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Calyptraria – Clypeate

Calyptraria

See Centronia.

(from kalyx, a calyx, and stege, a covering; in reference to the two large persistent bracts enclosing the calyx). Bearbind. ORD.

(the diminutive of Cardunculus, the Cardoon, and that from carduus). ORD. Compositae. Pretty hardy herbaceous perennials, related to

(from Carolinus, pertaining to Charles, commemorative of the famous Charlemagne, whose army was said to have been cured of the plague by it). ORD.

(the native name given by the American Indians of Florida). ORD.

(name after M. Henri Cassini, as eminent French botanist). ORD.

(from keras, a horn, and Zamia, another genus of Cycadaceoe, which this much resembles; in reference to the horned scales of the cones). ORD.

(from chamai, on the ground, i.e. dwarf, and Kuparissos, Cypress; the Bastard or Dwarf Cypress). White Cedars. SYN. Retinospora. ORD

(from chamai, dwarf, and peuke, a Pine; resemblance). ORD.

(from charieis, elegant; alluding to the beauty of the flowers). ORD.

(from Citrus, in allusion to the Orange-like fruits). ORD.

Scutate; shaped like a Roman buckler.