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C. holoseri'ceum (velvety). 2. Violet, July 

 Siberia. 1821. 



lateriflo'rum (side-flowered). Purple. June 



Europe. 1838. 



officina'le (shop). 2. Purple, red. June 



Britain. 



pi'ctum (painted). 2. Light blue. August 



Madeira. 1658. 

 ~sylva'ticum(vfooA). 3. Blue. June. Britain 



umbella'tum (umbel-flowered). 2. Purple 



June. Hungary. 1817. 



PERENNIALS. 



C. amplexicau'le (stem-clasping). 2. Blue, 

 June. North America. 1812. 



anchusoi'des (Anchusa-like). 1. Blue. May. 



Cashmere. 1840. 



austra'le (southern). 2. Pale red. June. 



New Holland. ^820. Greenhouse, 



grandiflo'rum (large -flowered). 3. Blue, 



white. India. 1830. 



longifio'rum (long-flowered). 1. Purple, 



red. June. India. 1839. 



magelle'nse (Magellan). 1. Purple. June. 



Naples. 1823. 



-*- tomento'sum (downy -flowered). Violet. 

 May. Italy. 1823. 



Virgi'nicum (Virginian). Blue, white. June. 



North America. 1812. 



CYNOME'TRA. (From kyon, a dog, 

 and metra, matrix; referring to the 

 seed pods. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacece]. Linn., 10-Decan- 

 dria I-Monogynia. Allied to Hard- 

 wickia.) 



Stove evergreen trees from the East Indies. 

 Loam and sandy peat ; cuttings in sand, under 

 glass, with bottom heat. 

 C. cauliflo'ra (stem-flowering). 30. Red. 1804. 



polya'ndra (many-stamened). 20. Red. 1822. 

 CYPE'LLA. (From kypellon, a goblet 



or cup, referring to the form of the 

 flowers. Nat. ord., Irids [Iridacese]. 

 Linn., 16-Monadelphia l-Triandria. Al- 

 lied to Herbertia.) 



Pretty little half-hardy bulbs, requiring the 

 same treatment as Ixias. Sandy loam and peat; 

 offsets. 



C. Drummo'ndii (Drummond's). Purple, yel- 

 low. June. San Felipe. 1834. 



Herbe'rti (Herbert's). 1. Vermilion. July. 



Buenos Ayres. 1823. 



plu'mbea (leaden-coloured). Blue. Mexico. 



1838. 



CY'PHIA. (From kyphos, curved; re- 

 ferring to the shape of the style and 

 stigma. Nat. ord., Bellworts [Campa- 

 nulacece]. Linn., 5-Pentandria l-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Campanula.) 



Greenhouse plants from Cape of Good Hope. 

 The perennial species root freely from young 

 cuttings ; the annual kinds by seed ; loam, 

 peat, and sand. 



C. bulbo'sa (bulbous). . Pale blue. August. 

 1/91. Annual, 



C. carda'mines (Cardamine-like). 3. July. 

 1823. Herbaceous perennial. 



inci'sa (cut-leaved). %. Pale red, July. 



181Q. Annual. 



Phyteu'ma (Rampion). l. Pink. February. 



1822. Perennial tuber. 



volu'bilis (twining). 1. Pale blue. 1795. 



Annual. 



CYPEESS. See Cupre'ssus. 



CYPRIPE'DIUM. Ladies' Slipper. 

 (From Kypris, Venus, and podion, a 

 slipper. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchid- 

 acese]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria \-Monan- 

 dria.} 



Both the stove and hardy species of these 

 orchids succeed well in turfy peat, mixed with 

 a little loam, charcoal, and potsherds. The 

 hardy kinds when grown in pots should have 

 frame protection during the winter months; 

 root division. 



STOVE. 



C. barba'tum (bearded). . Purple, white, red. 

 April. Malacca. 1838. 



gutta'tum (spotted). %. Yellow. April, 



Siberia. 182g. 



insi'gne (striking). 1. Green, red, orange. 



June. Nepaul. 181Q. 



Irapea'num (Irapean). 1. Yellow. June. 



Mexico. 1844. 



Lo'wi (Mr. Low's). 1. Variegated. April. 



Borneo. 1847. 



venu'stum (handsome). . Green, red. 



October. Nepaul. 1816. 



HARDY. 



May. 

 North 



Green, rose. 

 1. Yellow. 



Yellow. 



C. acau'le (stemless). Rose, purple. 

 North America. 1786. 



a'lbum (white). l. White. May, 



America. 1800. 



arieti'mim (ram's-Aead). J. 



April. Canada. 1808. 



calce'olus (common slipper). 



June. England. 

 helve 1 ticum (Swiss). 



June. Switzerland. 1825. 

 -a'ndidum (white). 1. White. June. North 



America. 1826. 



macra'nthos (large-flowered). $. Purple. 



May. Siberia. 1828. 



parviflQ'rum (small-flowered) . 1. Yellowish. 



June. North America. 1759- 



pube'scens (downy). 1. Yellow, purple. 



June. North America. 1790. 



purpura'tum (purple-cowered). 3- Purple. 



September. Archipelago. 1836. 



specta'bile (remarkable). l. White, purple. 



June. North America. 1731. 

 incarna'tum (flesh-coloured). 



White, purple. June. North America. 

 a'lbum (white). White. June. 



North America. 1827. 



ventrico'sum (swollen). . Dark purple. 



April. Siberia. 1829. 

 CYRI'LLA. (After D. Cyrillo, an 

 talian Botanist. Nat. ord., CyriUadx 

 Cyrillaceee]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Heathworts,) 



