CEP 



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CEB, 



C. involucra'ta (involucrated). 5. White. July. 

 Guiana. 1826. 



ipecacua'nha (Ipecacuanha). ^. White. 



January. Brazil. 1839. 



musco'sa (mossy). White. May. West In- 



dies. 1824. 



peduncula'ta (long flower - stalked) . 2. 



White. February, Sierra Leone. 

 puni'cea (scarlet involucred). 3. White. 

 July. Jamaica. 1820. 



purpu'rea (purple -fruited). 1 White- 



purple. May. Trinidad. 1821. 



Swa'rtzii (Swartz's). 4. Bluish. West In- 



dies. 1824. 



- tomento'sa (downy). 4. Brownish. Au- 

 gust. Trinidad. 1825. 



viola'cea (violet-berried). 1. White. June. 



West Indies. 1818. 



CEPHALANTHE'RA. (From kephale, a 

 head, and anthem, an anther. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn., W-Gynan- 

 dria, \-monandria. Allied to Limodo- 

 rum). Hardy terrestrial Orchids. Di- 

 visions ; peat and loam. 



C. ensifo'lia (sword-leaved). 2. White. June. 

 Britain. 



pa'llens (pale). 1. White. June. Bri- 



tain. 



rifbra (red). 2. Purple. June. Britain. 

 CEPHALA'NTHUS. Button-wood. (From 



Jcep/iale, a head, and anthos, a flower ; 

 flowers disposed in heads being a general 

 characteristic of this order. Nat. ord., 

 Cinchonads [CinchonaceaeJ. Linn., 4- 

 Tetrandria, \-inonogynia. Allied to Sper- 

 macoce). The Button- wood grows in 

 marshy places from Canada to Florida, 

 and prefers a damp peat bed in this 

 country. Hardy deciduous shrub. Cut- 

 tings in sandy soil, under a hand-glass, 

 in the beginning of autumn ; layers also. 

 Sandy loam, with vegetable mould or 

 peat. 



C. Occident a' Us (western). 7. White. August. 



North America. 1735. 

 brachypo'dus (short - stalked) 



White. August. North America. 

 CEPHALO'TUS. (From Jcephalotes, head- 

 ed ; in reference to the simple scape or 

 flower stalk, bearing a compound ter- 

 minal spike. Nat. ord., doubtful. Dr. 

 Lindley believes "the genus will fall 

 into the ranks of the Crowfoots"). This 

 is the New Holland Pitcher plant, found 

 growing in the marshes of King George's 

 Sound. Greenhouse herbaceous peren- 

 nial. Offsets. Chopped sphagnum, peat, 

 earth, and broken pots, well drained and 

 carefully watered ; a bell-glass kept over 

 it and frequently cleaned. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75' ; winter, 48 to 55. 



C.follicula'ris (follicled). 1. White. New 

 Holland. 1822. 



CEPHALOTA'XUS. (FTomkephale, a head, 

 and taxus, the yew ; referring to the ge- 

 neral appearance of these trees. Nat. 

 ord., Taxads [Taxacese]. Linn., 22- 

 Dio&cia, \3-polyandria. Allied to Phyllo- 

 cladus). These are the Japanese Yews, 

 lately set apart from the old yews by 

 Dr. Sieboldt, the Japan traveler, and 

 Zticcarini, in their work called Flora Ja- 

 panica. Hardy evergreens. 



C. drupa'cea (berry-hearing). 12 to 20 feet. 

 Japan. 1844. 



Fortu'ni (Fortune's). 40 to 60 feet. Japan. 



1848. 



peduncula'ta (stalked-fruited. Lord Har- 



rington's yew). Japan. 1837. 

 CERA'DIA. (From Jceras, a horn; re- 

 ferring to the disposition of the spiny 

 branches. Nat. ord., Composites [Aster- 

 aceae]. Linn., l$-Syngenesia, 2-sttperflua. 

 Allied to Cremocephalum). We keep 

 this botanical curiosity as a sample of the 

 scanty vegetation of the Island of Icha- 

 boe, of guano notoriety ; and we are told 

 by an officer of our navy that when the 

 plants are walked over in the evening 

 the bruised stems emit a frankincense 

 scent. It succeeds best planted out on a 

 sunny border in summer, and requires 

 the protection of a greenhouse in winter. 

 Cuttings of the branches. Sandy soil, 

 with a little peat. Winter temp., 50 to 

 55. 



C.furca'ta (forked). Pale yellow. January. 

 Africa. 1844. 



CERANTHE'RA. (From Jeer as, a horn 

 and anthera, an anther ; alluding to a 

 horny point on the anthers. Nat. ord. 

 Vioktworts [Violaceoe]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria, l-monogynia). This should have 

 been united to Akode'ia. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings in sandy soil, 

 under a bell-glass, in a brisk bottom heat; 

 light fibry loam. Summer temp., 55 to 

 80; winter, 48 to 55. 



C. subintegrifo'lia (almost entire-leaved). 6. 

 White. June. Guinea. 1824. 



CERA'PTERYX graminis. The Anther 

 Moth. We have seen enough to render 

 us quite ready to assent to Mr. Kirby's 

 observation ; that it is " the greatest 

 enemy of our pastures." Fortunately, it 

 is of rare occurrence in this country. It 

 is the Charceas and Bombyx graminis of 



