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C. cupressifo'rmis (Cypress-like) . 20. New 

 Holland. 1826. 



quadriva' Ivis (four-valved). 20. Apetal. 



September. Barbary. 1815. 



trique'tra (three-sided). Apetal. April. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



CALLU'NA. (From kalluno, to adorn ; 

 in reference both to the beauty of the 

 Heather, and to its use as a scrubbing- 

 brush or broom. Nat. ord., Heathworts, 

 [Ericaceae]. Lin., 8-Octandria, \-Mo- 

 nogynia). Calluna vulgar is, the common 

 heather, and all its varieties, are the best 

 bee-flowers of our native Flora. The C. 

 vulgaris is a native of many parts of the 

 British Islands, and its flowers are pur- 

 ple, opening in April ; but there are the 

 double blossomed, the white, the scarlet, 

 the red, the decumbent, the spiked, the 

 downy, and variegated varieties. See 

 Erica. 



CALLUS is the matter exuded from the 

 edges of the wound of a plant in the 

 process of healing. It is exuded from 

 the horizontally communicating cells of 

 the plant; and in cuttings it is from and 

 through this exuded matter that the 

 roots and the perpendicular vessels con- 

 nected with them proceed. 



CALOCHI'LUS. (From kalos, beautiful, 

 and cheilos, a lip; referring to the beauty 

 of the labellum or lip. Nat. ord., Or- 

 chids [Orchidaceoe]. Lin., 20-Gynandria, 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Listera and 

 Neottia). Orchids are only apparently 

 monandrous; there are, in fact, three 

 filaments firmly grown together in the 

 column, the centre one bearing the 

 pollen, and the other two are barren. 

 Greenhouse Terrestrial Orchids. Divi- 

 sions of the plant; sandy loam and turfy 

 peat, enriched with a little lumpy old 

 cow-dung. Encouraged to grow when 

 done flowering by heat and moisture; 

 kept cool and dry after they are pretty 

 well matured, and heat given again 

 when to be started into bloom. Sum- 



mer temp., 50 

 to 50. 



to 75 ; winter, 45 



C. campc'stris (field), f . Green brown. New 

 Holland. 1824. 



paludo'sus (marsh). J. Brown. New Hol- 

 land. 1823 



CALOCHO'RTUS. (From kalos, beautiful, 

 and chortw, grass ; referring to the 

 leaves. Nat. ord., Lilyworts [Liliacese]. 

 Linn., Q-Hexandria, 6-Polygynia. Allied 



to the Tulip and Fritillaria). The gay- 

 est of our hardy or half-hardy bulbs, in- 

 troduced by the unfortunate and intrepid 

 Douglass, from Colombia. The finest of 

 them have been lost, but such beautiful 

 plants cannot long remain in the wilder- 

 ness. Half-hardy bulbs. Onsets; sandy 

 loam and peat, in equal proportions. If 

 planted out, the bulbs should be taken up 

 and dried before winter ; if in pots, keep 

 in a cold pit, and pot afresh when the 

 bulbs begin to grow. 



C. eflcgans (elegant) . A. White. June. Colom- 

 bia. 1826. 



Mteus (yellow-petalcd}. 1. Yellow spotted. 



September. California. 1831. 



macrocal 'rpus (large-fruited). 2. Purple. 



August. California. 1826. 



ni'tidus (shining). . Purple. August. 



California. 1826. 



spiff ndens [splendid-flowered] li. White 



spotted. August. California. 1832. 



vcnu'stus (handsome-#w:era/). 1. Lilac. 



August. California. 1836. 



CALODF/NDRON. (From Jcalos, beauti- 

 ful, and dendron, a tree. Nat, ord., Rw- 

 ^corts [RutaceeeJ. Linn., 5-Pentandria, 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Diosma). One 

 of those beautiful Diosrna-looking genera 

 which abound in our Cape Colony, re- 

 markable alike for their pretty flowers 

 and for their powerful and generally 

 offensive odour. The settlers call them 

 Bucku plants. Greenhouse tree. Cut- 

 tings of half-ripened wood, in sand, un- 

 der a bell-glass, and with a little bottom 

 heat ; sandy loam. Summer temp., 50 

 to 75 ; winter, 40 to 50. 

 <?. Capensis (Cape). 40. Pink. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 1789. 



GALON Y'CTION. (From Jcalos, beauti- 

 ful, and nyx, night; in reference to their 

 flowering in the night time. Nat. ord., 

 Bindweeds [Convolvulacea?]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria, \-Monogyuia. Allied to 

 Convolvulus). These night-flowering 

 Bindweeds are the midnight Lilies of 

 travellers. Stove evergreen climber. 

 Convolvulus - looking, but opening its 

 flowers at night. Seeds in heat, in 

 March ; cuttings of side-shoots in April 

 or May, in sandy soil, and in bottom 

 heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 85 ; 50 to 58. 

 C. pseudomurica' turn (false - point - covered) . 

 Purple. July. East Indies. 1827. 



CALO'PHACA. (From kalos, beautiful, 

 and phake, a lentil ; in reference to the 



