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OEUCIFEES. Crossworts. Flowers are 

 called crucifers when composed of four 

 petals placed opposite each other, like 

 those of the cabbage and turnip. They 

 include all those plants arranged by 

 Linnseus in the 15th class of his system 

 Tetradynamia. 



CBUCIANE'LLA. Crosswort. (From the 

 diminutive of crux, a cross ; referring to 

 the way the leaves are arranged. Nat. ord., 

 Slellates [Galiacese]. Linn., k-Tetran- 

 drla \-Monogyn\Ht Allied to Eubia.) 



The leaves of all the plants in this order are 

 produced in whorls along the stem. Hence the 

 name of the order, which has been reared on the 

 ruins of Rubiaceae, which is now cancelled. The 

 greenhouse species thrive well in loam and peat, 

 and readily increase by cuttings ; the hardy per- 

 ennial kinds by seed and division, in garden- 

 oil. There are several annual species, but not 

 worth cultivating. 



GEEEKHOUSE EVEEGEEENS. 

 C, America' na (American). 1. Yellow. July. 

 S. Amer. 1/80. 



mari'tirr.u (maritime). 1. Yellow. July. France. 



1640. 



HAEDY HEEBACEOUS. 



C. ano'mala (anomalous). 1. Yellow. July. Cau- 

 casus. 1820. 



a'spera (rough). Greenish-yellow. July. Iberia. 



1837. 



ohlorosta'chys (greenish-yellow-spiked). Green- 



ish-yellow. July. Persia. 1837. 



Giln'nica (Ghilan). Yellow. July. Persia. 1837. 



glumeru'ta (crowded). 1. Yellow. July. Iberia. 



1824. 



pube'scens (downy). 1. Purple. July. Candia. 



1799. 



ttyln'sa (targe-styled'). ]. Pink. July. Persia. 

 ~- suave' olens (sweet-smelling). 1. Yellow. July. 



Russia. 1838. 



CBYPTOCHI'LUS. (From kryptos, hid- 

 den, and cheilos, a lip ; the lip, or label- 

 lum, being partly hid by the sepals. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria 1-Monandria. Allied to Acan- 

 thophippium.) 



Stove orchid ; root 'division ; soil, rough fibry 

 peat and rotten wood. 



C. sangui'nea (blood-coloured). 1. Scarlet. June. 

 Nepaul. 



CEYPTOCO'EYNE. (From&?v//>os, hidden, 

 and Isoryne, a club; the club-shaped 

 spadix, or spike, in the centre of the 

 llower, is hidden by the hooded spathe 

 peculiar to this order. Nat. ord., Arads 

 [Aracese]. Linn., 2l-Moncecia 2-Dian- 

 dria. Allied to Arum.) 



Stove herbaceous perennial; divisions, and 

 eeds when obtainable; loam and peat. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 55, and dry. 

 C. eilia'ta (hair-fringed). Green, purple. May. 

 E. Ind. 1824. 



CKYFTOGRI'MMA. A spurious name for 



Sir W. Hooker's Parke'ria, a Fern 

 lished in 1825 in Hooker's .Exotic Flora, 

 page 147. See PAEKE'EIA. 



CEYPTOME'EIA. Japan Cedar. (From 

 kryptos, hidden, and men's, part; the 

 structure of all the parts of the flower 

 being hidden, or not easily understood. 

 Nat. ord., Conifers [Pinacese]. Linn., 

 21-Moncecia 10-Monadelphia. Allied to 

 Taxodium.) 



A splendid evergreen tree, from 60 to 100 feet 

 high, from the north of China, where it grows iu 

 damp situations. Seeds imported ; some have 

 ripened in Britain ; cuttings in sandy soil, under 

 a hand-light ; a pure loam seems to suit it best. 

 C. Japo'nica (Japanese). 100. May. Japan. 1844 

 na'na (dwarf). North China. 



CEYTOPHEA'GMIUM. (From kryptos, 

 hidden, and phragma, a division or par- 

 tition; the flowers partly concealed by 

 the leafy bractes. Nat. ord., Acanthads 

 [Acanthacese], Linn., 2-Diandria \-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Justicia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings, in April, of 

 young shoots, in sandy loam, under glass, and in 

 bottom-heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 80 ; winter, 50. 



C. venu'stum (beautiful). 5. September. Purple. 

 Bengal. 



CRYPTO STE'GIA. (From kryptos, hid- 

 den, and steye, a covering; the cup, or 

 corolla, is hidden. Nat. ord., Asdepiadt 

 [Asclepiadacese]. Linn., 5-Penlandria 2- 

 Dtgynia. Allied to Periploca.) 



Climbing stove evergreens. Loam and peat; 

 cuttings root readily in sand, under glass, in heat. 

 C. grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 6. Pink. June. 

 India. 1818. 



Madugaxcarie'nsis (Madagascar). 10. Pink. 



July. Madagascar. 1826. 



CEYPTOSTE'MMA. (From kryptos, hid- 

 den, and stemma, a crown ; the crown of 

 the flower hidden. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., I9-Syngenesia3-Frus- 

 tranea. Allied to Arctotis.) 



Tender annuals, from Cape of Good Hope, re- 

 quiring to be sown on u gentle hotbed ; when 

 large enough may be potted two or three plant* 

 in a pot, and protected again in the same way, 

 and planted out in the open border the beginning 

 of June. 



C. calendula' ceum (marigold-^foit'ered). 1. Yel 

 low. July. 1752. 



hypochondri'acum (melancholy). 1. Yellow. 



July. 1731. 



runcina'tum (saw-fearerf). 1. Yellow. July. 



1794. 



CUCKOO FLOWEE. Carda'mine prate' nets 

 and Ly' chnis flos-cu' culi. 



CUCKOO-SPIT. See TETTIGOKIA WJ- 

 MAEIA. 



CUCULLIA VEEBASCI. Mullein Moth. 

 This is the parent of a greenish- / 



