C. Calaba. Calaba-tree. fl. white, sweet-scented, loosely racemose; racemes lateral, very short. fr. green. l. obovate or oblong, obtuse or emarginate. h. 30ft. West Indies, &c., 1780.
C. inophyllum (fibrous-leaved). fl. snow-white, sweet-scented, loosely racemose; racemes axillary; peduncles one-flowered, usually opposite. fr. reddish, the size of a walnut. l. oblong or obovate, obtuse, but usually emarginate. Branches round. Tropics of the Old World, 1793. A medium-sized tree.
FIG. 330. CALODENDRON CAPENSIS.
CALOPOGON (from kalos, beautiful, and pogon, a beard; in reference to the fringe on the lip). ORD. Orchideæ. Very pretty, hardy, tuberous-rooted orchids, admirably suited for a good shady position at the foot of the rockwork, or for an open situation in a hardy fernery. Propagated by offsets, taken from the tuberous roots; but this method of increase is very uncertain. Perhaps the only species in cultivation is the following:
C. pulchellus (beautiful).* fl. purple, with a very pretty pale yellow beard or tuft of hairs growing from the lip; two or three to a plant. Late summer. l. few, radical, grass-like. h. 1½ft. North America. 1791. SYN. Limodorum tuberosum. (S. B. F. G. 115.)
CALOSANTHES INDICA. A synonym of Oroxylum indicum.
CALOSCORDUM (from kalos, beautiful, and skorodon, garlic). ORD. Liliaceæ. A genus of half-hardy bulbs, allied to Allium, but now referred to Nothoscordum. For culture, see [Calochortus.]
C. nerinæflorum (Nerine-flowered).* fl. rose; umbels about twelve-flowered; spathe one-valved. June and July. l. narrow, semi-terete, channelled above. h. 6in. Chusan, 1843. (B. R. 1847, 5.)