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CIBOTIUM 



CIBOTIUM (Greek, o liItU seed-vessel). Cyathe&cetr. 

 A small genus of tree-ferns from Mexico and Polynesia, 

 with copious, bivalved, coriaceous indusia, differing from 

 Dicksonia in having the outer valve entirely distinct 

 from the leaf. For culture, see Dicksonia. 



C. Barometz is the plant that gave rise to the wonder- 

 ful stories of the Barometz or Scythian Lamb (Pig. 470), 

 which, according to Bauhin, 1650, had wool, flesh and 



470. The Scythian Lamb. 



blood, and a root attached to the navel. The plant %vas 

 said to resemble a lamb in every respect, but grew on a 

 stalk about a yard high, and turning about and bending 

 to the herbage, consumed the foliage within reach, and 

 then pined away with the failure of the food until it 

 died. Wolves sought it and ate it as if it were a true 

 lamb. In 1725 Breyne, of Dantzig, declared that the 

 Barometz was only the root of a large fern, covered with 

 its natural yellow down and accompanied by stems, 

 which had been placed in nmseums in an inverted posi- 

 tion, the better to represent the appearance of the legs 

 and horns of a quadruped. A.G. 12: 258. 



A. Outer valve of the indusiwm larger, or the valves 

 siibequal. 



glaiioum, Hook. & Am. Lvs. ovatf-buicpolutc. ti-ii.iii- 



Barometz, .J. Sm. Scytipw I.\mi:. '\ -n-l \< - . : I-,,. 

 scented, tripinnate, the lowi-r pinii;e ovutc-hnu-eolatc ; 

 pinnules short-stalked, 4-6 in. long, with falcate seg- 

 ments : valves of the indusium nearly equal : veins 

 prominent, rarely forked. China. 



AA. Outer valve of the indusium smaller than 

 the inner. 



Schifedei, Hook. Caudex 10-15 ft. high : Ivs. oblong- 

 deltoid, tripinnate, with pinnsB 1-2 ft. long ; segments 

 falcate, sharp-pointed: sori sparse: veins forked, on the 

 lowest pinnate. Mexico. 



regile, Linden. Caudex 10-12 ft. high : Ivs. oblong- 

 deltoid, tripinnate, with pinnae 18-24 in. long ; pinnules 

 sessile, with close, falcate, deeply incised segments : 

 veins pinnate in the lobes. Mes. l_ ji_ Undekwood. 



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times ruh .!•,.• ■ ..-i. i,- i.>i ilp ■ .IM.'.- ri|"- -rc-N'. 



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abushy,li::ii' i-hni, \a-.v.<i\, Muall, ruu,Hli-.|i Ic^il.t-: 

 fls. white or rfiliUsli, simill, axillary. Seed roundislj, but 

 flattened on the sides, with a px-ojection on one side. 

 Little known in Amer., but much cult, in S. Eu. and Asia. 

 L. H. B. 



CICHdKIUM (Arabic Tiamel 

 Old World herbs, witli li. V,, 

 scales to the involu'i I 



CIENK6WSKIA. See Ka-mpferia. 



CIMICIFUGA, Linn, {cimex, a bug ; fugere, to drive 

 away). Ji'miunculAcem. Bugbane. Allied to Acliea. 

 Tall, liartly, herbaceous perennials, ornamental, but bad- 

 smcUing, suited for the back of borders or for partially 

 shailed jilaces in the wild garden. About 10 species, na- 

 tives of the north temperate zone. Lvs. large, decom- 

 pound : fls. white, in racemes ; sepals 2-5, petaloid, de- 

 ciduous; petals 1-8, small, clawed, 2-lobed or none: fol- 

 licles 1-8, many-seeded, sessile or stalked ; stigma 

 broad or minute! Half shady or open places ; any good 

 garden soil. Prop, by seeds and division of roots in fall 

 or early sprinfr. 



Americana, Ai i 'Ir,. .,■'■'""'.'/'/"''•■•'■;,"', 1""' ,. --"I.'imIit, 



of Alleghanies. 



{(Etida, Linn. Lvs. bipinnate, terminal 1ft. 3-lobed : 

 petals of the white fls. often tipped with anthers ; no 

 staminodia : follicles 3-5 ; seeds very chaffy. Summer. 

 Siberia. —Following var. only is cult. 



Var. simplex, Reg. (C simplex, Wormsk.). Tall and 

 handsome : fls. short-pedicelled, forming a fine, dense 

 raceme, and at first pubescent : follicles short-stalked. 

 Kamtschatka. 



racem6sa, Nutt. {C. serpentAria, Pursh). Fig. 471. 

 Stem :;-» ft, high : lvs. 2-3 times 3-4-parted ; Ifts. 

 ui.i-sih civatr, lirni texture: racemes few, rigidly tn-ct, 

 of'liii III rMiiiiiiL' J ft. long- follicles rather shorter than 

 thr |H In > 1, In n Iv ' ., in. long, short .style' abruptly re- 

 (■iii\ I i, \ . r A |; ' !iy in fr.,with its two rows of ova! ful- 

 li. I i! I I : nding upward from the latL-ral 



■ I! i. I . •':i'j. Georgia to Canada and westward. 

 !i ' I It:!. Gn. 46, p. 269. G.C. 11. 10:557. 



I ' i iiiL'st in gardens. 



\.a. tlioSucta,, la-ay (C. spicdta, Hort.). Lvs. more 

 cumpouud than the type: small white fls. closely packed 

 on lateral and terminal branches. Lasting until Sept. 

 Del. and S. Pcnn. J.H. 111. 33:381. 



r^ I,rv,;,., I>„v.l. T,vs v,.rv l.rn.iillv mate or orbicular. 



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CINCHdNA (from Countess Chinchon). liuhidcea. 

 This genus of plants contains, according to Index 

 Kewensis, 07 species, some of which yield bark con- 

 taining quinine. The species grow isolated in various 

 districts of the Andes, at elevations ranging from 2,300 

 to 9,000 ft., and between 22° S. and 10° N. latitude. 

 Some of the species are lofty trees, others are mere 

 shrubs. The lvs. are opposite, with deciduous stip- 

 ules. The fls. are fragrant, much frequented by hum- 

 ming birds, white and pink in color, growing in ter- 

 minal panicle'^. The calvx is small. 5-toothed, and 

 p..i-«i-t.-i,t. T\tf r-,r.,lli IrV, :, I..11- tnl.r- with 5 short, 

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