CONVOLVULUS— CORIANDRUM 



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canalic"nla'ta, (clasping Solomon's seal, 

 w. .Tu. li.) stem cliannoled ; leaves alter- 

 nate, claspinir, 01)101!!:, mai-erin pubescent; 

 pecUmcles axillary, about 2flowcred. 



lalifo'lia, {iw.'li.) stem angled; leaves 

 sessile, ovate, acumniate ; peduncles one, 

 or many-flov^'cred. 4 f. 



hir"ta, (14..) stem angular, hispid ; leaves 

 alternate, somewhat clasping, ovate, ab- 

 ruptly .acuminate ; peduncles axillary, 3- 

 Howered. 



majd'Ih, (lily of the valley, w. J. H) 

 Bcape naked, smooth ; leaves oval-ovate. S. 

 Cultivated. 

 CONVOL"VULUS. .5—1. {ConvoIvuH.) [From 



convolvo, to intwine.] 



re'pens, (field bindweed, w. and r. J. 2/) 

 twining; leaves sagittate, with the apex 

 acute and the lobes truncate, entire, (some 

 obtu"Se) ; bracts acute, longer than the ca- 

 lyx, and shorter than the middle of the co- 

 rolla; peduncle angled, exceeding the pe- 

 tiole. 



pmidnra'tus, (mechoacan, w. and. r. .Tu. 

 2X-) twining, pubescent; leaves broad-cor- 

 date, entu'e or lobed, guitar-form; pedun- 

 cles long ; flowers fascicled ; calyx glab- 

 rous, awnless ; corolla tubular bell-form. 

 Resembles rhubarb in its effects. 



staJia, (w. J. li-) erect; leaves oval or 

 oblong, sub-cordate, pubescent ; peduncles 

 l-flovyered, generally longer than the leaves. 

 9-12 1. 



arven"sis. (hind-weed, w. J. ll) stem 

 climbing or prostrate ; leaves sagittate ; lobes 

 acute, spreading ; peduncles about 1-flow- 

 ered ; bracts miniite, acute. 



spitha'meus, (dwarf morning glor\', w. J. 

 2^.) erect; leaves oval, or oblong, sub-cor- 

 date, pubescent ; peduncles 1-flowered, gen- 

 erally longer than the leaves. 9-12 i. 



tri! color, (3-colored bind-weed, Ju. 0.) 

 leaves lance-ovate, glabrous; stem declined; 

 flowers solitary. Ex. 



jala'pa, leaves ovate, sub-cordate, obtuse, 

 villose. South America. The root affords 

 the jalap of commei-ce. 



bata'tns, (.sweet potato, Carolina potato, 

 w-r. Ju. 2^.) creeping, tuberous; leaves 

 cordate, hastate, angular-lobcd, S-nei-ved, 

 smoothish ; peduncles long ; flowers fasci- 

 cled ; coroUa sub-campanulate. Cultivated. 



purpu'reus, (common morning-glory, b. 

 p. J. ^.) pubescent ; leaves cordate, entire; 

 peduncles 2 to 5-flowered ; pedicels nod- 

 ding, thickened ; divisions of the calyx lan- 

 ■seolate ; capsules glabrous. Cultivated. 

 CONY'Zif. 17—2. (Corymbifcra:.) [From Konis, 



dust, or konops, a gnat ; the powder destroys 



fleas.] 



comphora'ta, or marylan" dica , (plow- 

 man's wort, p. Au. IX .) herbaceous, slightly 

 pubesc^t ; leaves on petioles, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, ve^ acute, denticulate ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, shorter tban the leaves ; scales of the 

 involucre acute, as long as the florets. 

 COP"TIS. 12-12. {RanuncuUcta.) 



trifo'lia, (gold thread, w. M. y.) scape 1- 

 flowered ; leaves ternatc ; roots long, fili- 

 form, golden yellow ; very bitter. 2-4 i. 



anpleiiifo'hn, [IX) leaves bitematc, leafets 

 aub uin/j!.tifid • scape 2-tiowered 



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occiden" talis, (false gold-thread, y. li) 

 evergi-een ; leaves gash 3-lobed, oi ob.so- 

 letely 3-leaved, sub-coriaceous ; scape veiy 

 short, about 3-flowered. 

 CORALLORIirZA. 18—1. (Orchidcw.) [From 



korallion, coral, and rizn, root.] 



odontarhi' za, (coral-teeth, p. w. Ju. 2^.) 

 lip entire, oval, obtuse, margin crenate ; 

 spur ob.solete, adnate to the germ ; capsule 

 sub-globose. 12 i. 



ve/'na, (coral-root, w. y. M. 11.) petals 

 linear-lanceolate, spreading : lip oblong, 

 without spots, bidentate at the base, apex 

 recurved, ovate ; spur obsolete, adnate. 

 5-6 i. 



muWjldra, (p. Ju.) scape many-flowered, 

 (15-30), lip cuneate-oval, 3-pai-ted. recurved, 

 spotted; spur conspicuous, adnate. 12-20 i. 

 CORCHO'RUS. 12—1. (TUiacea;.) 



siliqvo'sus, branching ; leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate, acute, equally sen-ate ; capsules 

 pod-shaped, linear, 2-valved, neai-Iy gla 

 brous. Alabama. 

 COREOF'SIS. 17—3. (Corymhifera.) [From 



koris insect, opsis, resembling.] 



tripte'rh, (tickseed sunflower, y. 2^.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves petioled, lanceolate, entire, 

 radical ones pinnate, cauline ones temate ; 

 rays entire ; seeds obovate. 



tincto'ria, (elegant coreopsis, y-p.) radical 

 leaves sub-bipinnate, leafets sub-oval, en- 

 tire, glabrous; cauline ones sub-pinnate, 

 leafets hnear ; rays 2-colox-ed, seeds naked. 

 1-4 f. Missouri. 



ro'sea, (tickweed, y. r. M.) small, smooth ; 

 stem simple ; leaves Imear, entire, opposite, 

 and undivided ; axils leafy ; flow-ers few, 

 long-pedunclcd, dichotomous, teiTninal ; rays 

 unequally 3-toothed. 1 f. 



trichos.per"ma, (y. Ju. $ .) glabi-ous, di- 

 chotomous ; leaves opposite, divided, qui- 

 nate-pinnate, lanceolate-seirate ; outer leaf- 

 ets of the involucre ciliate-seiTate ; rays en 

 tire ; akenes wedge-form, about 4-toothed 

 2f. 



dichot"oma, (y. S. ^.) stem glabrous, na- 

 kedish, and dichotomous above ; leaves 

 mostly alternate, undivided, entire, narrow- 

 ing into the petioles ; akenes obovate, 2- 

 bristled, scabrous, wMth a torn margin. 2 f 



as"pera, leaves lanceolate-linear, rough, 

 upper ones alternate, lower ones opposite ; 

 stem 1-flowered. 



pahna'ta, (y.) stem simple, 1-3 flowered ; 

 leaves alternate, sessile, sub-coriaceous, ]nil- 

 mate, 3-lobed; margin scabrous; double 

 involucre 8-parted; akenes oblong-elliptic, 

 naked. 12 i. 



Innceoln'ta, (y. S. li.) leaves opposite, 

 undivided, sessile, lanceolate-linear, entire, 

 ciliate ; peduncles long, naked ; akenes or- 

 bicular, scabrous, winged 2-toothed at the 

 summit, emarginate. (S^. 



(ifista'ta, (y. Au. 2^.) pubescent; k-ayes 

 oppo.site, divided, quinate. pinnate, leafets 

 serrate ; rays entire, broad, oval ; akenes 

 cuneate-obovate, 2-awned; awns long, di- 

 varicate. S. 



CORIAN"DRUM. 5—2. (Umbellifera.) [From 

 koris, a. bug, probably from its peculi.ir .Mnell] 



sali'vum, (coriander, w. J. ^.) frail '.'Jo. 

 bo.so ; calyx and sivlo permajient- 10 s 



