J66 CEL 



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

 exsert. Cultivated. 2. f. 



205. CANNABIS 



Exotic. 



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

 ets lanceolate, serrate, pilose ; staminate flowers solitary axilla ry $ 

 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. 

 10-18. i. 



171. CARDUUS. 



Pecttna'tus, (comb-tooth thistle, E. p. J^) 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 careo, to want.) 



Ster"ilis, (barren sedge. O. M. 1|_) spikelets in fives, sessile, approxi- 

 mate ; fruit ovate, acuminate or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-side<f 

 compressed, scabrous at the margin ; equalling the obovate acutish 

 scale. 8. i. Wet. 



101. CASSIA. (A Latin name.) 



Mariland"ica,, (wild senna, O. y. Au. '2J.) somewhat glabrous ; leaves 

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

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

 24. f. 



Cham(Ecrist"a, (cassia, partridge pea. E. y. Au. <v>) somewhat gla- 

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

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

 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. 



< 2 r 1. CATALPA. (An Indian name.) 



Cfrrdifo'lia, (M. w. & y. T?) leaves simple, cordate, entire, by threes ; 

 flowers in panicles. 40- 50Pf. Grows wild ; n the Southern States, 

 but with us is an exotic. 



51. CELASTRUS. 



Sum 'dens, (false bittersweet, staff tree. O. y. w. J. 17) stem twining; 

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

 scarlet berries through the winter. 



