c.VKYOCRINMTKS. 



CARYOTA. 



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CARYO'CRINITBS, a genus of Critxridta, from the Palieocoic 

 Limestone of North America. 



!:.E, Oorrvort,, the Pink Tribe, a natural 



order of plant*, the type of which may be considered the Diantliut 

 caryofkyUta, or Common Garden Pink. It consUU of plants having 

 narrow opposite undirided leave*, arising from tumour* at the arti- 

 culation* of the item ; flower* with a definite number of hypogynous 

 tamed* ; a fruit with a central placenta, and aeed* that usually have 

 the embryo rolled round mealy albumen. The specie* are in many 

 oa*m mere weed*. In no instances hare they properties of any im- 

 portance, being mostly inert ; but are occasionally objects of cultiva- 

 tion on account of their pretty flowers, a* is the case in the whole 

 genus Diamtltiu, and in several species of Silent, Agmttmma, Lychnit, 

 and SijKmaria. The order has always been divided into two parts, 

 one of which has the sepals combined into a tube, and the other the 

 sepals wholly distinct : Dr. Lindley at one time regarded these at- 

 distinct natural order*, the former constituting Silatacat, the latter 

 AUinueta. Of these the last-mentioned is very near lUecebracect, and 

 formerly contained species that are now known to belong to that 

 order. The other member* of this family have relations with Mai 

 OCOF and Oeraaiaeea. The most important application of any of the 

 ipecies is the use of Saponaria, Soapwort, for washing. The order 

 contain* 43 genera and upwards of 1000 species. [LYCHKIB ; SAPON- 

 SILESE ; STEIXARIA ; SPERCCLA.] 



a berry, 1-oelled, roundish, about the size of a plum, with a thin 

 yellow rind, so acrid that it produce* a severe aenaation of burning 

 if applied to the skin ; and hence it* name, went. It i* generally 

 stated, apparently upon the authority of Rumf, that this noble specie* 



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 rnndijlora. 



1, Uorxpanded flower ; 2, calyx ; S, plitil and tameiu ; 4, a petal, with 

 Uaea aturhed ; S, anther impn-Rnutcd ; 6, a back view of the name ; 7 , fruit, 

 with calyx remaining after Impregnation ; 8, the name without the calyx, ant] 

 as it opraa when mature ; 9, the name cut horizontally. 



CARYO'PH YLLI A, a genus of Corals of the section Madrephylliaa 



Of De Hlainville. [MADREPHTLU.J'.A.l 



' 'A HYOTA, a genus of plant* belonging to the natural order of 

 Palm*. It has pinnated leave* and wedge-shaped leaflets, strongly 

 toothed at the extremity ; monoecious polyandrous flowers ; a some- 

 what peltate utignia ; and a 1- or 2-seeded pulpy fruit, with the 

 embryo near the point of the albumen. The best known species, 

 Oaffota urnw, is a native of most of the tropical parts of Ania, 

 epecially in mountainous situations, where, according to Roxburgh, 

 H grows to be one of the largest of the Palm Tribe. Its trunk in 

 described a* being CO feet high, thick in proportion, and xligbtly 

 marked with annular soars, produced by the fall of its leaves. Its 

 wood i* ao hard a* to be cut with some difficulty, and is consequently 

 of considerable value, provided the soft sap-wood in the centre is 

 scraped away. It* leaves are pinnate, the leaflets obliquely triangular, 

 the apex of the triangle being the point where they are attached to 

 the stalk ; their end is irregularly toothed, as if bitten or gnawed by 

 an animal (technically pnemorse) ; and their general appearance is on 

 this account so remarkable that Rumf compare* them not inaptly to 

 the fin of a fish. The mass of flower* (spadix) i* Hid to be from 6 to 

 16 feet long, divided into many simple branches, which are pretty 

 thickly covered with innumerable sessile flower*. The fruit i* called 



Can/vta ttrria. 



Carynta urent. A portion of the spndll. 



of palm yields no sap fit for manufacture into wine, nnd that the sago 

 obtained from the soft central part of its stem is of such inferior 

 quality as only to be employed in times of famine. Roxburgh how- 



