Cyathodes
(from kyathos, a cup, and odons, a tooth; in reference to the disk, which is cup-shaped and five-toothed). ORD. Epacrideae. A genus containing thirteen species, of which four are from New Zealand, two from the Sandwich Islands, and the others from Australia. Ornamental erect-branched greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with the habit of small trees. Flowers axillary, erect, or drooping a little, small; corolla funnel-shaped; limb spreading. They thrive in peat. Cuttings will root in sand, with a little peat, if placed under glass.
C. acerosa (needle-like). fl. white. April and May. l. linear-spreading, with naked margins, three to five-nerved beneath. h. 8ft. Victoria and Tasmania, 1823. SYN. C. Oxycedrus.
C. glauca (milky-green).* fl. white. April to June. l. crowded at intervals, somewhat verticillate, spreading or divaricate, linear-lanceolate. h. 25ft. Tasmania, 1818. Tree.
C. Oxycedrus (Prickly Cedar). A synonym of C. acerosa.