CARAGANA 



CARDIANDRA 



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BB. Jfachift pe 



ilstent, spiny : pedicels shorter 

 than the fls. 



357. Caraeana 



frutescens. 



Chimlagu, Lara. Shrub, 2-4 ft. : spines long: Ifts. 4, 

 [1 2 somewhat remote pairs, chartaceous, obovate, emar- 

 ginate or rounded at the 

 apex, glabrous, H-K in. long: 

 fls. solitary, reddi.sh yellow, 

 l}4in. long. May. N.China. 



pygmsBa, DC. One to :\ 

 ft.: spines short, Jiin.: Ivs. 

 n»':irly sessile ; Ifts. 4, ap- 

 proximate and almost digi- 

 tate, cuneate, linear-elliptic 

 or linear-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, %-).i in. long: fls. 

 solitary, %\i\. long, golden 

 yellow. Cauc. to Siber. 

 and Thibet. B. R. 12: 1021. 

 — Grafted high on C, arbo- 

 resceiix, it forms a graceful, 

 standard tree, with pendu- 

 lous branches. 



grandifWra, DC. Similar 

 to the former. Lfts. cuneate- 

 oblong : fls. Ii4in. long ; 

 calyx gibbous at the base. 

 Cauc— Under this name 

 mostly a variety of C frutes- 

 cens is cultivated. 



G. Altaiiaiia. Poir.=C. micro- 

 phylla. — f. arborescens arena- 

 Ha, Hort.=('. miL-rophylla.-C. 

 arenaria, IHpp.=C. aurantiacti, 

 Koehne.— (.'. arenaria. Loud., 

 see C. euneifolia.— 0. auranti- 

 dea, Koehne. Allied to 0. pyg- 

 m»a. Fls. orange-yellow: calyx 

 as long as broad: ovary gl.abrous. Siber.— C brevispina, Royle. 

 Spines 2-3 in. long: lfts. 12-16, pubescent: fls. 2-4, on a common 

 peduncle. Himal. P. F. ti. 2: 184.— (7. ciirepirtiia, Dipp. CC. Ke- 

 dowskii, Hort.. notDC). Probably var, of C. arborescens. Stip- 

 ules spiny: lfts. small, cuneate ; pedicels shorter, pubescent : 

 seeds brown, spotted black. C. arenaria. Loud. (B. M.1886), 

 seems to be the same.— C frutex, C. Koch=C. frutescens— C'. 

 GerardiAna. Royle. Spines 1^2-2 in. long: stipules large, scari- 

 ous: lfts. 8-12, densely pubescent: fls. 1-2, short -pedieeUed. 

 Himal.— C gracilis, Hort.= C. pygmasa- C. jubdta, P.all. 

 Branches spiny, villous, thick, with rounded Ivs.: stipules 

 large, scarious : lfts. 8-10, villous beneath : fls. whitish, short- 

 pedieelled. Siber. F.S. 19:2013. L.B.0.6:522. Gt. 10:331. A 

 very distinct and curious looking species; hardy,— 0. i^eddic- 

 skit, Hort., not DC.=cuneifolia, Dipp.— C. spinbsa, DC. Spines 

 1 in. long: lfts. 4, rarely more, approximate, cuneate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous: fls. solitary, short-pedicelled. Siber.— O. spinosissima. 

 C. Koch = C. spinosa.— C. tragacantlioitles, Polr. Spiny: lfts. 

 4-8, cuneate, oblong, pubescent : fl.s. solitary, short-pedicelled; 

 calyx villous-pubescent. Himal.— C. trillbra, Lindl.=C. brevi- 

 spina.— O. vulgaris. Hort.=C. arborescens. 



Alfred Rehder. 



CARAGUATA. By the latest monographer referred 

 to Guzuiania, which see. 



CARAMBOLA. See Averrhoa. 



CARAWAY (CArum Cclrui, Linn.). UmbeUiferie. 

 A biennial or annual herb grown for its seeds, which 

 are used in flavoring bread, cakes and cheese ; also oc- 

 casionally for the young shoots and leaves, which are 

 eaten. It grows a foot or two high, has flnely-cut, pin- 

 nately compound foliage, and small white flowers in 

 umbels. It is of the easiest culture. The seed is usu- 

 ally sown in spring and the crop of seed taken the fol- 

 lowing year. It thrives in any garden soil. The plant 

 occasionally runs wild. See Carum, 



CARB£NIA (name of doubtful meaning). Compds- 

 itw. Blessed Thistle. A monotypic genus allied to 

 Centaurea, and distinguished from it botanically by 

 involucre, achenes, pappus and anthers. Its habit in 

 the garden is very different from the Bachelor's But- 

 tons, being thistle-like, and more interesting than orna- 

 mental. A hardy annual, low-growing herb, rough, 

 branching and pilose. Once thought to counteract poi- 

 son. Culture easy. Fit for wild gardens and rockeries. 



benedicta, Adans. [Cdrduns benedlctus, Authors. 

 CH)rits hrmfUctus, Linn. Centaurea benedicta, Linn.). 

 Fig. :!.jH. Height2ft.: Ivs. alternate, sinuate-pinnatifid, 

 the lobes and teeth spiny: fls. terminal, yellow, 1 in. 

 wide. Mediterranean regions and Caucasus. Sometimes 

 cult. ; also rarely seen in waste places of southern Atlantic 

 states and Calif, as a weed adventive from Eu. 



CARD Amine (Greek name of a cress). CriicUeme- 

 Small perennials growing in low, rich land, blooming in 

 spring or early summer. Petals obovate or spatulate ; 

 pods linear and straight, the wingless seeds in 1 row. 



pratfinsis, Linn. Cuckoo Flower. Plant slender and 

 usually glabrous, 12-20 in., somewhat branched : Ivs. 

 pinnately divided; lfts. of root Ivs. small and rounded 

 {% in. or less across), those of the upper stem-lvs. ob- 

 long or even linear and entire or somewhat toothed : 

 fls. K in. long, in a corymb, white or rose-color, pretty. 

 Eu. and Amer., in the northern parts. — In the gardens 

 it is chiefly known in the double-fld. form, which prob- 

 ably has been obtained from European rather than 

 American sources. There are other forms of it. It is 

 an excellent little plant to grow in moist places, particu- 

 larly along creeks and about springs. It is also useful 

 in drier places, as in rockeries. 



angulita. Hook. Erect, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. 3-5-folio- 

 late, the lfts. ovate or oblong and the middle one usu- 

 ally coarsely toothed : fls. rather large, white, in short, 

 few-fld. racemes. Mts. of Ore. and Wash. — Int. 1881 by 

 Gillett. 



1892, is evidently Dentaria 

 L. H. B. 

 lum, and Elettaria. 



358. Carbenia benedicta. 



CARDIANDRA (Greek, heart, and man or stamen : 

 alluding to tin- shape of the anthers). SaxifrngAcea;. 

 Low decidu.Mis shrub, allied to Hydrangea, with alter- 

 nate, rather large Ivs.: Hs. in terminal, loose corymbs, 

 small, those of the margin large, radiant and sterile. 

 One species in S. Japan and China. Tender and suffruti- 

 cose, thriving in any good garden soil ; best in a partly 

 shaded position. Prop, by greenwood cuttings under 

 glass 



altemifdlia, Sieb. & Zucc. 1-3 ft.: Its. broadly ellip- 

 tic to elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into a very short 



