. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CRYPTOGRAMMA CUCUMBER 405 CEYPTOGRAMMA (Greek, a concealed line, alluding to the sub-marginal sori). PolypodiAcem. Asmall genus of subalpine Ferns of both hemispheres. Lvs. of two sorts, the sporophylls contracted and the sori covered by the infolded margin of the segments, forming pod- like bodies. Besides our
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CRYPTOGRAMMA CUCUMBER 405 CEYPTOGRAMMA (Greek, a concealed line, alluding to the sub-marginal sori). PolypodiAcem. Asmall genus of subalpine Ferns of both hemispheres. Lvs. of two sorts, the sporophylls contracted and the sori covered by the infolded margin of the segments, forming pod- like bodies. Besides our native species, a second one, O. crispa, is found in Europe, and a third in the Hima- layas. Name often incorrectly vrritten Cryptogramma. Culture easy. acrosticlioides, R. Br. Rook-Brake. Height about 8 in.: lvs. 4-6 in. long, on tufted straw-colored stalks, tri-quadripinnatifid, with toothed or incised segments, the sporophylls with longer stalks, less divided and with pod-like segments. Canada to Colorado, California and northward. L. M. Underwood. CEYPT6LEPIS (Greek, Udden scale). Asclepiadd,- ceie. Glabrous shrubs, erect or twining, of tropical Asia and Africa. Lvs. opposite. Fls. in a loosely fork- ing, few-fid. cyme. Calyx deeply 5-parted, with 5 scales at base. Corolla with spreading limb, the tube short- cylindrical or campanulate, the lobes 5 and linear, spreading or deiiexed and twisted ; corona of 5 scales attached at or near the middle of the tube. Follicles terete and smooth, spreading. Only cult, in S. Calif, and S. Fla. C. Buchanani, Roem. & Schult. A twining shrub with yellow fls., resembling those of an Echites. C. longiildra, Regel. Dwarf and compact, growing with long lvs. tinted with red; tubular white fls., as in Bou- vardia jasminiflora. Both species are from India. CRYPTOMfiEIA (Greek, hryptos,hidden, meros, part; meaning doubtful). Goniferw. Large pyramidal tree, with a straight slender trunk, covered with reddish brown bark and with verticillate s
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