n8 CARALLIA 



Carallia Roxb. ex R. Br. Rhizophoraceae. 10 palaeotrop., exc. 



Afr. Disc. usu. double- 



Caralluma R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (li. 3). 60 Medit. to E. Ind. 

 Caramba, Carambola, Averrhoa Caratnbola L. 

 Caranda Gaertn. Inc. sed. i Ceylon. 



Carapa Aubl. Meliaceae (in). 10 trop. C. procera DC. and C. itian- 

 ensif Aubl. seeds yield a good oil (carapa, touloucouna, andiroba, 

 coondi). C. mohiccensis Lam. among the mangroves (q-v.). 

 Carapichea Aubl. = Cephaelis Sw. (Rubiac.). 

 Carat, Ceratonia Siliqna L. 

 Caraway seed, Carnin Carvi L. 



Carbenia Adans. (Cnictts p.p. EP.). Compos, (n). i Medit. 

 Carbohydrates, bodies containing C, H, and O, in the proportions 



C.,, H 2v , GV; cellulose, starch, sugar, &c. 

 Carcerulus, fruit of Labiatae. 

 Carda Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Cardamine (Tourn.) L. (BH. incl. Dentaria L.). Cruciferae (2). 

 100 cosmop., chiefly temp. C. pratensis L. (cuckoo-flower) and 

 others in Brit. C. impatiens L. has an explosive fruit like that of 

 Eschscholtzia. C. chenopodiifolia Pers. (S. Am.) possesses two kinds 

 of fr Those formed on the upper part of the plant are normal 

 siliquae; at the base, in the axils of the 1. of the rosette cleist. fls. 

 form which burrow into the soil and produce fr. there (cf Arachis, 

 Trifolium, &c.). In C. pratensis there is extensive veg. repr. 

 by adv. buds on the radical 1. and in C. (D.) bulbifera R. Br. by 

 means of axillary bulbils. See Schulz, Monograph in Engl.Jb. 32, 

 p. 280. 



Cardaminopsis Hayek. Cruciferae (2). 4 *. 

 Cardamoms, Elettaria Cardamomiim Maton, Amomum. 

 Cardamomum Noronha= Elettaria Maton (Zingib.). 

 Cardanthera Buch.-Ham. (Synnema EP.}. Acanth. (iv. A). 10 



palaeotrop. 



Cardia Dulac^ "Veronica Tourn. (Scroph.). 

 Cardiaca (Tourn.) L. = Leonurus L. p.p. (Comp.). 

 Cardiacanthus Schau. (Jacobinia p.p BH.}. Acanth. (iv. B). i Mex. 

 Cardiandra Sieb. et Zucc. Saxifr. (ill), i China, Japan. 

 Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis L. 



Cardiobatus Greene (Kitbus p.p.). Rosac. (in. 2). i N. Am. 

 Cardiocarpus Reinw. = Soulamia Lam. (Simarub.). 

 Cardiochlamys Oliv. Convolvulaceae (i). i Madag. 

 Cardiogyne Bur. (Plecosperwin/i BH.). Morac. (i). i trop. Afr. 



The wood yields a dye. 



Cardiopetalum Schlechtd. (Stormia Moore). Anon. (i). i Braz. 

 Cardiopteris Wall. Icacinaceae (Olacineae BH.). 3 Indomal. 

 Cardiospermum L. Sapindaceae (i), 15 trop., esp. Am. 

 Cardoon, Cynara Cardunculiis L. 



Cardopatium Juss. (Broteroa EP.). Compositae (11). 2 Medit. 

 Carduncellus Adans. Compositae (n). 2 Medit. 

 Carduus (Tourn.) L. This gen., Cnicus and Cirsium are nearly allied, 

 and scarcely any floras agree in the sp. assigned to them. See Index 

 Kewensis. 



