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CALENDULA— CANNABIS. 



smaller than those of the disco'Ior,lhi9 last 

 being one of the most splendid ilowers 

 growing in the open air. 

 CALENDULA. 17—4. (Corymhifera.) [So 



called because it flowers every tnonth, from 



calends, moutll.] 



officina'lis, (pot marygold, y. Q.) seed 

 keeled, muricate, incurved. Ex. 



Stella' ta, starry marygold. Barbary 

 orange. 2 f 



pluvia'lis, (rainy marygold,) florets of the 

 ray pure white inside, dark purple outside. 



hybrida, dingy orange on the outside. 



CAL"LA. 19—12. {Aroidcac.) [From halos, 



beautiful.] 



palus'tris, (water arum, w. J. 2^.) leaves 

 sub-roundish, heart-form, acute ; spatha 

 ovate, cuspidate, spreading when mature. 

 Grows in wet places. 



ethio'pica, Egyptian lily. Ex. 

 CAL"LICAR"PA. 4—1. (Vitices.) [From 



kalos, beauty, karpos, fruit ] 



america'na, (r. J.) leaves serrate, tomen- 

 tose beneath. 3-4 f. S. 

 CAL"LITRrCHE. 1—2. {Onagrce.) [From 



kalos, beauty, and trichos, hair, appearing 



like hair.] 



ve/'iia, (water chickweed, w. M. ^.) 

 upper leaves spatulate.obovate, lower ones 

 linear, obtuse, and emarginate ; flowers 

 polygamous. In shallow streams. Stem 

 floating. 2-3 f Upper leaves in a tuft. 

 Flower solitary, axillary. 

 CAL"OCIIOR"TUS. 6-3. (Narcissi.) 



de'gans, (w. and p. 2^.) scape nearly 3- 

 flowered, sliorter than the single leaf ; pe- 

 tals woolly within. S. 



lute' us, (y. 2^.) stem forked, about 2-flow- 

 ered ; leaves setaceous, short; flowers large, 

 inner petals the largest, glabrous at the 

 apex, spotted, cfliate at the ba.se ; a mark 

 in the claws of the downy petals; root 

 bulbous. 

 CAL"THA. 12—12. [Ranunculacea.) [A 



Greek word, signifying yellow.] 



palu'stris, (y. Ap. 24- American cowslip,) 

 Btem erect; leaves cordate, sub-orbicular, 

 acute-crenate. 12-18 i. 



integer" rima, (M. 24 .) stem erect, corym- 

 bose ; leaves orbicular-cordate, \ ery entire, 

 with the sinus closed ; floral ones sessile, 

 reniform, obsoletely crenate at the base ; 

 sepals oval, obtuse. 



parnaasifu'Ua, (y. Ju. 2^.) stem erect, 1- 

 flowered, 1-leaved ; radical leaves petiolate, 

 lanceolate-cordate, obtuse, many-nerved ; 

 sepals efliptical. 



sagita'la, (w. J.) scape 1-flowered ; leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, entire, heart-sagittate at the 

 base withinflexed auricles above; divisions 

 of the nectary 9. Pistils 13 to 15. <S. 

 CAJ<YCAN"THUS. 11—12. {Rosacem.) [From 



calyx, and anthos, the flower being inserted 



into the caly.x.] 



l(Bviga'tus, (b-p. Ju. '^.)lobesofthccalyx 

 lanceolate, calyx brownish purple ; leaves 

 oblong, or oval, gradually acuminate, some- 

 what rugose, smooth and green on both 

 •jides; branches erect, straight; flowers 

 .arge, solitary, terminal. 4-6 f. 



Jioii'dus, (Carolina allspice, p. M. Tp.) 

 'iivisions of the calyx lanceolate; leaves 



broad-oval, acute, tomentose beneath 

 branches spreading. 3-7 f jS'. 

 CALLIGO'NUM. 12—4. (Polygonem.) 



caHai"cens, (Ju. Ip .) ditrcious, leaves lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers axillary, cro^vded, spiked 

 toward the ends of the branches. S. 

 CALYP"SO. 18—1. (OrchidecB.) [From the 



fabled nymph, Calypso. ] 



america'na, lip narrowed, sub-unguic-a- 

 late at the base ; spur semi-bifid, longer 

 than the lip, with acute teeth; peduncle 

 longer than the ovary. Scape 6-8 inches 

 high, sheathed, 1-flowered; radical leaves 

 roundi.sh-ovate, nerved. Flowers large, 

 purplish, resembling a Cypripedium. 

 CAMELI'NA. 14—1. (Crucifera:.) 



sa'tiva, (wild flax, gold -of- pleasure, y. J. 

 ©.) silicle obovate-pyriform, margined, 

 tipped with the pointed style ; leaves rough- 

 ish, sub entire, lanceolate, sagittate ; flow- 

 ers small, numerous, in corymbs. 2 f. Cul- 

 tivated grounds. Introduced. 

 CAME'LLIA. 12—13. (Mclia.) [From Ca 



mellas, a learned .fesuit.] 



japon"ica, (Japan rose,) leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, acutely serrate ; flowers termi- 

 nal, sub-solitary. By some, the Tea (Thea) 

 is classed in the genus Camellia. 

 CAMPAN"ULA. 5—1. (Campanulacecc.) [Lat- 

 in, campanula, a little bell.] 



rotundifo'lia, (flax bell-flower, hair-bell, 

 b. J. 14..) glabrous; radical leaves heart- 

 reniform, crenate ; cauline ones linear, en- 

 tire; panicle lax, few-flowered; flowers 

 nodding. 



america'na, (b. Au. 2^.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate; lower ones 

 sub-cordate, with the petioles ciliate ; flow- 

 ers axillary, nearly sessile, in a terminal 

 leafy raceme ; corolla sub-rotate ; style ex- 

 sert. Cultivated. 2 f 



sped'uhrm (b. Au. 0.) stem branched ; 

 leaves oblong, sub-crenate ; flowers soli- 

 tary, scales at the base. Purple. South 

 of Europe. 1 f Venus' looking-glass. 



amplcxicau'Us, (clasping-bell, b. M. 0.) 

 stem simple, erect; leaves heart-form, cre- 

 nate, clasping; flowers axillary sessile, 

 glomerate. 12-18 i. 



erinoi'des, (prickly bell flower, w-b. J. @.) 

 slender; stem simple, angular ; angles, ancj 

 the margin and nerves of the leaves, with 

 fiverse prickles; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 glabrous on the upper side; peduncles 

 few ; those on the top of the stem flexuose ; 

 axillary ones 1-flowered, filiform. 12 i. 



unijio'ra, pubescent; radical leaves 

 round-obovate ; cauline ones lance-linear, 

 somewhat toothed; stem about 1-flow 

 ered. 



mddium, (canterbury bells, w. b. Au. $ .) 

 capsule 5-celled, covered ; stem undivided, 

 erect, leafy ; flowers erect. Ex. 

 CA]N"NA. 1—1. (Cann<E.) [From tlie He- 

 brew, signifying a reed.] 



Jlac"cida,[y. J. ll-) inner limb of the co- 

 rolla 3-cleft ; segments flaccid. 2-3 f. S. 



indica, Indian shot plant. 4 f. Scarlet. 

 A native of the East Indies. 

 CAN"NABIS. 20—5. (Urticm.) [From the 



Arabic kannaha, to mow.] 



sati'va, (hemp, g. Au. Q) stem pilose 



