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C. stipuldcea (Zart/e-stipuled). 3. Yellow. 

 Chili. 1781. 



sulca'ta (furrowed-branched) . 3. Yellow. 



June. South America. 1820. 



Sumatra' na (Sumatra). Yellow. June. 



Sumatra. 1823. 



tara'ntan (Tarantan). 2. Yellow. July. 



Cumana. 1817. 



tenet lla (weak). 2. Yellow. July. Ori- 



noca. 1820. 



tomento'sa (thick-downed). 15. Yellow. 



July. South America. 1822. 



uniflo'ra (one-flowered). Red. June. Bra- 



zil. 1824. 



venu'stula (rather pretty). Yellow. July. 



Cumana. 1825. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). 3. Yellow. West Indies. 



1786. 



virga'ta (rod-branched) . 1. Yellow. June. 



West Indies. 1810. 



CA'SSIDA VI'RIDIS. Artichoke Tortoise 

 Beetle. The common artichoke's leaves 

 suffer during the summer, sometimes, 

 though rarely, from the attacks of the 

 larva of a very curious small beetle, 

 which may be called the Artichoke Tor- 

 toise beetle, Cassida Viridis. The beetle, 

 which is found in May and June, is not 

 more than one- sixteenth of an inch long ; 

 the antennae are black, the dotted wing- 

 cases and other outer coverings green, but 

 the body beneath them black, and the 

 legs pale, with black thighs. It is found 

 upon the water mints, as well as upon 

 thistles and artichokes. The larva has a 

 very flat body, with spines upon its 

 edges ; and it has the singular habit of 

 covering itself with its own excrement, 

 which it attaches together in a mass, and 

 carries on a kind of fork attached to its 

 tail. The pupa is also very flat, having 

 thin toothed appendages at the sides of 

 the body, with a broad thorax prolonged 

 forward into a rounded expansion, which 

 covers the head. 



o, larva ; ft. the same on a leaf, with its 

 canopy of excrement ; c, pupa ; d, the perfect 

 insect. 

 The Cottage Gardener, iii. 317. 



CASSI'NE. (A name given by the 

 North American Indians to a plant now 



referred to the Holly \Ilex Vomitoria}. 

 Nat. ord., Holly worts [Aquifoliacese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria, %-trigynia}. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs ; cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand., under a glass ; 

 loam and peat. Summer temp. 60 to 

 70 ; winter, 40 to 45. 

 C. cethio'pica (^Ethiopian). 5. White. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 



ba'rbara (barbarous) . 6. White. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1818. 



capefnsis (Cape Phillyrea). 6. White. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1629. 



colpo'on (colpoon tree). 6. White. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1791. 



exce'lsa (tall). 18. White. June. Nepaul. 



1820. 



maurocet 'nia (Morosini's. 'Hottentot cherry}. 



5. White. August. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 1690. 



oppostifo' lia (opposite-leaved). 5. White. 

 CASSI'NIA. (Named after Cassini, a 



French botanist. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteraceae]. Linn., \-Syngenesia, 5- 

 segregata. Allied to Amobium). The 

 annual by seed in March, the others by 

 dividing at the roots, and cuttings of 

 half-ripened shoots, in sand, in April ; 

 loam and peat. Summer temp., 55 to 

 to 70 ; winter, 45 to 50. 

 C. affi'nis (allied). 2. May. New Holland. 

 1820. Greenhouse evergreen. 



atfrea (golden). 1. Yellow. July. New 



Holland. 1803. Greenhouse herbaceous 

 perennial. 



denticula'ta (small -toothed). Pale yellow. 



Australia. 1826. Greenhouse ever- 

 green. 



leptop hy 1 lla (slender-leaved). 2. White. 



August. New Zealand. 1821. Green- 

 house evergreen. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. May. New 



Holland. 1822. Greenhouse evergreen. 

 : specio'sa (showy). New South Wales. 

 Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. 



specta'bilis (showy annual). 6. Yellow. 



July. New Holland. 1818. Hardy 

 annual. 



CASTA'NEA. Chestnut. (From a 

 town of that name in Thessaly. 

 \ Nat. ord., Mastworts [Corylaceeel. 

 \ Linn., 2l-Moncecia, -polyandrid). 

 I Hardy deciduous trees, except C. 

 j / indica; seeds gathered in autumn, 

 y/ preserved in dry sand, and sown 

 uv in March ; deep sandy loam ; varie- 

 ties by grafting. 



C. amerwa'na (American). 50. Green. May. 

 America. 



chine'nsis (China). 50. Green. May. China. 



chry sophy 1 lla (golden-leaved). Mexico. 1848. 



i'ndica (Indian). 40. East Indies. 1827. 



Stove evergreen. 



