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CUPRESSUS 



to 40 ft., occasionally to 70 ft., with horizontal branches, 

 forming a broad, spreading head: branchlets stout : Ivs. 

 rhombic ovate, obtuse, closely appressed, not or obsciirely 

 glandular, dark or bright green: cones globular or ob- 

 long; scales 8-12, with a short, obtuse boss on the back. 



10: n2 



Gn. 53, p. 219. G.F. 7:245. V: 

 spreading, light glaucous. Ajm 

 ita, Knight. Of narrow, 1)M:i 

 Var. Guadalup6nsis, Mast, i ' 

 Branches spreading: Ivs. \ i i 

 " ^ "ipelsl. (i.e. Ill 



Mast. 



(C. Lh. 



ing 



branche 



lutea, Hor 





i-o.n.'j, ic(77i 6-3 scales. 

 Pig. 609. Shrub with sev- 

 ".o 20 ft., forming a dense, 

 pyramidal head : Ivs. 

 ovate, obtuse, thickened 

 at the apex, glandular, 

 dark green or glaucous: 

 cones oblong, %-l in. 

 high : scales usually 6, 

 with prominent conical 

 and curved bosses on 

 the back. Calif. S. S. 

 10:528. R.H. 1870, p. 155. 

 G.C. III. 9:403. 



4. Goveni&na, Gord. 

 Tree, to 50 ft., with slen- 

 der, erect or spreading 

 branches, forming a 

 road, open or pyramidal 



abundant stiiminate tls. 

 in spring : cones sub- 

 globose or oblong; scales 

 G-8, with short, blunt 

 bosses. Calif. S. S. 

 10:.527. Var. comp&cta, 

 Andr^. Of compact, pyr- 

 amidal habit. K.H. 189G, 

 p. 9. Var. glaikca, Carr., 

 with glaucous, and var. 

 viridis, Carr., with bright 

 green foliage. 



5. Ariz6nica, Greene. 

 Tree,to 40,rarely to 70 ft. , 

 with horizontal branches, forming a narrow, pyramidal 

 or broad, open head : branchlets stout : Ivs. ovate, ob- 

 tuse, thickened at the apex, inconspicuously glandular, 

 very glaucous : cones subglobose, %-l in. across; scales 

 6-8, with stout, pointed, of%en curved bosses, Ariz., 

 Calif. S.S. 10:526. 6.0.111.18:03. 



6. B^nthami, Endl. Tree, to 70 ft., with horizontal 

 branches, foniiiiii,' :i livraiiii.lal limil : Iimi.IiI.-- -len- 

 der: Ivs. I.valr-.,1,IM.,. Ml- :,, ■,,!<.. k, . i, ,■ ' . ]r.it 



thickened at iIm- .■i|H\. in. Mii-piru. Hi ~ ^ ■! .n-lit 



green: cm. - ;,l-l.iilai-. ' ,- , in. a.r.i-- . ^. , . - .. -, >MtU 



shr.rt ,.,,:■•.,. !,„,.,. .Mt-x. Var. Lindleyi, -MaM. , C. 



I.ir' ! 111. Branchlets regularly arranged, of 



II. I -III : cones small, with small-pointed 



Ihi- I I ,: . Kiiightiina, Mast. Branchlets very regu- 



larh air:aiL;i.l, Irinlike, drooping, glaucous: cones with 



stoiit, conical-pointed bosses. G.C. III. 16:669. 



AA. Branchlets slender, more or less pendulous : Irs. 



usually acute and keeled, not thickened at the 



apex: cones about %in. or less across (see 



also C. Bentlmmi). 



7. toruldsa, Don. Tall, pyramidal tree, to 150 ft., with 

 short, horizontal branches, ascending at the extremities: 

 branchlets slender. (I-'m.'.it'l'- b-^ rl^'-T^ii'i'' *>v:itp. acute, 

 appressed or slisrhti . - - • i ■' ' > ■ ■■ Uriirlit or 

 bluish green: com- i iK..iit ';in. 

 across; scales8-lii. II, li Corneyana, 

 Mast. (C CocHei/ir/i-, Knijii W n h ili -tim tly pendu- 



CURCU-MA 



Ions branches : cones oblong, larger. \:u\ maj^stica, 

 Gord. (0. ma jMica, Knight). Of iii..r.- viL;.ii.iii.- ^'n.wth, 

 with drooping branchlets, greyish -n , n. 



8. Lusit&nica, Mill. Tree, to :." ft., with spreading 

 branches and more or less peuduloii.- I.r-am-lilets: Ivs. 

 ovate, acute, glaucous: cones pedicelled, about Kin. 

 across, covered with glaucous bloom ; scales 6-8, with 

 conical pointed bosses. Habitat unknown; much cult, 

 in southwestern Eu. G.C. III. 10:761. -With several 



'.I. funebris, Endl. Tree, to60ft., with wide-spreadmg, 

 peiidiilous liranches and branchlets, branchlets slightly 

 tlatteiieil : Ivs. deltoid-ovate, acute, light green, often 

 slightly spreading at the apex: cones short, peduncled, 

 globose, about % in. across ; scales 8, with a short 

 mucro. China. P.P.G. I. p. 47, fig. 31. G.C. 1850:439. 

 P.S. 6, p. 91. 



t^i: 



Ida, 



Staiint I , ,, , . , V ![,,, ( '. Lusitanioa.- 



thurn. , , Hl.l, I ,,, ,,,'., ■ iii,,hes: Ivs. oblong- 

 I.an'-.,,,l.,i,, ,11,1,-11 ~], I,, I, nil- ,,,.,,> appressed: cones 



C. (/luri/'fra, .\utli.=l.'. Bi-iithanu. ALFRED Bbhder. 



COBCULlGO (Latin, curcalio, weevil ; referring to 

 the beak of the ovary). AmaryllidAcea. This genus 

 contains an uncommon foliage plant with the habit of a 

 young palm and a curious floral structure. The genus 

 is closely related to Hypoxis, but differs in its succulent 

 indehisceiit fruit, and "because in many species the ovary 

 has a I. h- I, 111: a, liii'h looks like a perianth tube, but 

 tlii- !,, ' ,''::■ -,,liil, and bears upon its summit the 

 st\l,. I :,;,, center of the perianth. The follow- 



in:.- -: 11 south and north, being used by 



liuri-'- . jardinieres, and general decorative 



work. I ,,utdoorsin summer. It is of easy 



cultni, ,. . - perfect drainage, and is prop, by 



Tile < iiritil i_,,,- are exceedingly ornamental plants for 

 large greenhouses, where a high temperature is main- 

 tained. To have them looking their best they should, if 

 possible, be planted out in a bed, where they will attain 

 a height of 5 feet. Their gracefully arching leaves are 

 so constructed that they move continually from side to 

 side with the slightest movement of the air. The va- 

 riety variegata is one of the best variegated-leaved 

 plants. While not so robust as the green form, it is 

 more adapted to pot-culture. The soil should be two 

 parts loam and another of rotted cow-manure and sand. 

 Drainage must be carefully arranged, as the plants need 

 an abundance of water. The green-leaved kind stands 

 the summers well in the neighborhood of Washington, 

 if protected from the sun and afforded an abundant sup- 

 ply of water. 



Propagation is by division. The pieces, before pot- 

 ting, will make new roots rapidly if placed in the sand 

 bed of a warm propagating house for a few days. 



reourvita, Dryand. Height 2% ft. or more : root 

 tuberous: Ivs. from the root, 1-3 ft. long, 2-0 in. wide, 

 with a channelled stalk one-third or one-fourth the 

 length, the blade lanceolate, recurved, plated : scapes 

 about as long as the leaf-stalks, covered with long, soft 

 brown hairs, recurved at the end, bearing a head of 

 drooping yellow fls., each % in. across : bracts one to 

 each fl., and about as long. Trop. Asia, Australia. B.R. 

 9:770. Var. striata, Hort., has a central band of white. 

 Var. variegita, Hort., has longitudinal bars of white. 

 (t. W. Oliver and W. M. 



CUECUMA (Arabic n mi, . .v ,' , ,„ ;«,5cf(f . A much 

 neglected group of ciin ! I, i warmhouse her- 

 baceous plants with gni 1 -, ,i |,,.sed of large con- 

 cave or hooded bract-. ,1 , ii I lie llowers scarcely 



protrude their gaping lu.a.ili-. ILe.^^, tieshy bracts are 

 perhaps the showiest feature of the plant, the topmost 

 ones being colored with gorgeous tropical hues. One 

 species was once advertised by John Saul, but all the 

 others mentioned below are equally interesting. These 



