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and easy culture. Synonymcs: 1, Ilymeno- 

 pappus glaucus, Griemia aromdtica — glauca 1. 



CEPHALOSTfGMA. See Campdnula. 



CephalotAxt/s, Sieb. <& Zucc. Derived from 

 kephale, a head, and taxus, a yew ;• the plants 

 have the habit of tho yew. Linn. 22, Or. 13, 

 Nat. Or. Taxdtccas. Handsome coniferous 

 shrubs and trees, in some instances growing 

 to the height of sixty feet. They are of easy 

 culture, merely requiring to be planted in 

 common soil, and may bo increased by cut- 

 tings and seeds. Synonymes: 1, C. inacro- 

 phjjlla, Tdxus Harringlbnia. 

 drupacca . . Apetal . 4, H. Ev. S. 10 Japan . 

 Fortunei . . Apetal . 5, H. Ev. T. 60 Japan . 1848 

 pedunculata 1 Apetal . 5, H. Ev. T. 50 Japan . 1837 

 umbraculifera Apetal . 4, H. Ev. S. 10 Japan . 



Oephalotrichdm, Linlc. From TceplmU, a head, 

 and thrix, a hair ; the heads being covered 

 with hairs. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Botry- 

 taceoz. A minute fungus discernible in general 

 on decayed or decaying branches — nanwm. 



Cephalotus, R. Brown. From IcepAalotes, 

 headed ; its filaments of stamens are capitate. 

 Linn. 11, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Cepluilolaccce. A 

 most curious little plant of rather difficult 

 management ; it should be potted in chopped 

 moss and boggy soil, mixed, the pots well 

 drained, and the plants carefully watered. A 

 glass should be placed over it at all times, and 

 it should bo allowed plenty of light and a tem- 

 perature of sixty-five or seventy degrees ; offsets 

 treated in the same manner will speedily take 

 root, 

 follicularis . White 4, G. Her. P. \ N. Holl. 1322 



CerAceous, wax-like. 



CERADIA, Lindley. From Teems, a horn, in 

 allusion to the horned appearance of the 

 branches. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat Or. Astcr- 

 ucecs. In the garden of his grace the Dnke 

 of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, this very singu- 

 lar plant was introduced in 1844. "It has 

 the appearance of a shrub of coral, spreading 

 its short leather-coated branches upwards like 

 a candelabra. " In culture it should be favoured 

 with a cool stove, and be grown in sandy soil. 

 Portions of the rugged branches strike root 

 freely, 

 furc&ta . . Pa. yel. . 1. S. Ev. S. 1J Africa . 1S44 



Ceramia. See Erica. 



CerAmium, Rochel. Derived from keramion, a 

 pitcher ; from the resemblance of the capsules. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 7, Nat. Or. Ceramiacece. An 

 extensive genus of seaweeds— affine, arb&scula, 

 Borrdri, corymbbsum, cruciatum, DavUsii, did- 

 phanum, d. pilbsum, fasciculatum, fioridnlum, 

 graclllimum, granulatum, Eodlchri, interr&p- 

 tum, landsum, lanuginbsum, mesocarpum, pa- 

 tens, pedicelldtum, pinnnlatum, plUma, plu- 

 mula, p. minor, polyspirmum, pumilum, rdpens, 

 rdseum, Rbthii, ritbrum, seminudum, spinbsum, 

 spongiosum, tetragbnum, titricum, thujoldes, 

 tripinrnMurm, Turniri, versicolor, virgulatum. 



CERAMlAcEiE, or Eosetangles, an order of 

 sea-weeds of a rose or purple colour; many 

 are valuable for food ; and the Chinese bird's- 

 nests are supposed to be a species of Gelidium. 



The Carrageen Moss, and some others, are 

 well known for their use in our own country. 

 Ceranthera, Beawoois. From hems, a horn, 

 and anthera, an anther ; the lobes of the 

 anthers being terminated by a bristle. Linn. 

 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Violacecc. An ornamental 

 genus of stove plants, growing about six feet 

 high ; they must be grown in sandy loam, and 

 will increase by cuttings in sand, under a glass 

 in heat, 

 subintegrif&lia White . . 6, S. Ev. S. Guinea 1S24 



CerAnthus. See Linociera. 



Cerasinous, deep red, cherry-coloured. 



Cerasophora, See Oerasus. 



CerAstium, Linn. From keras, a horn ; be- 

 cause many of the species have capsules like 

 an ox's horn. Linn. 10, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Alsi- 

 nacem. A genus of little interest ; they vary 

 in height from half a foot to two feet high. 

 Some of the herbaceous kinds have a pretty 

 appearance on rock-work. Any light loamy 

 soil suits them ; seeds or suckers. Synonyms .- 

 1, ft collinum. See Larbrea. 

 alplnum . . White . 6, H. Ev. Tr. J Brit.Welshhls. 

 Bieberstelnii White . 6, H. Tr. P. \ Caucasus 1S20 

 chlorsBfblium White . 6, H. A. 2 Natolia . 1838 



glacialo . . White . 6, H. Ev. Tr. J Switzerl. 1814 

 glomeratum. White . 6, H. A. \ . 1837 



grandiflarum White . 6, H. Her. Tr. \ Siberia . 1818 

 lanatum . White . 6, H. Her. Tr. j Alps . .1319 

 latifMium . White . 6, H. Her. Tr. Brit Welsh hi* 

 Ledebourii . White . 6, H. A. i Siberia 



macrocar- Iw^e.oH. A . 



pum . I ' 



microapsr- ) white 6 H A 



mum . J ' 



multifl&rmn. White . 6, H. A. Caucasm 1837 



purpuras- lwbite.7, H. Ev. Tr. i 1831 



cens 1 . ) 

 pusillum . . White . 6, H. A. § Siberia . 1824 



repens . White ■ 5, H. Her. P. Em-ope . 1750 



scarani . . White . 7, H. Ev. Tr. i Naples . 

 sylvaticum . White . 6, H. Her. Tr. \ Hungary 1820 



anbmalum, arvinse, barbulbsum, brachypita- 

 lum, campanulatum, cauedsicum, dahdricum, 

 dicMlomum, diffusum, d-Mcum, glandulbsum, 

 grdcile, hirsutum, holostbides, inflaium, mdn- 

 licum, matrtnsa, mdximum, ne.morb.lc, ovale, 

 ovalum, pauciflbrum, pennsylvdnicum, pen- 

 tdndrum, perfolialum, pilbsum, pubiscens, 

 rudcratum, rupdslre, scmidecdndrum, serpylli- 

 fblium, Sprengelii, slcllarioides, strictum, s. 

 suffrutiebsnm, ta&ricum, Tenorianum, letrdn- 

 drvm, tomentbsum, visebsum, milgatum. 

 GfiRASUS, Jiissieu. Eeported to have been first 

 brought from Cerasus, a town of Pontus, in 

 Asia. Linn. 12, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Drupaccce. 

 A valuable genus of fruit trees, growing well in 

 any common soil, and increased with perfect 

 ease by seeds, budding, or grafting. Synony- 

 mes: 1, C. macrophflla ; 2, Prunus jap&nim, 

 P. sinensis j 3, Primus rubra; 4, P. pubiscens; 

 5, C. salidna; 6, Prunm salicina; 7, P. ser- 

 rulata; 8, Prunus P&ddum. 

 affmis . . . White . 5, H. De. S. 4 Europe . 1837 

 avium . . . White . 4, H. De. T. 50 Eng., woods 



macrocarpa. Whito . 4, H. De. T. 50 Switzerl. 



multiplex . White . 4, H. De. T. 20 Gardens . 



pallida . . White . 4, H. De. T. 25 Gardens . 



sylvestris . White . 4, H. De. T. 50 Brit, woods 

 borealis . . Whito . 5, H. De. T. 20 N. Amer. 1822 

 canadensis . White . 5, H. De. T. 20 Canada 1820 



