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Papyrus, Linr 

 TIAN Paper-PL. 

 dark-green: stint ntiri 

 Ivs. only 3-1(1, -m 

 acute; primary i 

 slender, equiU ;.; , 

 bracts promincni , lUi) 

 and sessile, palt i-lic 

 Palestine. — For aquari 

 AA. Bn!:al 

 B. Lower ?r. , ,'. -■ , 

 NataUnsU, II- 

 1-3 leaf-beariii:j 

 base: involucn- J .; I . 

 unequal : spikes iiun 

 lanceolate, acuminate 



winged: scales oblong-ovate, obtuse. South Africa. - 

 Decorative. Not hardy. 



Krtilis, Borck. Stem short, slender, 4-5 in. high, 

 3-angled: Ivs. numerous, thin and broad, 4-9 line.s wide, 

 C in. long, equaling the stem, linear-lanceolate, folded 

 below, dotted, mar?in dcnripiilato: nmhol simple, 5-7- 

 rayed: rays elonL'!it.-.i, ,.,..,. I. iImh-^, ..ft,.i, roMt;,,..- r\t the 



apex, 1-2 ft. Ion-- I.I \.,■.u■^. -I, ,,,■!• -,,ii,,,.],.ts 



crowded, oblonr I ). -^,-,1, 



white. Central \ .:.. I i;. i, ... .imI ihij 



for hanging bask, l - ; l 1m- inni" I i ;i\ ~ <•U>■^\ Im ;tr [iLintlfts 

 instead of flowers. 



Iticidus, R. Br. Rather stout: stem 1-2 ft. high, terete 

 above: Ivs. numerous, large and broad, spongy-thickened 

 at the base, spinulose-margined : umbel spherical, C-8 in. 

 in diam.: spikelits dinsr. ilii;itate, long and linear: 

 scales persistent : axis .•"iitiininus. Australia. 



BB. Lower h-s. iniw, i;,i,x. iiiirrow and grass-like, 



(Papyrus Anfiquirum,'Willd. ) . Egtp- 



;t. Strict, tall and stout. 4-8 ft. high. 



tTiut: ra.<his wiuKless. Egypt, 

 I and damp soil. Not hardy. 

 hrafJts hUide-hearing. 

 ' / ( '., .M((7 and conduplicate. 

 I 'ft. high, smooth, with 

 I '. '-rul leafless ones at the 

 , - h r I : lays of the umbel short, 

 1 ciiMgested, nvimerous, linear- 

 pale brown, 10-12-fld. : rachis 



flat ( 



rim 



6Iegan8, Linn. (C. Idxus, Lam. and Hort.). Stem 

 3-angled, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. large, broadly linear, numer- 

 ous, spreading, half as long as the culm : involucre short; 

 spreading, few-lvd. : rays long and slender, unequal, 

 compound : spikes small, distant, oblong, greenish brown, 

 blunt, 6-11-fld.: scales round-elliptic, mucronate. West 

 Indies, Brazil. G. C. II. 2:99; III. 13:4].- For table 

 decoration. 



stTigdsufl, Linn. Stout, 1-3 ft. high, sharply 3-angled, 

 base bulbous : Ivs. numerous, long and grass-like, 

 smooth, 2-A lines wide; involucral similar, 6-12 in. long: 

 rays very unequal, 6 in. or less long: spikes 4-10-fld., 

 awl-shaped, chestnut-brown, densely clustered, at the 

 spike-like {1-VA in. long) tips of the rays. N. Amer.- 

 Hardy perennial, used for the borders of aquatic gardens. 



esoulfintUB, Linn. Chufa. Much like the last: root- 

 stock slender and bearing little tubers : spikes pale : 

 akene obovoid. Tropics.- Sometimes a weed in sandy 

 flelds; also cult, south for the edible tubers. Not hardy. 



ptingens, Borck. Stem verv short and thick, 1-2 in. 

 long, angled bi-I.. -A : l^-. , -|i,:,l,ii. n,. nin, rigid: umbel 

 simple, contrai'i. ' . r . ,| ' m. ;, i . , i- linear-lancpo- 

 late, compressc'.l, ! I :. , 

 lucral bracts 2-1. -. :in • i i i ; ' 

 Recently introduci-d. M::;. i ; i ', m riiiL' l.uskuts. 



O. compressns. hmn. Vmh,\ r : r, -.-ales 



acuminate. Trop. - C. «u/" ' - . i,:!. , \,i,er. 



trade. Central Afric.%.— Tall ;i i, ' i .. . , ; ,,.::..(sfor 

 wickerwork; very ornament, 1 1 m « ii, i : ,, i .1, ,, - i ,h,iitius, 

 Linn. Nut-gkass. Coco-orass. LikoC.esi-ulfiitus.lmt spikes 

 darker and akene linear. Weed in cult, flelds. — V. strtctvs, 



18-fld. 



Hort.= ? 



K. M. WiEGAND. 



CYPHOMANDHA (from the Gn-ok. nfcrrinir to the 

 hump-shaped anthers). Solainir.,-. r,,-, ,i,> , ,, s. 



American spineless shrubs or sni:.!! :i iially 



herbs in culture in the north), d is II, ,, .- s..' 



lanum chiefly by the thickened anilii is. Tli. I:ir-r ivs. 

 are entire, 3-lobed, or pinnatisect. 



betioea, Sendt. (SolAnum frdgrans, Hook.). Tree 

 Tomato. Fig. 641. Cult, occasionally for the egg- 

 shaped, reddish brown, faintly striped fruits, and un- 

 der such conditions it becomes a tree-shaped, half- 

 woody plant 6-10 ft. high : Ivs. large, soft-pubescent, 

 cordate-ovate; more or less acuminate, entire: fls. small. 



pinkish, fragrant, in small axillarv or super-axillary clus- 

 ters: fr. about 2 in. long, on slender .stalks, 2-loculed 

 and seedy, musky-acid and tomato-like in flavor, agree- 

 able to those who like tomatoes. Brazil. B.M. .S684. J. 

 H. III. 31:470. G.C. IIL 25:105. A.G. 11:409.— Bears 



the second and third \e<ir fiom seed under glass (where 

 it must be grown in the ni rthern states) For further 

 notes, see Bailey, Porcmg-Book. l_ jj g 



CYPHOPHCENIX, {hump and Phoenix, a palm). Pal- 

 mdca-, trilie .1 )■.■.•.,(. A gi-nus of only 2 sprcies of 



palmsofniii-ii.riiiiin.ii.iiM . . ^';,;ii, 1, -- ,,.-,li,i- h Iili :, i.m^ 

 ringed caniii • I .. ■■-'.■■:[.: ■ ',. , ^r. 



mentscoriir ■ i,,- 



wardtheajH ..:,,. ;,,,., .,,,.. i ■■ . ,1 at 



thebase; till (iiijijiii iiMii r , - ■' s .; -i i , .-.aly 



beneath: rachis stout, ratlnr i . cmvix on 



the back, acute above: spa.lii ■ I;.' branches 



long, stout: br.acts short: 1 ' — t'r. dark 



brown, medium, long-ovoid or . Ilii-iiiil. hi 

 cies 2. New Caledonia. 



«legans, Benth. & [Hook. {K4ntia (legnns, Brongn. 

 &Gris.). Rachis convex below, flat above; leaflets 

 alternate, approximate, scaly along the mid-nerve below: 

 fr. oblong-elliptical, acute. 



fulclta, Benth. & Hook. {Kintia fulclla, Brongn.). 

 Stem clothed at the base with smooth aerial roots : fr. 

 ovoid, attenuate above. 



CYPHOSPfiRMA (Greek, hump and seed). PalmA- 

 <■<<!. trill.' J /-,',,,(, Two Australian warmhouse palms, 

 scan-ilv kiLiwii in this country. C. Viellirdii, Benth. 

 & 11. ...k.. with pinnatisect Ivs., and long-ensiform cori- 

 ac-v.>iis s.i.'ni.'iits, is sometimes known asKentia robusta 

 Culture of Areca and Ptychosperma. 



Spe- 



irllarili, 



CYPRESS. 



ChamiFcyparis, Cupressus and Taxo- 



CYPRESS VINE. See Ipomoea. 



