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near lakes, Ac. Some are grown in pots for table deco- 

 ration, and make beautiful plants for that purpose. 



FIG. 367. CAREX BACCANS. 



C. baccans (berried). Inflorescence paniculate. Ripe perigynia 

 varying from coral red to lustrous purple, h. 2ft to 4ft A noble 

 species, from Tropical and Sub-tropical Himalaya. See Fig. 367. 



C. Gray! (Gray's). JL, fertile spikes two, or rarely one, consisting 

 of fifteen to thirty flowers, forming globose beads, the ripe peri- 

 gynia projecting in all directions. July. A. 3ft North America, 



C. intnmescens (swollen), jt., spikes usually five to eight- 

 flowered : ripe perigvnia projecting outwards and upwards, June. 

 h. lift. North America. 



C. paludpsa (marsh), ./f., fertile spikes cylindrical, obtuse. May. 

 I. verv broad, keeled, rough ; bracts very long, f oliaceous. h, 

 2ft. - Britain. (Sy. En. B. 1668.) 



C. pendnla (pendulous). JL, fertile spikes very long, pendulous, 

 cylindrical. May. /. broad ; sheaths elongated, nearly equal to 

 the flower-stalks, h, 3ft. to 5ft Britain. (Sy. En. B. 1660.) 



C. paeudo-cyperna (Cyperus-like). JL, spikes on long footstalks, 

 cylindrical, pendulous. June. I Ain. broad ; bracts Tery leafy. 

 Stems 2ft. to 3ft. high, acutely triangular. Britain. One of the 

 best marked and most beautiful of the genus. (Sy. En. B. 1685.) 



C. ripaxia (river-bank). JL, fertile spikes scarcely pedunculated, 

 broadly cylindrical, acute ; scales of the sterile spikes acuminated. 

 May. L broad; bracts very long, foliaceous. Britain. The 

 variegated form of this is well worth growing in borders or 

 among Ferns. (Sy. En. B. 1679.) 



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C. sylvatica (sylvan). JL, fertile spikes filiform, rather slender 



slightly drooping ; sheaths half as long as the flowed talks. M"V 



and June. narrow. A. 1ft. to 2ft Britain. (Sy. EnTfi. 16650 



CAREYA (named after the Bv. William Carey, of 



Serampore, a distinguished botanist and linguist). OBD. 



Myrtaceas. Very handsome stove trees, or small shrubs! 



Flowers large, with white petals and red or yellow stamens. 



Leaves alternate, feather-nerved, dotiess, glabrous. A 



mixture of one part sandy loam and two parts fibry peat 



suits them best. Ripened cuttings root freely, if planted in 



sand, with a hand glass over them, and placed in a moist 



bottom heat Careyas may also be propagated by dividing 



the roots. 



(tree-like). * Slow-match Tree. JL sessile; petals 



white; stamens reddish; spikes terminal, few-flowered. L on 

 short petioles, obovate or oblong, crenate-denticulate, about 1ft 

 long. A.30ftto60ft India, 1823. Tree. (B. F. S. 205.) 

 C. herbacea (herbaceous). JL pedunculate; petals greenish- 

 purple ; stamens red ; racemes short July. L on short petioles, 

 cuneate-obovate or obovate, serrulate, 4in. to Sin. long. h. 6in. 

 to 1ft Bengal, 1808. Perennial herb, with a woody rootstock. 



CAJUCA (erroneously supposed to be a native of Caria). 

 Papaw-tree. Including Papaya. TBIBE Papayafeca. OBD. 

 Passiflorece. A genus of stove evergreen fruit-trees, without 

 branches, yielding an acrid milky juice. Leaves alternate, 

 palmately lobed, standing on long terete petioles. They 

 grow well in a rich, loamy soil. Cuttings of ripe shoots, 

 if not deprived of their leaves, will root readily in a sandy 

 soil, under a bell glass, and in a gentle bottom heat They 

 are grown in this country more as curiosities than for 

 either ornament or utility. 



C. candamarcensis (Candamarcan). Synonymous with C. cun 

 ttenamarcetuie. 



C. caulinora (stem-flowering), /f. yellowish ; male peduncles 

 usually five-flowered, rising from tubercles on the trunk. I. pal- 

 mately five-lobed ; intermediate lobes sinuated ; segments lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, h. 10ft. to 20ft. South America, 1806. 



C. cnndinamarcensls (Cundinamarcan). n. green, fr. yellow, 

 edible. A. 6ft Ecuador, 1874. STN. C. eandamareenii*. (B. M. 



C. Papaya.* Common Papaw. JL greenish ; male ones corymbose. 



July. /. palmately seven^obed ; segments deeply lobed, oblong, 



acute, h. 10ft. to 20ft South America, 1690. (B". M. 28) 



CARICATURE PLANT. See Oraptophylliun 

 hortense. 



CABJNA. A keel, like that of a boat ; also applied to 

 the lower petals of a pea-flower. 



CARZNATE. Keel-shaped. 



CARINATELY-CONCAVE. Hollowed in such a 

 manner as to resemble a keel externally. 



CARINATELY- WINGED. Having a wing re- 

 sembling a keel. 



CARIOPSIS. A one-celled one-seeded superior fruit, 

 whose pericarp is membranous and united to the seed, as in 

 wheat, maize, and other kinds of corn. 



CARISSA (probably a native Indian name, in Mahratta, 

 Korinda). OBD. Apocynacece. A genus of stove shrubs 

 and trees. Flowers white; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered, everywhere becoming sterile and spines- 

 cent. Leaves opposite, furnished with intrapetiolar bristles. 

 They are best grown in a compost of peat and loam. 

 Cuttings of ripe wood will strike if placed in sand, under 

 a glass, in bottom heat. They are of economical value in 

 their native countries. 



C. Cnntf" 1 ** (Carandas). JL milky -white, Jasmine-like ; corymbs 

 terminal and axillary, few-flowered. July. L ovate, mucronate, 

 or elliptic, obtuse, glabrous : spines often two-forked. Sub-ar- 

 boreous. A. 15ft to loft India, 1790. (L B. C. 663.) 

 C. grandlflora (large-flowered).* JL white, fragrant salver- 

 shaped, 2in. across. Slav. L deep green ; spines axillary, forked. 

 Natal, 186Z (B. M. 6307.) 



C. spinarum (spiny). JL white; petals lanceolate; peduncles 

 terminal, four to five-flowered. August to December. L small, 

 ovate, acute, veiny, shining. Branches dichotomous ; spines, two 

 at each ramification opposite, the one above the branch and the 

 other below it, red at top, and shining. A. 20ft India, 1808. 

 (L. B. C. 162.) 



