ndy swamps and pine liar- 



P. B. Kennedy. 



apparently limited to 

 rens of New Jersey, 

 mental grass. 



CALAMPfiLIS is Eccrtmocarpns. 



CALAMUS (Greek fgrrecd). Palmacere, tribe Lepi- 

 iloriirpd-. Slender, cespitose or climbing palms, with 

 pinnatisect Ivs. ; Ifts. with reduplicate sides, acuminate, 

 entire, with parallel nerves : fr. of many carpels, clothed 

 with reflexed, shining, closely imbricated appressed 

 scales : spathes tubular, persistent, flowering annually. 

 Species about 150. Tropical Asia. 



clliiris, Blume. Stem slender, climbing by means of 

 long, axillary, leafle.ss branches, ("Vi-nd wit'i hooked 

 spines: Ivs. 1 ft. long, 6 in. wid.-; Ifi^. ninii.r.uis, hairy; 

 petiole 2 in. long, with few liciki.! spin.^. Malaya. 

 F.R.1:607. G. C. 111. 21: 8C.-IiitnMlu.-...l i, if,, cultiva- 

 tion in 1869. 



0. Andrednum. Hort., P. & lI.=?-0. calicArpus. Griff.= 

 Djemonoropscalicarpus, Mart.— C'.iemsiartws, Griff. =D«mon- 

 orops Lewisianus, Mart. Jaked G. Smith. 



Calamus is an easily grown group of palms, very 

 state. Some of the spe- 



cies have steni.s sevi 

 them to uufuld the 

 trees. The leaves ! 

 the plant in climbii 

 cesses arranged on 

 the leaf. Where a 

 plants should be se 

 they are capable t 



the main stem ascei 

 age. ■■ ■ 



iidred feet long, which enable 

 PS at the tops of the tallest 



CALANTHE 211 



discolor, Schrad. ( T. neqiinx. Hort.). One to 2 ft.: 

 Ivs. fleshy and obonate, purple beneath : fls. bright 

 rose, with yellow stamens. Chile. B.M. 3357. 



caulfescens, HBK., var. M^nziesii, Gray (C. spe.cibsa, 

 Lindl.). Three to 12 in. high, with green herbage, gla- 

 brous, or nearly so: Ivs. linear, or spatulate-oblanceolate: 

 fls. rose-red or purple, rather large and long-ped uncled 

 (petals }^ in. long). Calif., N. B. R. 1598. -Variable. 

 There is a white-fld. var. advertised. 



J. B. Keller and L. H. B. 



CALANTHE (Greek for beautiful flower). OrchidA- 

 ee(e, tribe f'dndem. A genus of sub-epiphytal or terres- 

 trial orchids found in the eastern hemisphere, and spar- 

 ingly in the western hemisphere. Scapes erect, many- 

 flowered : Ivs. broad, plaited : fls. white or rose-colored, 

 rarely yellow : pseudobulbs angulate, with greyish 

 green sheaths in the Vestitre section, but absent in the 

 Veratrifoliae section. Many species are known to orchid 

 fanciers. 



vestlta, Lindl. ( C. oeu Wn , Hort. ) . Lvs. broadly lan- 

 ceolate, nearly 2 ft. long, from greyish green pseudo- 

 bulbs : fls. nearly 3 in. across, numerous, in racemes; 

 petals and sepals whitish, all more or less overlapping, 

 the former oval-oblong, the latter obovate-oblong; label- 

 lum flat, large, three-lobed, the midlobe cleft ; a vellow 

 or crimson blotch in front of the short column ;; 

 scapes from 2-3 ft. high, hairy. Blooms in winter. 

 Malaya. B.M. 4671. F. E.9:.325. A. F. 6:655. F. S. 



by C. Scipionum. Young plants thrive best in a root- 

 ing medium containing a considerable quantity of leaf- 

 mold. Older plants need soil of a more lasting nature; 

 a quantity of ground bone and charcoal in the soil may 

 be used to advantage. Old, well-fumished plants need 

 enormous quantities of water. All of them require stove 

 temperature. G. •\;V'. Oliver. 



CALAMUS c.r SWEET FLAG. See A 



CALANCHOE. See Kal tm hoe. 



CALANDRlNIA (.J. L Calandrini, 

 Genevan botanist of last century 

 itihiedeetp. Fleshy, spreading, or nearly 

 trailing plants, with mostly alter- 

 nate lvs. and red fls. of short dura- 

 tion. Petals 3-7; stamens 3-5-12. 

 A number of species in N. and S. 

 America and Austral. Sometimes 

 cult, in borders and rockeries, oi 

 used for edgings in sunny places. Prop, from seed 

 usually treated as annuals (which some of them are). 



vimbellita, DC. Four to 6 in.: lvs. linear and hairy: 

 fls. in a corymb, or umbel-like terminal cluster, bright 

 crimson. Peru. R.H. 1853: 5.- This species is hardy in 

 many parts of the U. S,, in our northern climate, it 

 should bo planted in a well-sheltered position, or pro- 

 vided with ample protection in winter ; sometimes it acts 

 like the biennials, but, as seeds are produced very freely, 

 young seedlings spring up constantly between the old 

 plants, and one does not miss the few which may decay 

 during the second year ; the plant forms a very neat, 

 slightly spreading tuft; flowers are produced in many- 

 flowered umbels, terminal, numerous, and large, glow- 

 ing crimson-magenta, saucer shaped, very showy. June 

 to November. Full exposure to sun, and light sandy 

 soil, are needed to bring out the rare beauty of these 

 plants. The flowers close up when evening comes, like 

 the annual portulacas, but they reopen on the follow- 

 ing day. In the sunny, sloping part of a rockery, even 

 when quite dry, or among other low plants in a bed or 

 border, they are highly satisfactory. This is the only 

 species which we have found to be tolerably hardy with 

 us in the north as a perennial ; it may also be treated 

 like the annuals, as it flowers the first summer just as 

 freely as afterwards. Can be prop, by cuttings. 



■b^ 



and 8: 816. -A 



which the following 



the 



ipor 



tant : Var gigantda, Hoit 

 Larger in all parts fls white, 

 with led eye \ar nivalis, 

 Hort. Fls pure white Vai 

 Turuen, Hort (C Tminti 

 Keichb f ) Fls more numer 

 ous, labellum with a crimson 

 blotch ; blooms later in the 

 season than the next. Var. 

 ri»bro-ocul4ta, Hort. Label- 

 lum with a crimson - purple 

 blotch. October -February. 

 Var. Idteo-ooulilta, Hort. Yel- , " 



low-blotched. Var. Begnieri, ^ 



Hort. (C. Kegnieri, Reichb. I [ 



f. C. Stevensidna, Regnier). ' 



Pseudobulbs more elongated, with a depression above the 

 middle, labellum rose-colored, with a purple blotch in front 

 of column, less deeply lobed than m the tj pe A F. 6 : 655. 

 veratrifdlia, R. Br. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, about 2 

 ft. long, from a creeping rhizome : fls. white, in dense 



