CANARY-BIRD FLOWER. See Tropæolum peregrinum.
CANAVALIA (from Canavali, the name of one of the species in Malabar). ORD. Leguminosæ. A genus of elegant twining or climbing stove herbs or subshrubs. Flowers in racemes, produced from the axils of the leaves; calyx bell-shaped, two-lipped; corolla papilionaceous. Leaves trifoliate. They are well adapted for training up the rafters in a stove or warm greenhouse. For culture, see Dolichos.
C. bonariensis (Buenos Ayrean). fl. purple; racemes drooping, longer than the leaves. July and August. l., leaflets ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous. Buenos Ayres, 1824. (B. R. 1199.)
C. ensiformis (ensiform).* fl. white, red, pendulous; racemes longer than the leaves. June. l., leaflets ovate, acute. India, 1790. SYN. C. gladiata. (B. M. 4027.)
C. gladiata (sword-podded). Synonymous with C. ensiformis.
C. obtusifolia (obtuse-leaved). fl. purple. July, August. l., leaflets ovate obtuse. Malabar, 1820.
CANBIA (named in honour of W. M. Canby, of Wilmington, Delaware). ORD. Papaveraceæ. A monotypic genus, remarkable for its persistent (not caducous) corolla. Sepals three, caducous; petals six, barely 1/6in. in length; stamens six to nine.
FIG. 356. CANBIA CANDIDA.
B. candida (glossy white). fl. white, solitary, on little scapes. l. alternate, linear, entire. h. about 1in. Discovered in sandy soil in South-east California, in 1876. See Fig. 356.
CANCELLATE. Latticed; resembling lattice-work.
CANDELABRUM or CHANDELIER TREE. See Pandanus candelabrum.
CANDLEBERRY MYRTLE. See Myrica cereifera.