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flowered ; and cuttings in May, under a hand- 

 glass ; dry soil ; all smaller kinds suitable for 

 Tock-work ; and although hardy in sheltered, dry 

 places, it is safest to propagate a few every season, 

 and give the protection of a cold pit in winter. 



C. acutlfo'lius (pointed-leaved). 1. White. Au- 

 gust. South of Europe. 



a'lbidus (white-teaed). 2. Pale purple. June. 



Spain, lb'40. 



asperifo'lius (rough-leaved). 2. White. June. 



South of Europe. 



candidi'ssimits (whitest). 4. Pale red. June. 



Canaries. 1817- 



cane'scens (hoary-leaved). Purplish. June. 



South of Europe. 



Clu'sii (Clusius's). 3. White. June. Spain. 



1810. 



complied' tus (complicated). 3. Red. June. 



Spain. 1818. 



Corborie'nsis (Corbor). 2. White. June. 



Spain. 1656. 



cordifo'lius (heart-leaved). 4. White. June. 



1800. 



Cre'ticus (Cretan). 2. Purple. July. Levant. 



1731. 



Tau'ricus (Taurian). 2. Purple. June. 



Tauria. 181 7. 



cri'spus (curled-tettwed). 2. Purple. June. 



Portugal. 1656. 



Cupania'nus (Cupani's). White. June. Sicily. 



cymo'sus (cyme-flowered'), 2, Purple, ftlay. 



Cy'prius (Cyprus). 4. June. White. Greece. 



1800. 



Dunalia'nus (Dunal's). 2. Purple. May. 



Florenti'nus (Florentine). 3. White. June. 



Italy. 1825. 



Jieterophy'llus (various-leaved). 2. Purple. 



June. Algiers. 



hirsu'tus (hairy). 2. White. June. Portugal. 



1656. 



inca'nus (hoary). 2. Purple. July. South 



of Europe. 1596. 



ladani'ferus (ladan urn-bearing. Bog-cistus). 



4. White. June. Spain. 1629. 

 albiflo'rus (white-flowered. Gum-cistus). 



4. White. June. Spain. 

 macula' tus (spotted). 4. White. June. 



Spain. 1700. 



latifo'lius (broad-leaved). 4. White. June. 



Barbary. 



laurifo'lius (laurel-leaved). 4. White. June. 



Spain. 1731. 



la'xus (loose -flowered). 2. White. June. 



Spain. 1656. 



Le'don (Ledon). 1. White. June. France. 



1730. 



longifo'lius (long-leaved). 4. White. June. 



South of Europe. 1800. 



Lusita'nicus (Portuguese). 3. Yellow. July. 



Portugal. 1830. 



Montpelie'nsis (Montpelier). 2. White. June. 



South of Europe. 1656. 



oblongifo'lius (oblong-leaved). 3. White. 



June. South of Europe. 



obtusifo'lius (blunt-leaved). 3. White. June. 



parviflo'rus (small-flowered). 3. Pale red. 



June. Crete. 1800. 



platyse'palus (broad-sepaled). 4. Red. June. 



populifo'lius (poplar-leaved). 3. White. May. 



Spain. 1656. 



psilose'palus (smooth - sepaled). 3. White. 



June. 



purpu'reus (purple). 2. Purple. June. 



rotundifo'lius (round-leaved). 2. Purple. June. 



South of Europe. 1640. 



C. saluifo'Hus (sage-leaved). 2. White. June. 

 South of Europe. 1548. 



erectiu'sculxs (rather erect). 2. White. June. 

 ochroleu'cus (yellowish- white). 2. Yellow- 

 ish. June. 



seri'ceus (silky). 2. Red. June. Spain. 1826. 



undula'tus (waved-leaved) . 4, White. June. 



South of Europe. 1803. 



vagina'tus (sheathed). 2. Pale purple. April. 



Teneriffe. 1779. 



villo'susi Hong-haired). 3. Purple. June. 



South of Europe. 1640. 



CITHAKE'XYLUM. Fiddle-wood. (From 

 kithara, a lyre, and xyloii, wood ; in refer- 

 ence to the wood being fit for musical 

 instruments. Nat. ord., Verbenas [Ver- 

 benaceae]. Linn., }A-Didynamia 2-An- 

 giospcrmia.) 



Stove trees ; cuttinors of ripe shoots in sand, 

 under a glass, and in bottom-heat ; loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 to 60. 

 C. cauda'tum (tailed). 20. White. Jamaica, 

 1/63. 



denta'tum (toothed). 15. E. Ind. 1824. 



seri'ceum (silky). 15. E. Ind. 1824. 



subserru'tum (slightly-toothed). 15. White. 



W. Ind. 1830. 



villo'sum (long-haired). 10. St. Domingo. 



1784. 



CITIUOBA'TUS. (From citros, a citron, 

 and batos, a thorn ; called the Oranye 

 Thorn by the colonists in New Holland, 

 the plant bearing small, orange-coloured 

 fruit. Nat. ord., PUtosporads [Pittospo- 

 racese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mono- 

 gynia. ) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from New Holland ; 

 cuttings in sand, under a bell-glass ; sandy, turfy 

 peat, and a little loam and charcoal. Bummer 

 temp., 55 to 75; winter, 45 to 50. 

 C. multiflo'rus (many-flowered). 3. November. 

 1818. 



pauciflo'rus (few-flowered). 1622. 

 CITRON. Ci'trus me'dica. 



CI'TRUS. Orange -tree. (Derivation 

 of doubtful origin ; supposed to refer to 

 Citron, a town in Judsea. Nat. ord., 

 Citronworts [ Aurantiacese] . Linn., 18- 

 Polyadelphia 2-Polyandria.) 



Greenhouse evergreen trees* 

 C. ungula'ta (angular-fruited). White. E. Ind. 



auru'ntium (sweet-orange). 15. White. Asia. 



1595. 



buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 3. White. June. 



China. 



decumafna (huge. S/taddock). 15. White. 



June. India. 1/24. 



delicio'sa (delicious). White. April. China. 



hu'strix (porcupine). 15. White. June. 



E. Ind. 



Japo'nica (Jzpz.n-small-f,-uited). 6. White. 



June. Japan. 



lime'tta (\\mc-bergumot). 8. White. June. 



Asia. 1648. 



limn'num (lemon). 15. White. June. Asia. 



1648. 



- Madure'nsis (Madura). 10. White. June. 

 China. 



