166 GEL 



nearly sessile, in a terminal leafy raceme ; corolla sub-rotate ; styl/ 

 exsert. Cultivated. 2. f. 



205. CANNABIS 



Exotic. 



Sali'va, (hemp. G. Au. <?)) stem pilose ; leaves petioled, digitate ; leaf- 

 ets lanceolate, serrate, pilose ; staminate flowers solitary axillary , 

 pistillate ones spiked. 4 10. f. 



51. CAPSICUM. (From Greek Kapto, to bite.) 



Exotic. 



An"nuum, (guinea pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper, y-g. w. Au 

 ) stem herbaceous; peduncles solitary. From South America 

 1018. i. 



171. CARDUUS. 



Pectina'tus, (comb-tooth thistle, E. p. tf) unarmed; leaves decurren^ 

 lanceolate, pectinately pinnatifid ; peduncles almost terminal, leaf 

 less, very long, about 1-flowered; flowers nodding, often discharg 

 ing the pollen ; scales of the calyx linear spreading. 



193. CAREX. (From the Latin carco, to want.) 



8ter"ilis, (barren sedge. O. M. If.) spikelets in-fives, sessile, approxi- 

 mate ; fruit ovate, acuminate or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-sided 

 compressed, scabrous at the margin ; equalling the obovate acutish 

 scale. 8. i. Wet. 



101. CASSIA. (A Latin name.) 



Mariland"icq, (wild senna, O. y. An. 1J-) somewhat glabrous; leaves 

 in 8 pairs, lance oblong, mucronate ; flowers in axillary racemes, 

 and in terminal panicles ; legumes linear, curved. River alluvion, 

 24. f. 



Otamc&crisf'a, (cassia, partridge pea. E. y. An. <v>) somewhat gla- 

 brous ; leaves linear, in many pairs, the glands of the petioles sub- 

 pedicelled; two of the petals spotted; legumes pubescent. A most 

 elegant plant. 8 16. i. Dry sand, &c. 



1912. CASTANEA. (From Castana, name of an ancient City.) 



America'na, (chestnut. O. g. J. T^) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate serrate, 

 with the serratures mucronate, glabrous both sides. Large tree. 



21. CATALPA. (An Indian name.) 



Cwdifo'lia, (M. w. & y. 17) leaves simple, cordate, entire, by threes ; 

 flowers in panicles. 40 50. f. Grows wild in the Southern States, 

 but with us is an exotic. 



51. CELASTRUS. 



Scan" dens, (false bittersweet, staff tree. O. y. w. J. I?) stem twining; 

 leaves oblong, acuminate, serrate ; racemes terminal. Retains its 

 scarlet berries through the winter. 



