CAMPANUMÆA (altered from Campanula). ORD. Campanulaceæ. A genus of greenhouse herbaceous, tuberous-rooted, twining perennials. Flowers involucrated, solitary, on axillary and terminal peduncles. Leaves opposite, petiolate, glaucescent beneath. Stems and branches terete. They thrive best in a rich sandy loam, with a little peat. Propagated by seeds and divisions.
C. gracilis (graceful). fl. pale blue; corolla membranous, with a tubular base, dilated throat, and slightly expanded, truncated limb. l. on long petioles, ovate, blunt. Himalayas. SYN. Codonopsis gracilis. (C. H. P. t. xvi. A.)
C. inflata (inflated). fl. yellowish, with brownish veins; corolla herbaceous, ventricose; peduncles opposite the leaves, one-flowered. l. alternate, ovate-cordate, acute. Himalayas. (C. H. P. t. xvi. C.)
C. javanica (Javan). fl. yellowish, with brownish veins; corolla herbaceous, very broadly campanulate, with five spreading lobes. l. variable, opposite and alternate, ovate-cordate, crenate. Himalayas. (C. H. P. t. xvi. B.)
CAMPEACHY WOOD, or LOGWOOD. See Hæmatoxylon campechianum.
CAMPHORA (Camphor, commercial name of its chief product). Camphor-tree. ORD. Laurineæ. Cool stove evergreen trees, now referred to Cinnamomum. The true Camphor of commerce is a product of the oil procured from the wood, branches, and leaves of this tree, by means of dry distillation. The species thrives in a compost of peat and loam, and may be propagated by cuttings.
C. officinalis (officinal). fl. greenish-white. March to June. l. triple-nerved, lanceolate, ovate. h. 20ft. Japan, 1727. SYN. Cinnamomum Camphora.
CAMPHOR-TREE. See [Camphora].
CAMPION. See Silene.
CAMPION, MOSS. See Silene acaulis.
CAMPION, ROSE. See Lychnis.