CASSIA— CENTAURE A. 



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ovate ButnrttJ 1, prominent ; nut roundish, 

 compressed; jatamenthin; nucleus bitter. 

 40-50 f. S. 



olivafo/'mis, (pecan nut, Ap. '^ .) leafets 

 numerous (13-15), lanceolate, sub-falcate, 

 serrate ; petioles not in pairs; fruit oblong, 

 4-sided ; nut olive-shaped, smooth. S. 



CAS"SIA. 10—1. (Leguminosem.) [From the 



Arabic katsia, to tear off, alluding to the 



peeling of the bark.] 



marilan" dica, (wild senna, y. Au. 2|.) 

 somewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 

 lance-oblong, mucronate; flowers in axil- 

 lary racemes, and in terminal panicles ; le- 

 gnmes linear, curved. River alluvion. 2-4 f. 



charnmchris"ta, (cassia, partridge pea, E. 

 y. Au. 0.) somewhat glabrous ; leaves lin- 

 ear, in many pairs, the glands ou the peti- 

 oles sub-pedicelled ; two of the petals spot- 

 ted ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Diy 

 sand, &c. 



nid' titans, (E. y. Ju. ^.) spreading, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves in many pairs, linear ; 

 glands of the petioles pedicelled; pedun- 

 cles short, supra-axillary, 2-3 flowered ; 

 flowers pentandrous ; the leaves of this 

 Bpecies, and of the chamajchrista possess a 

 considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 



senn"a, (Egyptian senna, %.) leaves in 6 

 pairs ; petioles glandless ; legume reniform. 

 Ex. 



tc/ra, (y, Ju. @.) glabrous ; leaves in 3 

 pairs, obovate-cihate ; terminal ones lar- 

 gest ; a subulate gland between the lower 

 pair ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary ; le- 

 gumes curved. 3 f. S. 



occidenta'lis, (y. M. 2X- ^.) glabrousleaves 

 in 5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sca- 

 brous along the edges ; peduncles clustered, 

 few-flowered, axillary; legumes compres- 

 sed, falcate. 12-18 i. S. 



linea'ris, (y. J. 11.) glabrous ; leaves in 5 

 or 6 pairs, ovate, acute ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, few-flowered ; legume terete. S. 



as"pera, (S. ^.) strigose, rough; leaves 

 in many pairs, linear, lanceolate, ciliate, 

 peduncles few-flowered, above the axils ; 

 stamens 7-9 ; three longer than the rest. 

 1-3 f. S. 

 CASTA'NEA. 19-12. {Amentacea.) [From 



Castana, a city of Thessaly.l 



vesica, (chestnut, g. J. ^ .) leaves lance- 

 oblong, sinuate, serrate, wiih the serratures 

 mucronate ; glabrous both sides. Large tree. 

 pu'mila, (chinquapin, g. J. ^ .) leaves ob- 

 long, acute, mucronate, serrate, with white 

 down beneath. Small tree. Florida. 

 CASTILLE'JA. 13—2. (Pedicularcs.) [Named 



froDtr a Spanish botanist.] 



occidenta'lis, (IJ..) stem simple, pilose; 

 leaves linear -lanceolate, nan-owing toward 

 the apex, minutely pubescent, entire, acu- 

 tish ; flowers spiked, sessile ; corolla scarce- 

 ly exceeding the calyx ; bracts 3-cleft; di- 

 visions erect. 



CaTAL'TA. 2—1. {BignonicE.) [An Indian 

 iiame.] 



cordij'o'lia, (M. w. and y. 1?.) leaves sim- 

 ple, cordate, entire, iu threes; flowers in 

 panicles. 40-50 f. 



CAULIN"IA. ly— 1 (-droiV/ea, or more prop- 

 erly FluviaUs.) 



flex'ilis, (water knot-grass, Au. 0.) leaves 

 in sixes, toothed at the apex, spreading. 

 Immersed in ditches. Stem long ; flowers 

 small 



CEANO'TIIUS. 5-1. (Rhamni.) [From the 



Greek keanothos.] 



ameiica'nus, (New Jersey tea, w. J. '^.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3-nerved 

 pubescent beneath ; panicles axillary, long- 

 peduncled, sub-corymbed. 



ova'Hs, (w. 1? .) leaves oval, with glandu- 

 lar serratures, 3-nerved ; nerves pubescent 

 beneath ; panicle corymbose, abbreviated. 

 Canada. 



mi' crophyV'la, (w. Ju. ^.) leaves very 

 small, obovate, nearly entire, clustered, 

 glabrous ; racemes corymbose, terminal. 

 1-2 f. S. 



CELAS"TRUS. 5—1. (Rhamni.) [From Ac/a, 



a dart.] 



scan" dens, (false bittersweet, 6tafi"-tree, y. 

 w. J. ^ .) stem twining ; leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate ; racemes teraiinal. Re- 

 tains its scarlet berries through the winter. 



bnlla'ta, (w. Ju. Tp .) unarmed ; leaves 

 ovate, acute, entire ; panicle terminal. 20 f, 

 S. 

 CELO'SIA. 5—1. {Amaranti.) [Greek X:e?os, 



singed, from the appearance of the flowers.] 



cHsta'ta, (cockscomb, r. J.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminate; stipules falcate common pe- 

 duncle striated; spike oblong, compressed. 



CEL"TIS. 5—2. {Amentacea.) 



occidenta'lis, (M. ^). g-\v.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, equally serrate, unequal at the 

 base, scabrous above, haiiy beneath ; flow- 

 ers small, sub-solitaiy. Woods. Drupe 

 purple. Nettle tree. Beaver wood. 



austra'lis, 20 f. ; flowers small ; berries 

 black. Lote-trce. Ex. 



crassifo'lia, (hag-beny, w. M. ^ .) leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate, une- 

 qually cordate at the base, sub-coriaceous ; 

 peduncles about 2-flowered. 20 f. 



CENOMY'CE. 21—5. {Alga.) 



pyxada'ta, frond foliaceous ; divisions 

 crenulate, ascending ; peduncles aU turbi- 

 nate, cup-form, glabrous, at length warty- 

 granulate, scabrous, greenish-gray; cuf>a 

 regular, afterwai-d the margin is extended 

 and proliferous ; receptacles tawny. 



cocc'ifc'ra, frond foUaceous, minute ; di- 

 visions round, crenate, naked beneath ; pe- 

 duncles long-turbinate, naked, "warty-sca- 

 brous, pale yellowish, cinereous and green, 

 all bearing cups, which are wme-glass 

 form ; margin extended, fertile ; recepta- 

 cles rather large, at length roundish, scarlet. 



CENTAU"REA. 17—3. {Cinarocephala.) 



[From Chiron, the centaur, who is said to 

 have cured a wound in his foot wilh the 

 plant.] 



cya'nus, (great blue-bottle, b. w. r. J. %) 

 scales of the calyx seirate ; leaves linear, 

 entire, lower ones toothed. Naturalized. 



america'na, (qreat American centaurj', 

 0.) stem branching ; leaves ses.«ilc, lower 

 ones oblon^'-ovate, upper ones lanceolate 

 acute ; peduncles thick at the apex. 2 f. 



benedic"t(j, (blessed tliistle, y. J. 0.) 

 scales of the involucre doubly armed with 



