Australian Natives
All of these plants will also appear in one of the Camden Park catalogue categories.
Callitris species Van Diemen's Land
Probably a form of Callitris rhomboidea R.Br. ex Rich. or Callitris oblonga Rich. subsp. oblonga which see.
Calochilus robertsonii Benth.
Terrestrial orchid with an ovoid tuber, a long, narrow, conspicuously channelled leaf, to 20cm long, and a terminal raceme of up to 8, greenish-purple flowers, the labellum covered with purple hairs, in spring. To 35cm. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
Calostemma purpureum R.Br.
Deciduous or evergreen bulbous plant, depending on growing conditions. The leaves may die back in summer, the umbels of 10-20 purple flowers appearing in summer or autumn, on a scape to 50cm long, followed by the leaves. [RHSD, FNSW].
Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. bronze
For details of the species see Calostemma purpureum R.Br. No doubt a variety with bronze-hued flowers. Calostemma purpureum is highly variable in flower colour, varying from very pale blush, almost white, to deep reddish pink. Yellow forms also occur and these are also variable, verging on white in some plants. See Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. luteum and Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. cunninghamii.
Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. carneum (Lindl.) Benth.
For a description of the species see Calostemma purpureum. R.Br. The variety carneum has rather larger flowers than the species, variously described as pink, flesh-coloured, pale purple or white. [Baker Am.].
Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. cunninghamii
For details of the species see Calostemma purpureum R.Br. Cunninghamii is a form with rose-coloured flowers discovered at Moreton Bay. [PD]. Calostemma purpureum is highly variable in flower colour, varying from very pale blush, almost white, to deep reddish pink and including yellow forms. See also Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. luteum and Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. bronze.
Calostemma purpureum R.Br. var. luteum
For a description of the species see Calostemma purpureum R.Br. Very similar to Calostemma purpureum except that it has larger, yellow, or greenish-yellow flowers. [Baker Am.].
Calothamnus species unidentified
Genus of 24 species found in Western Australia. They are bushy, evergreen shrubs, from 1m to 3m in height, with crowded, narrow leaves, often hairy, and are usually found in dry scrub and open forest. Their characteristic flowers, somewhat resembling a one-sided bottle brush, are usually red, sometimes cream. Common names include ‘Net bush’ and ‘One-sided bottle brush’. [RHSE, Blomberry].
Capparis arborea (F.Muell.) Maid.
Half hardy shrub to small tree with ovate leaves, to 12cm, and fragile white flowers, to 3cm across. [Beadle, FNSW].
Capparis mitchellii Lindl.
Half hardy, much branched shrub or small tree with ovate leaves, to 6cm, and white flowers, to 5cm diameter, followed by edible fruits, to 5cm diameter. To 5m. The fruit is edible but not particularly palatable. [RHSD, FNSW].
Castanospermum australe Cunn. & Fraser
Frost-tender, open, spreading tree with lustrous dark green leaves, to 45cm long, composed of up to 17 elliptic leaflets, and racemes of yellow, orange or red flowers in spring and summer, followed by large pods containing chestnut-like black seeds. To 30m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ceratopetalum species unidentified
Genus of 5 species of evergreen shrubs and trees from open woodland and rainforest in Australia and New Guinea, valued for their panicles of flowers which give an even showier display of enlarged, brightly coloured calyces after the flowers have finished. The genus includes Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm., the Australian Christmas tree, much used in floristry in Australia, and C. apetalum D.Don, the Coachwood, both of which are native to the Sydney and Illawarra regions of New South Wales. [FNSW, Beadle]. It could also be a species belonging to another genus in the family Cunoniaceae or the related Baueraceae.
