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are either simple or trifoliolate,the leaflets 

 being cblong or elliptical in form, entire, 

 and eitiier smooth or tomentose. The 

 flowers are disposed in axillary racemes ; 

 the calyces tubular, four-parted, and 

 coloured or green ; and the corolla from 

 two to three inches long, either yellow or 

 bright red. The pods are stalked, linear, 

 compressed, and contain from three to six 

 seeds. C. rubiaindum, a native of South 

 Brazil, is a climbing shrub of great length. 

 The leaves are few with long stalks, their 

 leaflets oblong or elliptical, smooth above, 

 and pea-green beneath; the flowers are 

 bright red, in long drooping racemes, 

 like those of a laburnum. It is a beautiful 

 object when in flower, and has long been in 

 cultivation in English gardens. C. grcnuli- 

 florum, also a Brazilian species, has yellow 

 flowers, two to three inches long, dis- 

 posed in axillary racemes. [A. A. B.] 



CAA1PTOSORUS. A genus of polypodia- 

 ceous ferns, of the group Aspleniece, and 

 of the scolopendrioid series, in wmich the 

 sori are produced in pairs, set face to face 

 on contiguous veins— the reverse of what 

 occurs in the diplazioid series, in which 

 they are set back to back in pairs on the 

 same vein. The present is a small genus 

 omisising of one Korth American and one 

 Siberian species, both dwarf plants with 

 simple spreading fronds, which are ex- 

 tended into a long narrow tail-like point, 

 where is produced a young plant. The 

 veins join to form a few angular unequal 

 areoles near the midrib, and send out 

 branches towards the margin. The sori, 

 which are linear, and covered by linear 

 indusia, are usually connivent in irregular 

 unequal pairs, but are sometimes more 

 scattered, owing to the irregularity of the 

 venation. The variously directed irregu- 

 larly-disposed yet generally opposite pairs 

 of sori form the peculiar features of the 

 genus. [T. M.] 



CA3IPTOTROPAL. An orthotropal ovule, 

 curved downwards like a horse shoe, with 

 the sides adherent. 



CAMPYLANTHUS. A small genus, na- 

 tive of the Canary Isles, Tropical Africa, 

 and India, consisting of branching under- 

 sbxubs, growing chiefly in the Assures of 

 rocks, having fleshy linear sessile leaves, 

 and small jasmine-like flowers in loose 

 terminal racemes. The calyx is deeply 

 cleft into five linear-lanceolate divisions ; 

 the corolla tube is long, cylindrical, and 

 slightly kneed near the middle, its limb 

 deeply five-lobed. Two stamens on very 

 short nlamentsrise from the curved portion 

 of the corolla tube, and bear divaricate 

 anthers. The capsule is compressed later- 

 ally, and dehisces septicidally and septi- 

 fragally, leaving the placentiferous column 

 free : there are numerous roundish seeds. 

 Webb seems to have satisfactorily re- 

 ferred this sincrular penus to Scrophula- 

 riacem, but so different is it from the other 

 genera of the order, that he has been 

 i • rrced to make for its reception a new tribe 

 : which he calls Campylanthece. [W. C] 



CAMPYLOBOTRYS. A genus of Clnclw- 

 nacece, consisting of low-growing Brazilian 

 shrubs, remarkable for their beautiful 

 glossy foliage. They bear flowers with an 

 obovate calyx-tube, having four small 

 linear segments to its limb, and two or 

 three small glands between them ; a salver- 

 shaped corolla; four short stamens, with 

 anthers projecting from the short tube of 

 the corolla ; a four-cornered ovary, with 

 two many-seeded compartments, and sur- 

 mounted by a fleshy disc. C. regalis has 

 elliptic leaves with a satiny lustre, and a 

 bronzy-green colour, except the main rib 

 and the larger side ones. C. bicolor and 

 other species are cultivated in stoves for 

 the beauty of their foliage. They are, 

 however, now regarded as belonging to 

 Higginsia. [M. T. M.J 



CAMPYLOXETTRTTM. A genus of simple- 

 fronded polypodiaceous ferns of the group 

 Polypodiece. They have round naked sori 

 as in the other genera of this group, from 

 which they are distinguished by having 

 the prin cipal veins branchingf rom the costa. 

 nearly parallel, and united by transverse 

 curved venules, while from the outer side 

 of these are produced two or three short 

 straight veinlets on the middle or point of 

 which the sori are placed. There are about 

 a score of species, all West Indian and 

 South American, and with two exceptions 

 simple-fronded. One of these exceptions 

 is C. magnificum, a splendid pinnate Vene- 

 zuelan fern, of which the pinnae measure 

 eighteen inches long and four inchesbroad, 

 and bear four rows of sori between the 

 veins. C.repens is a well-known illustration 

 of the simple-fronded series. [T. M.] 



CAMPYLOSPERMOUS. When a seed 

 or seed-like fruit is so rolled up as to have 

 a furrow in the longer diameter of one 

 side. 



CAMPYLOSTACHYS. A genus of Stil- 

 bacece confined to South Africa. The only 

 species known, ft cernua, is a heath-like 

 bush, about one foot high, with closely set 

 linear pointed leaves, about half an inch 

 long, and terminal roundish spikes of 

 flowers, which are reflexed when the seeds 

 become mature. The flowers are very 

 small, and have a long tube with a four-cleft 

 border. The name Campy lostachys has 

 reference to the curved spike. [A. A. B.] 



CAMPYLOTROPAL. An ovule, one of 

 whose sides grows much faster than the 

 other, so that while the chalaza remains at 

 the hilum, the foramen is brought nearly 

 into contact with it. 



CAMPYNEMA. A genus of doubtful 

 amaryllids found in Tasmania. It has been 

 associated with Anigozanthus by Herbert, 

 and has been regarded by Brown as inter- 

 mediate between amaryllids and asphodels, 

 coming near to Melanthacece. The only 

 species, C. lineare, is a slender herb, about 

 a foot high, with fasciculate fusiform 

 roots ; tufted grassy leaves ; and one to 

 four terminal inconspicuous yellowish- 

 green flowers. It has a six-leaved perianth 



