CRYPTOGRAMMA 



CEYPTOGBAMMA (Greek, a concealed line, alluding 

 to the sub-marginal sori). PolypodiAcece. A small 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, 

 (7. erispa, is found in Europe, and a third in the Hima- 

 layas. Name often incorrectly written Cryptogramms. 



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

 8 in.: lvs. 4-6 in. long, on tufted straw-i-ul..r.-.l stalks, 

 tri-quadripinnatifid, with toothed or in.N' '1 ^.L-ni. nts, 

 the sporophylls with longer stalks, loss .livi.l.'l mul with 

 pod-like segments. Canada to Colorado, California and 

 northward. L. 51. Underwood. 



CEYPT6tEPIS (Greek, hidden scale). Asclepiadct- 

 cece. Glabrous shrubs, erect or twining, of tropical 

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

 ing, few-fld. cyme. Calyx deeply 5-parted, with 5 scales 

 at base. Corolla with spreading limb, the tube short- 

 cylindrical or carapanulate, the lobes .5 and linear, 

 spreading or deflexed and twisted ; corona of 5 scales 

 attached at or near the middle of the tube. Follicles 

 terete and smooth, spreading. Only cult, in S. Calif, and 

 S. Fla. C. Buchanani, Roera. & Schult. A twining 

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

 C. longijldra, Kegel. Dwarf and compact, growing with 

 long lvs. tinted with red; tubular white fls., as in Boii- 

 varditi jasminiflora. Both species are from India. 



CEYPTOMfiKIA (Greek, kryptos, hidden, meros, part; 

 meaning doubtful) Coniferw Large pyramidal tree, 

 with a straight slender trunk, covered with reddish 

 brown bark and with verticiUate spreading branches, 

 ascending at the extremities lvs. spirally arranged, 

 linear-subulate acute, slightly curved, decurrent at the 

 base: fls. monoecious, stammate oblong, yellow, forming 

 short racemes at the end of the branches, pistillate 

 globular, solitar> at the end of shoit bi mchlets cont 

 globular, with thiek wedge shaji d sides, 

 furnished w-ith a recurved point on the b k k 

 and with pointed lobes at the apex e ich scab » 



with 3-5 narrow winged, eiett seeds One spt 

 cies in China and Japan, extensively plmtc^ 

 for avenues, and as timber trees m tht 1 ittc 

 country, where the hght and easily woikcd 1 u 

 durable wood is much used It is hinh as f 1 

 north as New York, and thrives in shtltLiti 

 positions even in New England It setms ho\\ 

 sume the bi nit 

 itr^ With 1 

 looks best , 



sembles the ^»aH( It is tin i< tcm 



sometimes grown 111 1 11 U t 111 



rich, loamy and m 1 t 1 1 1 1 It nd p* si 

 tion. Prop, by seeds il tirtii ^s t giowii , 

 wood, especially vir (/ ifa>tti which grows V( 1 ' 

 readily. The horticultural varieties are aK 

 sometimes increased by giaftmg. 



Japdnica, Don Tree, attaining 125 ft U s 

 linear-subulate, compressed and slightly 4 or 

 angled, bluish green, K-1 m long cone blown 

 ish red, %-l m across S Z 124 R H IbhT 

 p. 392. Gng. 4 1'I7 i E 111 510 & F 44(i - 

 Of the gardiM 1 1 st desirable is var 



filegans, Hi i \ eitch) Low dense 



tree, with 1 1 r s and pendulous branchlets 



lvs. linear. Mjih nid. -iii, si)reading, longer than m the 

 type, bright gneii, changing to bronzy red in fall and 

 winter. Very handsome when young, but short-living, 

 Var. araucaroldes, Carr. Of regular pyramidal habit, 

 with short, thick falcate lvs., resembling Arniivaria 

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

 with bluish green foliage. Var. L6bbi, Carr. Of com- 

 pact habit, with shorter and mure appressed bright and 

 deep green lvs. Var. nana, Knight. Dwarf and pro- 

 cumbent, densely branched form; adapted for rockeries. 

 \'ar. spiralis, Veitch. Slender shrub, with strongly 

 falcate lvs., twisted spirally around the branchlets. 

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



CUCUMI 



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CEYPTOPtEUM (Greek, hidden wheat). Gramlnete. 

 This genus includes a plant sometimes catalogued with 

 ornann Tiiiil ^'i:i--i -. I.ut it is no more ornamental than 

 a loiii; I luack-grass would be. C. Elchard- 



soni.Srl, ,.; 1 ;■< 01 ii;£(!fcaj-d«o«i,Schrad.), is simi- 



lar to .1 ;, /.7. ./ '! ininim, hut has longer awns. It is 

 leafy, and grows 1-1'., ft. high. p. g. Kennedy. 



CEYPTOSTfiGIA (Greek, hriipto, conceal, and stego, 

 ■aled crown in the corolla tube, 

 vi, .1 sr/epiaddcew. A genus of 

 1 • limbers, one from tropical 

 ,ir. The juice of C.ffTO)!- 

 -iiiishine, produces caout- 

 \ :'i'l in India for this pur- 

 led in Old World greenhouse.; 

 a 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, IM 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 Reasoner. 



CUCKOO FLOWEE. Cardamine pmtensis. 



CUCKOO PINT. See Arum. 



r; referring t 



only two speci"s 

 Africa and rm<- 1 ' 

 diflora, when '-\j 

 chouc. The plin 

 pose. It is rarel; 

 for ornament. It 



CUCUMBEE. Plate VIII The 



derived from a South Asian species Gi 

 Cucumii) which has long been kii 

 The so called West In 1 

 classed with the Cudii I 



Cucumbers are 

 116 sativus (see 

 in cultivation. 

 !i IS commonly 

 The 



Snake, or Serpent C u it perly a musk- 



melon, and should be il illy as Cucitmis 



Melo,va,r flexuosiis (ct \m i.ii \i\ „U()) The ' Musk 

 Cucumber" IS Chch»i;s «i( sf/i(i/i! Hort Probably this 

 IS identical with Concombre musqu^, referred to iSicana 

 ndnrifrra b-^ Le Potager d un C urieux, known in this 

 f ' il <nini The Handera Cucumber is 



584 House 



English Cu 



Cucumts Saeleuxii, Paill et Bois (Pot d un Curieux), 

 but It IS not m cultivation m this counti > N one of these 

 is of any particular importance except the common types 

 of CKciinws satiiiis These are extensively cultivated 

 in all civilized countries as field and as garden crops. 

 They come into commerce as pickles packed m 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 



