CRYPTOGRAMMA 



CRTPTOGEAMMA (Greek, a concealed line, alluding 

 to the sub-marginal sori). PolypodiAcem. Asmall genus 

 of subalpine Ferns of both hemispheres. Lvs. of two 

 sorts, the sporophylls contracted and the sori covered 

 by the infolded margin of the segments, forming pod- 

 like bodies. Besides our native species, a second one, 

 C. crispn, is found in Europe, and a third in the Hima- 

 layas. Name often incorrectly written Crjrptogramme. 

 Culture easy. 



acrostichoides, R. Br. Rock-Brake. Height about 

 8 in. : Ivs. 4-6 in. long, on tufted straw-colored stalks, 

 tri-quadripinnatifid, with toothed or incised segments, 

 the sporophylls with longer stalks, less divided and with 

 pod-like segments. Canada to Colorado, California and 

 northward. L. M. Underwood. 



CRYPT61EPIS (Greek, hidden scale). Asclepiadd- 

 ceie. Glabrous shrubs, erect or twining, of tropical 

 Asia and Africa. Lvs. opposite. FIs. in a loosely fork- 

 ing, few-fld. cjTne. i al> \ il< . jilv ,".-|)arted, with 5 scales 

 at base. Corolla wi:!: - i :' _ limb, the tube short- 

 cylindrical or cunii' hiUes 5 and linear, 

 spreading or derirx. .i ^m i i..i-ii4; corona of 5 scales 

 attached at or ntiu liar niuiillc uf the tube. Follicles 

 terete and smooth, spreading. Only cult. inS. Calif, and 

 S. Fla. C. Buch&nani, Roem. & Schult. A twining 

 shrub with yellow fls., resembling those of an Echites. 

 C. longifl6ra, Regel. Dwarf and compact, growing with 

 long lvs. tinted with red; tubular white lis as in JBou 

 vardia jasminiflora. Both species are from India 



CBTPTOMfiRIA (Greek, fcr!/p?os, hidden meros part 

 meaning doubtful). Coniferce. Large pyramidal tree 

 with a straight slender trunk, covered with reddish 

 brown bark and with verticillate spreading branches 

 ascending at the extremities : lvs. spiraUy arranged 

 linear-subulate, acute, slightly curved decurrent at the 

 base: fls.moncecious; staminate oblong yellow forming 

 short racemes at the end of the branches pistillate 

 globular, solitary, at the end of short branchlets 

 globular, with thick, wedge - shaped scales 

 furnished with a recurved point on the bick 

 and with pointed lobes at the apex, eich scile 

 with 3-5 narrow-winged, erect seeds. One spe 

 cies in China and Japan, extensively plinted 

 for avenues, and as timber trees in the litter 

 country, where the light and easily worked 1 iit 

 durable wood is much used. It is hardy as t n 

 north as New York, and thrives in sheltei 1 

 positions even in New England. It seems h \ 

 ever, in cultivation, not to assume the be nil 

 it possesses in its native country. With u ir 

 looks best as a young plant, when it much i 

 seiiiMis the .1 riiiirnria excelsa. It is theretori 

 .sninrtimrs -rcwn in pots. It thrives best in a 

 ri'h. l.Miiiy ami niiiist soil and sheltered po i 

 ti'iii. l'ru|i. Iiy sL-eds or by cuttings of growing 

 wood, uspueially var. elegans, which grows ver\ 

 readily. The horticultural varieties are al i 

 sometimes increased by grafting. 



Jap6nica, Don. Tree, attaining 125 ft Iv 

 linrar-snlmhito. compressed and slightly 4 or d 

 aiiL'li .1. l.lui-li u'reen, K-1 in. long: cone brown 



p. :;;i2. '(in-, l :i;i7. F.E. lO: Sio". 'g.F 6 44fa - 

 Of thi- :,':ir.l. II furiiis, the most desirable is var. 

 ilegans, I'.i I ! ''-■ .i/'.s.Veitch). Low,dense 

 tree, with:, ■ Im-s and pendulous branchlets: 



lvs. lint-ar, , i , , ,i, s|ireading, longer than in the 



type, brii:lii -i i . n, ■ haii-iiig to bronzy red in fall and 

 winter. Very h.-indsmne when young, but short-living. 

 Var. araucaroldes, Carr. Of regular pyramidal habit, 

 with short, thick falcate lvs., resembling AraKcaria 

 excelsa. Var. compicta, Hort. Of very compact habit, 

 with bluish green foliage. Var. L6bbl, Carr. Of com- 

 pact habit, with shorter and more appressed bright and 

 deep green lvs. Var. nina. Knight. Dwarf and pro- 

 cumbent, densely branched form; adapted for rockeries. 

 Var. spirilis, Veitch. Slender shrub, with strongly 

 falcate lvs., twisted spirally around the branchlets. 

 S.Z. 124, Fig. 4. Alfred Rehder. 



CUCUMBER 



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CKYPTOPt'RUM (Greek, 7ii(/(2e« irheat). Gramineoe. 

 This genus includes a plant sometimes catalogued with 

 ornamental grasses, but it is no more ornamental than 

 a long-awned form of quack-grass would be. C. Blchard- 

 soni, Schrad. {Agropgrum Michardsoni, Schrad. ) ,is simi- 

 lar to Agropyron caninum, but has longer awns. It is 

 leafy, and grows l-VA ft. high. p. g. Kennedy. 



CRYPTOSTfiGIA (Greek, krupto, conceal, and stego, 

 cover; referring to the 5-scaled crown in the corolla tube, 

 whichisnotexposed to view). Asclejnadctcew. Agenusof 

 only two species of tropical climbers, one from tropical 

 Africa and one from Madagascar. The juice of €. gran- 

 diflora, when exposed to the sunshine, produces caout- 

 chouc. The plant is cultivated in India for this pur- 

 pose. It is rarely cultivated in Old World greenhouses 

 for ornament. It is said to be of easy culture in a warm 

 house and propagated by cuttings. 



grandifldra, R. Br. Stem erect, woody, branches twin- 

 ing : lvs. opposite, short-stalked, oblong, entire, 3 in. 

 long, IK in. wide : fls. in a forked raceme, reddish pur- 

 ple, becoming lilac or pale pink, about 2 in. across, 

 twisted in the bud. Trop. Afr. B. R. 5: 435. — Once cul- 

 tivated at Oneco, Fla., by Eeasoner. 



CUCKOO FLOWER. Cardan 

 CUCKOO PINT. See^ram. 



: pratensis. 



CUCUMBER Plate VIII The common Cucumbers 

 derived from a South \sian species t 

 Ciittoins) which has long been kr 

 The so called West In lia ( heikin 

 classed with the Cu u i i 

 Snake or Serpent ( i 

 melon and should 1 I 

 Melo var flexuo>,u>, ( I \ i . 

 Cucumber is Citruwi m h it i 1 

 IS identical with Concombre 

 odorifera by Le Potager d 



li satnus (see 



n knrwn m cultivation. 



km which is commonly 



Angiiiia The 



I loperlj a musk- 



1 I illy as Cuctimis 



< Ub) The Musk 



■t( II>rt Probably this 



squ^ referred to Sicana 



Curieux known in this 



umber ia 



Cucumis Sacleuxii, Paill. et Bois. (Pot. d'un Curieux), 

 but it is not in cultivation in this country. None of these 

 is of any particular importance except the common types 

 of Cuciimis sativiis. These are extensively cultivated 

 in all civilized countries as field and as garden crops. 

 They come into commerce as pickles packed in bottles 

 and barrels, and are very extensively used in this 

 form. Of late, the forcing of Cucumbers under glass 

 has come to be an important industry in the eastern 

 states ; and this industry seems to be rapidly in- 

 creasing. 



Cucumbers will thrive in any good soil not extremely 

 heavy nor sandy. Good com or wheat land, if in garden- 

 ing condition with respect to tilth and drainage, will 



