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Catonia I'. Br. Inc. sed. i Jamaica. 



Catonia Raf. Inc. sed. i habitat ? 



Catonia Veil. Inc. sed. i Brazil. 



Catopheria Benth. Labiatae (vni). 3 trop. Am. 



Catophractes D. Don. Bignoniaceae (2). i trop. Afr. 



Catopsis Griseb. Bromeliaceae (i). 15 W.I. , Mex., Andes. 



Catosperma Benth. Goodeniaceae. i trop. Austr. 



Catostemrna Benth. Bombacaceae. i Guiana. 



Cattleya Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 6). 30 trop. Am., largely cult.; 

 showy fls. The label luin encloses the column but is not united to it. 

 From its base a nectary runs down into the ovary. The action of the 

 parts of the fl. is like that of Epipactis (Darwin, Orchids, p. 143). 



Cattleyopsis Lem. (Laelia p.p. EP.}. Orchid, (n. 6). 2 W.I. 



Catutsjeron Adans. (Holigania Buch.-Ham.). Anacardiaceae (4). 

 5 Indomal. 



Caucalis L. (incl. Torilis Adans.). Umbelliferae (in. 2). 8 N. temp., 

 5 Brit, (hedge-parsley, &c. ). 



Caucanthus Forsk. Malpighiaceae (i). 3 E. Afr., Arabia. 



Cauda, a tail-like appendage ; -tus (Lat), tailed. 



Caudex, a trunk or stock. 



Caudicle, cf. Orchidaceae. 



Caul- (Lat. pref.), stem; -escens (Lat.), with obvious stem; -icle, 

 a diminutive stalk ; -iflory, production of fl. from old stems, Arto- 

 carpus, Averrhoa, Clavija, Crescentia, Cynometra, Fzcns, Goethea, 

 R'igelia, TJteobroma, Theophrasta; -ine, on the stem; -caulis (Lat. 

 suff.), -stemmed; -ocarpic, fruiting repeatedly; -ome, organ of stem 

 nature. 



Caulanthus S. Wats. Cruciferae (i). 8 W. U.S. C. procerus Wats, 

 (wild cabbage) ed. 



Cauliflower, Brassica oleracea L. var. 



Caulinia DC.- Posidonia Koen. p.p.; do. Willd. = Naias L. p.p. 



Caulophyllum Michx. (Leontice p.p. EP.). Berb. 2 N.E. As., N. Am. 

 (cohosh). 



Caustis R. Br. Cyperaceae (n). 7 Austr. 



Cautleya Royle (Roscoea p.p. BH.). Zingib. (i). 3 Himal. 



Cavaleriea Leveille. Hamamelidaceae. i China. 



Cavanillesia Ruiz et Pav. Bombacaceae. 2 S. Am. 



CavendisMa Lindl. Ericaceae (in. 2). 30 trop. Am. 



Cayaponia Silva Vlanso. Cucurbitaceae (3). 70 warm Am., Afr. 



Cayenne pepper, Capsicum annuinn L. 



Caylusea A. St Hil. Resedaceae. 2 E. Afr. to India. 



Ceanothus L. Rhamnaceae. 40 Am., often cult. orn. shrubs. 



Ceara rubber, Manihot Glaziovii Muell.-Arg. 



Cebu hemp, Manila hemp, Musa textilis Nee. 



Cecropia L. Moraceae (in). 45 trop. Am. Trees of rapid growth, 

 with very light wood, used for floats, &c. Infl. a very complex cyme 

 (see Bot. Centr. 57, p. 6). C. pultata L. is the trumpet tree, so called 

 from the use made of iis hollow stems by the Uaupes Indians (Wallace, 

 Amaz. ch. XII). The hollows are often inhabited by fierce ants 

 (Azteca sp.) which rush out if the tree be shaken, and attack the 

 intruder. Schimper has made an investigation of this symbiosis (or 



