CALLIANDRA 



CALLIRHOE 



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Lambertiana, Benth. (Acacia Lambertiana, D.Don). 

 Unarmed : branches terete : Ivs. pubemlous-villous : 

 pinnae 2-3-yoked : Ifts. 9-12-yoked, oval-oblong, obtuse 

 at both ends : petiole not glandular : peduncles 3-5, 

 racemose : heads roundish ; stamens 20-25, exserrcd. 

 Mexico. B.R.721 



318. Calla palustris. 



tetragona, Benth. (Ac&cia tetragona, Willd.). Un- 

 armed, glabrous: branches tetragonal : pinnae 5-6-yoked : 

 Ifts. 16-29-yoked, linear, acute, the outer larger : heads 

 pedunculate, axillary; fls. white : pod linear-obtuse, 

 thickened at the margin. 



Portoric6n8is, Benth. (Acacia Portoricensis , Willd.). 

 Unarmed shrub, 10 ft. high: pinnae 5-yoked: Ifts. 15-25- 

 yoked, linear, obtuse ; petioles not glandular: branch- 

 lets pubescent: heads globose, pedunculate, axillary: 

 calyx ciliate on the margin : filaments long, white : sta- 

 mens 20-25: pod straight, linear, tapering at the base. 

 West Indies. 



CALLICAEPA (Greek, beauty and fruit). Verbend- 

 cece. Shrubs or trees, mostly with rough, stellate hairs: 

 Ivs. opposite, usually dentate and deciduous : fls. small, 

 perfect, in axillary cymes ; corolla with short tube, 4- 

 lobed ; stamens 4 : fr. a small, berry-like drupe, red, 

 lilac or violet, with 2-4 seeds. About 30 species in trop. 

 and subtrop. regions of Asia, Australia, N. and C. Amer. 

 Some species are cult, chiefly for their decorative fr., 

 profusely produced in fall ; the hardiest are C. pur- 

 purea and C. Japonica, and they may be grown even 

 north in sheltered positions, if somewhat protected dur- 

 ing the winter. If killed to the ground, young shoots 

 spring up vigorously, and will produce fls. and fr. in the 

 same season. If grown in the greenhouse, they require 

 a sandy compost of loam and peat, and plenty of light 

 and air. Prop, readily by greenwood cuttings in spring 

 or summer under glass, also by hardwood cuttings, layers 

 and seeds. 



A. Lvs. tomentose beneath. 



Americana, Linn. Shrub, 3-6 ft., with scurfy, downy 

 tomentum : Ivs. cuneate, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, ob- 

 tusely serrate, 3-6 in. long: cymes short-stalked; corolla 

 bluish, glabrous: fr. violet. July-Aug. Virg. to Texas 

 and W. India. One of the handsomest in fr., but more 

 tender than the Japanese species. There is a var. with 

 white fr. 



AA. Li'ft. glabrous beneath, but glandular: corolla 

 glandular outside. 



Jap6nica, Thunb. Shrub, 2-5 ft. : Ivs. cuneate, ellip- 

 tic or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, crenately serrate, 

 2^2-5 in. long: cymes peduncled, many-fld. ; fls. pink or 

 whitish: fr. violet. August. Japan. P.F.G.2,p. 165. 



purpurea, Juss. (C. grdcilis, Sieb. & Zucc.). Shrub, 

 1-4 ft. : Ivs. cuneate, elliptic or obovate, coarsely serrate 

 above the middle, entire toward the base, 1/^-3 in. long: 

 cymes peduncled, few or many-fld.; fls. pink: fr. lilac- 

 violet. August, Japan, China. Gn. 23: 392. -Closely al- 

 lied to the former, but smaller in every part. 



C. cana. Linn. Shrub : Ivs. broadly elliptic, shining above 

 and whitish-tomentose beneath : fr. deep purple. E. India, 

 China, Philippine Isl. C. dichotoma, C. Koch = C. purpurea. 

 C. landta, Schau., not Linn.=C. pedunculata. C. Mimurazaki, 

 Sieb.=C. Japonica. C. mollis, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub, to 4 ft.: 

 Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, tomentose beneath: 

 fls. and fr. pink. Japan. C. peduncvldta, R. Br. Shrub: Ivs. 

 oblong-ovate, nearly sessile, and rounded at the base, green and 

 slightly tomentose beneath: cymes slender-peduncled. E. Ind., 

 Austr. Sieb. Flor. d. Jard. 4: 97. C. rubella, Lindl. Shrub or 

 small tree, to 20ft.: Ivs. cordate-oblong, tomentose beneath: 

 fr. purple. Himal., China. B. R. 11: 883. P. S. 13: 1359 (as C. 

 purpurea). ALFRED REHDER. 



CALLI6PSIS. Consult Coreopsis. 



CALLIPHRURIA (Greek, beautiful prison; referring 

 to the spathe inclosing the flowers ) . Written also Cali- 

 phuria. Amaryllidacece. Tender bulbs from New 

 Granada, distinguished from Eucharis by the stamens, 

 the filaments being petalid, with three large linear teeth 

 on top, the middle one bearing the anther. The fls. ap- 

 pear with the Ivs. Prop, by offsets. J. G. Baker. Ama- 

 ryllidete, p. 112. 



Hartwegiana, Herb. Bulb ovid, 1 in. thick, stolonifer- 

 ous, with brown membranous tunics : Ivs. bright green, 

 firmer and more closely veined than in Eucharis, with 

 an oblong-acute blade 4-5 in. long, 2 in. broad, narrowed 

 into a petiole, which is flat above, and round beneath : 

 scape slender, 1 ft. long : fls. 6-8, in an umbel, white ; 

 perianth 1 in. long and wide. Andes of Bogota. B.M.6259. 

 Int. in 1889 by Reasoner, who has never flowered it. 



C. subedentdta. Baker =* Eucharis subedeutata. 



CALLIFBOBA is included in Brodicea. 



CALLfPTERIS (Greek, beautiful fern). Polypodiacece. 

 A genus of ferns allied to Asplenium, with elongate sori 

 formed on both sides of the veins, and the veins uniting 

 to form meshes or areolee. Some fifteen species are known 

 from the warmer parts of both hemispheres. The follow- 

 ing is the only one in cultivation. Culture of tropical 

 Asplenium s. 



pro lifer a, Bory (Asplenium decussatum, Swz.). Lvs. 

 2-4 ft. long besides the stalks, which are 1-2 ft. long, with 

 numerous pinnae 6-12 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, with deeply 

 crenate margins and frequently with bulblets in the axils ; 

 veins pinnate, with the branches of contiguous veins 

 uniting. Polynesia and Malaya. L. M. UNDERWOOD. 



CALLlRHOE (Greek mythological name). Malvacece. 

 POPPY-MALLOW. Seven native species of hardy, showy 

 herbs of the easiest culture and deserving a much greater 

 popularity. The two kinds mentioned are chiefly prop, 

 by seeds, but the perennial species may also be prop, 

 by cuttings. The name is also written Callirrhoe'. 

 A. Annual: involucre absent. 



pedata, Gray. Fig. 319. Height 1-3 ft. : stem erect, 

 leafy : radical, and lower Ivs. round -cordate, palmately or 

 pedately 5-7-lobed or -parted, the lobes coarsely toothed 

 or incised, upper 3-5-cleft or -parted, usually into narrow 

 : fls. red-purple, cherry red, varying to lilac. 



divisions 

 Common in Texas. 



R.H. 1857, p. 430. 



