HOT-HOQSE OE STOVE PLANTS. 



23S 



C. spectandrum is similar in habit to the preceding, 

 yet very distinct. 



Cycas. — This genus gives its name to the order 

 {Cijcadacece) ; they are plants having the venation of 

 ferns, and produce their seeds in cones, somewhat 

 resembling Conifers, to which latter family they are 

 neaily allied. A 



coarse kind of sago v.Am! 

 is obtained from ^ ^ 



these plants, which 

 has led to their 

 being erroneously 

 called Sago Palms. 

 Pot in loam and 

 sand, and drain 

 well. Stove. 



C. Armstrongii — 

 leaves long, arched, 

 the pinnate leaflets 

 closely set, very 

 long, and of a deep 

 shining green, mid- 

 rib pale green. 



C. circinalis — stem 

 stout, bearing an 

 enormous heal of 

 pinnat e leaves, 

 three, six, aud eveu 

 twelve feet long ; 

 leaflets somewhat 

 falcate, and bright 

 shining gi'een. 



C. inermis — stem 

 s'ieuder, whole plant 

 smooth, leaves pin- 

 nate, leaflets coria- 

 ceous in texture, 

 and very deep 

 green. 



C. media— stem tall 

 and stout, leaves 

 pinnate, petioles 

 armed with sharp 

 spines, leaflets 

 closely set, long and 

 narrow, and bright 

 green. 



C. Norman byana — 

 leaves beautifully 

 arched, petioles 

 spiny at the base, 

 where they are 

 somewhat downy, 

 leaflets loug, nar- 

 row, and bright 

 green. 



C. revoluta— a bold 

 and handsome spe- 

 cies, with stout 

 cylindrical stems, 

 usually three to f ■ 'ur feet 

 high, but reaching teu, or 

 even twelve feet, with 

 age ; these carry enormous 

 heads of pinnate leaver, 

 from three to six feet 

 long ; sometimes as manv 

 as fifty to sixty of these 

 intense deep green leaves 

 are borne at one time, pre- 

 senting a majestic appear- 

 ance. 



C. -Rluminiana — stem stout 

 and r.ingh, leaves pinnate 

 and feathery, six or eight 



Cycas revolt;ta. 



feet long ; ''eaflets closely 

 set, tapering to a fine 

 point, with a bright line of 

 green, the naked portion 

 of the petioles being arm- 

 ed with spines. Philip- 

 pines. 



C. Eumphii — a slender- 

 stemmed species, bearing 

 a beiutif ul crown of leaves, 

 which are three to six feet 

 in length. 



C. sinmeusis— distinct but 

 s'mi'ar in appearance to 

 circinalis. 



Cyrtantlier a. — Handsome Acanthads, with muck 

 the appearance of Aphelandi'as, and requiring the 

 same treatment. Intermediate House. 



C. catalpcefoUa. — A shrubby plant, attaining a 

 height of about six feet. Flowers numerous, in large 

 branched racemes, deep yellow. Summer months. 

 C. cIiri/sostepl(aHa.—I)vi-a.Ti, comi)act and handsome. 



Leaves some six 

 : inches in length. 



Flowers in dense 

 cymes, upwards of 

 two inches long, 

 rich bright golden- 

 yellow. Winter 

 months. 



Cyrtodeira.— 

 This genus com- 

 prises a few species 

 (now included 

 under Episcia) of 

 plants belonging 

 to the order Gesner- 

 acece. Of late years 

 the genus has not 

 been considered a 

 good one, but as 

 Cyrtodeira has be- 

 come familiar to 

 the horticultural 

 fiatemity, we have 

 retained the name 

 in these pages. 

 Crytodeiras are 

 small - growing, 

 handsome plants, 

 destitute of tubers, 

 and having orna- 

 mental leaves and 

 bright and beau- 

 tiful flowers. They 

 should be treated 

 as basket plants, 

 and suspended 

 from the roof. 

 The soil in which 

 they thrive best is a mixture of peat and sphagnum 

 moss ; they enjoy abimdance of heat and moisture. 



C. choyitrxlensis - Stems prostrate, and dull red in 

 colour. Flowers solitary, tubular, with a large five- 

 lobed, fiat spreading limb, white, tinged with lilac, 

 and stained with pale lemon in the throat. Summer 

 months. Nicaragua. 



C. cupreata viridifolia. — This is a superior form of 

 the old Achimmes cupreata. Flowers large, bright 

 scarlet. Spring and summer months. New Grenada. 



