



CERASTIUM 



of the podi, '■- 

 perennials, wiih 

 lvs. and small \\ 

 shape anil .li lii 

 petals as inanv . > 

 able in ro.-k, rir 

 about 100, ol »., 



Oil. nllnding to the shape 

 I '. '•iiinbent annuals or 

 / ■nis, small, opposit© 

 .1. ; ir..iii Arenaria in the 

 . i:..| .-iile: sepals 5 or 4; 

 ; stamens 10 or less. Valu- 

 ling and borders. Species 

 ribution. 



409 Cepnalot 



on Taxus baccata. For cions and cuttings, terminal 

 shoots should be selected, which form regular plants 

 with whorled branches like seedlings, while cuttings 

 from lateral branches grow into irregular, low, spread- 

 ing shrubs. 



Si n 11 1 1 a I h 1 V^r E.xp.Sta., from whirh Fig. 410 



!*,i, ;■', i IS adapted — RecomniLndcd as a beddiug plant, for .its 

 ^^'* mat like habit covered with white bloom. 

 "^O^ AA {Lvs silvery or grayish. 



"^Ja B Capsule equaling the calyx. 



^i^ grandlfldrum, Waldst & Kit. Creeping perennial : 

 ~~ /^-^ |\s linear aiute the margins reflexed ; inflorescence 

 ^ dichotomous H stems 6-8 in. high : petals oval, 2- 



parted transparent white, twice as long as calyx. E. 

 Luropi 



BB, Capsule much longer than the calyx. 

 Bi^berstelnii, DC. Stems 6 in., creeping, diJuse, 

 branched : lvs. ovate-lanceolate, tomentose-wool'y ; pe- 

 duncles erect, dichotomous ; capsule ovate-cylindrical. 

 Tauria. B.M. 2782. — Like C. tomentosum, bat with, 

 larger lvs. Fine for edgings. 



