CARIGA— CARVA. 



formo'sa,{yL. 11.) spikes 4, oblong, thick, 

 distant, on exsert peduncles, nodtlin?, up- 

 permost one sterile at the base ; fruit oblonir, 

 triquetrous, somewhat inflated, rather acute 

 at each end, orifice nearly entire, or 2-lobed, 

 obscurely nerv^ed, twice as long as the 

 ovate-acute glume. 12-181 Wet. 

 ttt Sfaminate and pistillate spikes distinct. 



* Sfmninnte spike solitary. 

 1. With 2 stigmas. 



au'rea, (J, 11) fertile- spikes mostly 3, ob- 

 long, looee-llowered, sub-pendulous, rather 

 approximate, lower ones pedunculate ; fniit 

 obovate or pj-riform, obtuse, nerved, entire 

 at the orifice, lojiErer than the ovate-acute 

 glume. 4-10 i. Wet rocks 

 2. With 3 stigmas. 



$ Pistillate spikes sessile, at- with the •pe- 

 duncles enclosed. 



vesti'ta, (J. 2/.) sterile spike mostly soli- 

 tary, (rarely germinate, with the upper one 

 elongated), pedunculate, cylindricaJ-oblong; 

 fertile spikes 2, ovate-oblong, sessile, sub- 

 approximate, sometimes steiile at the sum- 

 mit ; fruit ovate, sub-triquetrous, nerved, 

 with a short rostrum pubescent, rather lon- 

 ger than the ovate-mucronate glume. 2 f. 

 Wet. 



tcalacula'ta, (M. 2^.) fertile spikes 2-3, 

 (rarely 4), sessile, ovate or ovate-cylindrical, 

 approximate, horizontal ; bracts very long ; 

 fruit ovate, ventricose, nerved, with a very 

 long rostrum, orifice bidentate, longer than 

 the lanceolate glume. 12-18 i. Wet. 

 $$ Pistillate spikes on expert peduncles, 

 partly sheathed at the base. 



conoi'd€a,(M. 2/.) fertile spikes 2-3, ob- 

 long, remote, rather loose, uppei-most sub- 

 sessile, lower ones on long peduncles ; fruit 

 oblong-conical, obtuse, recurved at the apex, 

 as lojig as the awned glume. 6-12 i. Woods. 

 plrintagin,"ea,{k^v. May, 2/.) fertile spikes 

 I'lostly 4. on peduncles scarcely exserted, 

 loosely flowered; fruit oblong-cuneiform, 

 triquetrous, recurved at the apex; culm 

 sheathed at the apex ; sheaths of the culm all 

 leafless, (colored) ; leaves broad. 8-12 i. 



washingto'mana, (J. 2/.) sterile spike 

 solitary, erect ; fertile spikes oblong, cylin- 

 dric, sub-sessile, sub-remote, erect ; flowers 

 somewhat scattered; fruit oval, acute at 

 each end, compr(>ssed, shortly beaked, with 

 a smooth and entire orifice, about equalling 

 the ovate-oblong, acutish scale. 1 f. White 

 Mountains, N. H. 



$$$ Pistillate spikes on long peduncles, 

 nearly destitute of sheaths, 

 iimhella'ta, (M.If.) cespitose ; fertile spikes 

 mostly 4, ovate, few-flowered, one sessile at 

 the summit of the culm, the rest on radical 

 peduncles and appearing sub-umbellate ; 

 fruit ovate, acuminate-rostrate, sub pubes- 

 cent, o-s long as the ovate-acuminate glume. 

 1-6 i. In small tufts on dry hilLs. 



** Staminate spikes, 2 or more. 

 1. With 2 stigmas. 



cespito'sa (M. 2/.) sterile .spike sub-solitarj-, 

 (or germinate) ; fertile spikes mostly 3, cy- 

 lindrical, obtuse, distant, t!ie lower on a 



short exsert peduncle ; bracts striate ; fruit 

 ov.ate, somewhat acute, densely fruited in 

 about 8 rows; orifice minute, longer than 

 the ovate (black and margined) glume ; 

 leaves spreading. 12-18 i. Mountain bogs. 

 2. iVith 3 stigmas. 



{rctror"sa M. 2i.) sterile spikes about 3. 

 lower one often fertile at the base ; fertile* 

 spikes about 5, approximate, (and clu.stered 

 in a sub-coiymbose mamier), oblong-cylin- 

 drical, inclusely pedunculate, lowest one 

 often remote ; fruit ovate, inflated, reflexed, 

 rostrate, half as long as the lanceolate glmne. 

 2 f. Near ponds in clusters. 

 CAR"ICA. 20—10. (Amentacea.) [First cul 



tivated in Caria.] 



papa'ya, leaves palmate, 7-lobed, middle 

 lobe sinuate ; divisions oblong, acute ; stam- 

 inate flowers corymbed. Papaw tree. Na- 

 tive of Guinea. 

 CARPI'NUS. 19—12. UmentacecE.) 



onierica'na, (May '^.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate ; scalea 

 of the strobile 3-parted ; the middle seg- 

 ment oblique, ovate-lanceolate, toothed on 

 one side. Woods. Hornbeam. 

 CaRTHA'MUS. 17—1. {Cinarocephalce.) [From 



kaihairo, cathartic] 



tincto'rious, (false saffron, safflower. y. J. 

 ©.) leaves oval, entire, serrate, aculeate. 

 Ex. 



coeru'leus, (blue saffron, b. 2Lf.) stem about 

 1-flowered; leaves lance-ovate, spine- 

 toothed. 

 CA'RUM. 5—2. ( UmheUifera.) [From Carta, 



a province in Asia.] 



ca'rui, (caraway, w. $ .f stem branching; 

 leaves with ventricose sheaths ; partial in- 

 volucrum none. Ex. 

 CAR"YA. 19—12. {Juglandea:.) [From can/a, 



a nut.] 



aV'ha, \<^hag walnut, shag-bark hickory, 

 M. ^ .) leafets about 7 ; long-petioled, lance- 

 oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose 

 beneath ; the terminal leafet sessile ; ament 

 filiform, glabrous ; fruit globose, a little de- 

 pressed ; nut compressed, oblique. 



sulca'ta, (shell-bark hickory, Ap. '^.) leaf- 

 ets about 9, oblanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, pubescent beneath ; the terminal leaf- 

 ets sub-sessile, tapering to the base ; fruit 

 roundish, 4-keeled ; nut sub-globose, a little 

 compressed, smooth, long-mucronate. 



ama'ra, (bitter nut, Ap. ^.) leafets about 

 9, ovate-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, 

 glabrous both sides, the terminal leafets 

 ehort-petioled ; fruit sub-globose, with the 

 sutures prominent above ; nut smooth, sub- 

 globose, mucronate ; putamen ea.sily bro- 

 ken ; nucleus bitter. 



porci'na, (pig nut, broom hickory. M. '^.) 

 leafets about 7. lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, glabrous both sides ; terminal leafets 

 sub-sessile; fruit pear-form or globose ; nut 

 smooth ; putamen very thick and hard ; nu- 

 cleus small. Var. obcorda'ta has an ob- 

 cordate nut. Var. ficifo/'mis has the fruit 

 turbinate and nut oblong. 70-80 f. 



aq7int"ica, (Ap. Tp.) leafets about 11, nar- 

 row, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 

 serrate, glabrous, sessile ; frvxit peduncled 



