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Cassida Tourn. ex Adans. = Scutellaria Riv. (Labial.). 



Cassidispermum Hemsl. Sapotaceae. i Solomon Is. 



Cassie flowers, Acacia Farnesiana Willd. 



Cassine L. Ceiastraceae. 40 S. Afr., Madag. C. crocea Presl yields 

 saffron-wood. 



Cassinia R. Br. Compositae (4). 20 S. Afr , Austr., N.Z. 



Cassinopsis Sond. Icacinaceae (Olacin. Bff.}. 4 S. Afr., Madag. 



Cassiope D. Don. Eric. (11. i). 7 boreal. L. much rolled back (see 

 fam ; cf. Empetrum); in C'. Redo%vskii G. Don it is hollow. 



Cassipourea Aulil. Rh zophoraceae. 10 trop. Am. 



Cassupa Humb. et Bonpl. Rubi<ceae (I. 7). 2 N.W. S. Am. 



Cassytha L. Lauraceae (n). 15 palaeotr. p. Parasites with the habit 

 01 Cuscuta. 



Castalia Salisb. = Nymphaea L. p.p. (C. speciosa Salisb. = N. alba). 



Castanea Tourn. ex L. (incl. Castanopsis Spach). Fagacene. 



C. vulgaris Lam. {saliva Mill.) is the chestnut. The- S fls. are in 

 dich. of 3 7, the ? in groups of 3, yie ding $ nuts, enclosed in tr<e 

 prickly cupule (cf. others of fam. and Aesculus). Fr ed.; useful 

 wood and bark (used in tanning). See fam. for fl. diagram. 



Castanella Spruce (Paullinia p.p. EP.}. Sapind. (i). i Brazil. 



Castaneous, chestnut-coloured. 



Castanopsis Spach (Cas/anea p.p. EP.). Fagaceae. 25 trop. As. 



Castanospermum A. Cunn. Leguminosae(in. i). i sub-trop. Austr., 

 C. australe A. Cunn. (Australian ches'nut), has ed. seeds. 



Castanospora F. Muell. Sapindaceae (i). i warm E. Au*tr. 



Castela Turp. Simarubaceae. 12 C. and S. Am., W.I. 



Castelaria Small. Simarubaceae. 8 W.I. to California. 



Castelnavia Tul. et Wedd. Podostemice e. 7 Brazil. 



Castilleja Muiis. Scrophulariaceae (in. 3). 31 N. Am., As , S. Am. 

 (painted lady, paint-brush) The upper 1., or .sometimes only their 

 outer ends, are brightly coloured, adding to the conspicuousness of 

 the fls. (cf. Cornus, Poinsettia, &c.). 



Castilloa Cervant. Moraceae (n). 3 trop. Am., Cuba. The latex of 

 C. elastica G.TV yields caoutchouc (C. American or Panama rubber, 

 Caucho, Ule; cf Hevea, &c.). 



Castor oil. Ricinus communis L. 



Castratella Naud. Meiastomaceae (i). i Colombia. 



Casual, an occasional weed of cultivation, not naturalised. 

 Casuarina Linn. Casuarinaceae. 35 Austr., Polynes.. &c. Trees, 

 often of weeping habit, with long slender green b anches, cylindrical 

 and deeplygrocved. At the nodes are borne whorls of scale 1. like those 

 of Equisetum. The stomata and green tissue are at the bases of the 

 grooves, whilst the ridges are formed of sclerenchyma, so that the 

 plant is markedly xero. Fls. unisex. The <f are borne in term, 

 spikes on short lat. branches. The internodes are short and at every 

 node is a cup (formed of the combined bracts) with several sta. 

 hanging out over the edge. Each repres. a rf fl. and has a 2-lenved 

 P and 2 bracteoles. The ? rls. are borne in dense spherical heads. 

 Each is naked in the axil of a bract, has i bracteoKs, and consists 

 of 2 cpls., syncp., the post. loc. empty, the ant. containing 2 or more 

 ov. The long styles hang out beyond the bracts and wind-fert 



