Cipura
(derivation unexplained). ORD. Irideae. A very small genus of greenhouse bulbous plants. Flowers in terminal heads; perianth with a very short tube and a six-parted limb; inner segments much the smaller. Leaves ensiform. They thrive in a compost of sandy loam, peat, and leaf mould. It is desirable to keep them moderately dry through the winter, and to repot in spring. Propagated by seed, which should be sown in a slight heat, in spring; or by offsets, which are produced in abundance.
C. paludosa (marsh). fl. white, on a short, densely imbricated, terminal spike. July. l. radical, linear-lanceolate, plaited, 3in. to 5in. long, longer than the scape. Bulbs conico-globose. h. 1ft. Guiana, 1752. (B. M. 646, under the name of Marica paludosa.)