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41. CEPHALANTHUS. 



f jx&identa f lis, (button bush, O. w. Ju. T?) leaves opposite and in threes, 

 oval, acuminate. Inflorescence a round head. Swamps. Var. pub- 

 escent, has the leaves and branchlets pubescent. 4 5. f. 



J4 2. CHEIRANTHUS. (From the Greek cheir, a hand, and an- 



tkos, a flower.) 



Exotic. 



CJiei n, (wall flower. J. 1|) leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; branches 

 angled ; stem somewhat of a woody texture. 



An"nuus, (stock-july-flower. Ju. {>) leaves lanceolate, sub-dentate ob- 

 tuse, hoary ; silique cylindric, with an acute apex. 



10 1. CHIMAPHILA. (From ckeima, winter, and. phi! os, a lover.) 



Umlella'ta, (prince's pine, bitter winter-green. O. r. w. Ju. 1|.) leaves 

 serrate, uniformly green, wedge-lanceolate, with an acute base ; 

 scape corymbed; filaments glabrous. 



21. CHIONANTHUS. (From chion, snow, and anlhos, a flower.) 



Virgiri'ica, (fringe tree, w. M. T?) panicle terminal, trifid ; peduncles 

 3-flowered ; leaves acute. Var. montanus, leaves oval lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; panicle dense ; drupe oval. Var. maritimus, 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, pubescent ; >pamcle very 

 lax ; drupe eleiptic. Berries purplish-blue. 



17 2. CHRYSANTHEMUM. (From chrusos, gold, and ant has, a 



flower.) 



Lcucan"tkemum, (ox-eyed daisy. O. J. Tj.) leaves clasping, lanceolate., 

 serrate, cut-toothed at the base ; stem erect, branching. 12 20. i. 



jEJ.ro/tc. 



Parthe'nium, (feverfew) leaves petioled, compound, flat ; leafets ovate, 

 gashed ; peduncles branching, corymbed ; stem erect. 



2 1. CIRCAEA. (From Circe, name of an enchantress.) 



Lutetia'na, (enchanter's night-shade, O. Aug. r w. 7|) stem erect; 

 leaves ovate, remotely toothed, opaque, nearly smooth. 1 2. f. 



1213. CLEMATIS. (From Klema, a tendril.) 

 Virgin"ica, (virgin's bower. O. w. Ju. T?) climbing ; leaves ternate ; 

 leafets ovate, sub-cordate, gash-toothed and lobate, flowers panicled, 

 dioecious. 15 20. f. 



193. COMPTONIA. (Named from Bishop ComptorO 



Asplenifo'lia, (sweet-fern. O. g. Ap. T?) leaves long-linear, alternately 

 crenate-pinnatifid. 18 48. i. 



51. CONVOLVULUS. (From convolve, to entwine.) 



Re'pens. (field bind-weed. O. w. & r. J. 1|_) twining; leaves sagittate, 

 with the apex acute and the lobes truncate, entire (some obtuse ;) 

 bracts ^.cute, longer than the calyx, and shorter than the middle of 

 the corolla; peduncle angled, exceeding the petiole 



