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CEPHALANTHUS 



cult. Hardy ornamental shrub, with handsome glossy 

 foliage and very attractive with its flower balls appear- 

 ing late in summer. It thrives in any good garden soil, 

 best in a sandy, somewhat moist one. Prop, by seeds or 

 by cuttings of ripened wood in fall, and also by green- 

 wood cuttings taken from forced plants early in spring. 

 oooidentilis, Linn. Shrub, 3-12 ft. : Ivs. long-petioled, 

 ovate or oval, acuminate, glossy above, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent below, 3-6 in. long: heads about 1 in. 

 in diam., long-peduncled, 3 or more at the end of the 

 branches. July-Sept. From New Brunswick south, 

 west to Ontario and Calif . Era. 394. R.H. 1889, p. 280.— 

 Var. angrustifdlia, Andr^. Lvs. oblong, lanceolate, usu- 

 ally in 3's. R.H. 1889, p. 281. Alfred Rehdee. 



CEPHfiLAEIA (Greek for Jiead, alluding to the capi- 

 tate flower-clusters). Dips&eeoe. Coarse annual or per- 

 ennial herbs of Europe, Africa and Asia, much like 

 Dipsacus, but the heads less spiny. The heads are ter- 

 minal and globular, bearing manv 4-parted yellowish, 

 ■whitish or bluish florets. 



Tat&rica, Schrad. Perennial, ft., rank, with striate 

 stems, suited to the rear border, where strong effects are 

 desired, with showy cream-white flat heads in July and 

 Aug.: lvs. pinnate, the Ifts. broad -lanceolate and ser- 

 rate. Grows readily, and is increased by seed or divid- 

 ing the clumps. j^ jj g 



CEPHALOTAXUS (Greek, Jicod,- Taxics-like plant, 

 with fls. in heads or clusters). Conlferm, tribe Taxdcea. 

 Trees or shrubs, with evergreen, linear, pointed lvs. 

 with 2 bro:,,], l-Itmi.'.vti^- liiv^ beneath, arranged in 2 



rows: II- ! ill)- I 'i:i. in 1-8-fld., short-stalked 



clusti r- I ' _ I a small cone with sev- 



eral 1'?:m ' I _ _ I . . il (i\-ules. Seed enclosed 



in atlf^lij. ■ II ■ : I- . .11 ip. Ilk. , about 1 in. long, reddi.sh 

 or greenish br<iwii. Fnini allied genera it may be easily 

 distinguished by the resin-canal in the center of the 

 pith, and by the glaucous lines beneath from Taxus, 

 which has the lvs. yellowish green beneath, and from 

 Torreya by the glaucous lines being broader than the 3 

 green lines, while in Torreya the glaucous lines are 

 narrower than the green ones. Six closely allied spe- 

 cies from Himal. to Jap. Ornamental evergreen shrubs, 

 in appearance very like a yew. hut ..f m ,r, L-nifcful 

 habit. Not hardy north, or only in I j.osi- 



tions. They thrive best in a soin. i . i well- 



drained, sandy loam, and in parti . iiions. 



Prop, by seeds, stratified and sown in -|.iin_'. imiiurted 

 seeds usually do not germinate until the scc-und year ; 

 increased also by cuttings in August, under glass, and 

 by veneer-grafting in summer, on one of the species or 



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. Cepnalotus lolUcularis (XJi). 



on Taxus baccata. For cions and cuttings, terminal 

 shoots should be selected, which form regular plants 

 ■with whorled branches like seedlings, while cuttings 

 from lateral branches grow into irregular, low. spread- 

 ing shrubs. 



CERASTIUM 



A. lyfS. 2-S in. long : branchlets yellowish green, 

 pendulous. 



F6rtunei, Hook. Lvs. tapering gradually into a sharp 

 point, usually falcate, dark green and shining above : 

 fr. greenish brown, obovate. N. China, Jap. B.M. 4499. 

 F.S. B: 555. R.H. 1878, p. 117. — This is the most grace- 

 ful species, with long and slender branches, attaining in 

 its native country 50 ft. in height, in culture usually re- 

 maining a shrub. 



AA. I/vs. 1-2 in. long. 



pedunculata, Sieb. & Zucc. With spreading, often 

 somewhat pendulous branches, dark green when young: 

 lvs. to 2 in. long, narrowed into a sharp point, shining 

 and dark green above: fr. ovoid, rounded at both ends, 

 rarely giobulat. Jap., China. G.C. III. 18: 716.-In 

 Japan, tree to 25 ft. high, usually shrub in culture. A 

 remarkable form is var. fastigi^ta, Carr. (Podoeiirpus 

 Koraidna, Sieb. & Zucc), of columnar habit, with tip- 

 right branches and spirally arranged lvs. G.C. II. 

 21:112. S.H. 2:450. Gng. 2:341. 



drup&cea, Sieb. & Zucc. Branches spreading, stiff, 

 usually light green when young : lvs. about 1 in. long, 

 abruptly pointed, narrow and straight, often upturned: 

 fr. usually obovate, narrowed at the base. Jap. G.C. 

 III. 18:717. — This is the dwarfest species, usually form- 

 ing a low bush with stiff, spreading branches. 



Alfred Rehder. 



CEPHALOTUS (Greek, in a head, referring to the 

 crowded stamens). SaxifragcLcea. One species in 

 Australia. Lvs. all radical, of two kinds, the ordinary 

 foliage lvs. being spatulate or elliptic, hairy, and entire, 

 the others being pitchers with purple tints and a netted 

 and veined lid. The fls. are borne in an interrupted 

 spike, on an erect scape; they are apetalous, and have 

 » white, 6-parted calyx, 12 



tivorous pitchers, which are 1-3 in. long and beautifully 

 lined and shaded with purple and green. The plant is 

 grown in peat and moss, after the manner of Drosera 

 and Dionsea. Delights in plenty of moisture, mounted 

 on sphagnum moss. Give a cool and shady position. 

 Prop, by seeds (allow only one seed vessel to mature) 

 and also bv division. A most interesting plant. R.B. 

 23:2.33. I. H. 27:391. J. H. III. 35:260. 



L. H. B. and H. A. Siebreoht. 

 CEEASTIUM (Greek for ftor«, alluding to the shape 

 of the pod). Caryophyll&cea. Decumbent annuals or 

 perennials, with weak, slender stems, small, opposite 

 lv3. and small white fls. : differs from Arenaria in the 

 shape and dehiscence of the capsule: sepals 5 or 4; 

 petals as many, often 2-cleft; stamens 10 or less. Valu- 

 able in rockeries or for bedding and borders. Species 

 about 100, of world-wide distribution. 



A. Lvs. green, merely pubescent. 



arv^nse, Linn. (var. oblongifdlium, Holl. & Britt.). 

 Sx.vKRy Grasswort. Fig. 410. Perennial, low, much 

 branched and matted; stems 8-12 in. long; lvs. oblong or 

 lanceolate, pale green, pubescent, obtuse, %-\}^ in. long, 

 ]4 in. wide: fls. very numerous, appearing in April and 

 May; petals 5, deeply bifid : capsules twice as long as 

 the calyx. On magnesian rocks, N. Y. to Va. and west- 

 ward. Bui. 74. Ind. Agr. Exp. Sta., from which Fig. 410 

 is adapted. — Recommended as a bedding plant, for its 

 .aat-like habit, covered with white bloom. 

 AA. I/vs. silvery or grayish. 

 B. Capsule equaling the calyx. 



grandlildrum, Waldst. & Kit. Creeping perennial : 

 lvs. linear, acute, the margins reflexed ; inflorescence 

 dichotomous : fl. -stems 6-8 in. high : petals oval, 2- 

 parted, transparent white, twice as long as calyx. E. 

 Europe. 



BB. Capsule much longer than the calyx. 



Biebersteinii, DC. Stems 6 in., creeping, diffuse, 

 branched : lvs. ovate-lanceolate, tomentose-wooUy ; pe- 

 duncles erect, dichotomous ; capsule ovate-cvlindrical. 

 Tauria. B.M. 2782. — Like C. tomentosum, but with 

 larger lvs. Fine for edgings. 



