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tilamenta five, very short ; anthers oblong, two-grooved, dark- 

 coloured. Native of Mount Lebanon, near the summit. 



Crus Galli. See Cratagw, and Panicum. 



Cruzita ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC. CHARACTER. Calix : perianth three-leaved, the 

 anterior leaf linear, acute, the lateral ones ovate, concave, 

 permanent. Corolla : petals four, of the appearance of the 

 calix, ovate, concave, the two outer ones perfectly entire, 

 the inner ones with a very thin lacerated border. Stamina : 

 filamenta four, capillary, a little shorter than the calix ; 

 antherae small. Pistil .- germen ovate, obtuse, compressed ; 

 style very short, two-parted, with spreading divisions ; stig- 

 rnas simple. Pericarp : none. Corolla : diverging, deci- 

 duous with the seed. Seed : single, naked. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Inner Calix : four-leaved ; outer three-leaved. 

 Corolla : none. Seed: one. The only known species is, 



1. Cruzita Hispanica. Stem high ; leaves opposite, lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire ; flowers spiked, collected into a panicle. 

 Native of South America. 



Crypsis ; a genus of the class Diandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : glume one-flowered, two- 

 valved ; valves oblong-lanceolate, keeled, awnless, outer 

 smaller. Corolla: glume two-valved ; valves lanceolate-ob- 

 long, awnless, inner longer, and outer shorter than the calix. 

 Stamina : filamenta, two, capillary, longer than the corolla ; 

 anthers; oblong, cordate, incumbent. Pistil : germen supe- 

 rior, oblong ; styles two, capillary, shorter than the stamina; 

 stigmas hairy. Pericarp : none. Corolla : enclosing the 

 seed. Seed : single, subcolumnar. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Caia : glume two-valved, one-flowered. Corolla .- glume 

 two-valved, awnless. The only known species is, 



1. Crypsis Aculeata ; Prickly Crypsis. Root annual; 

 culms many, diffused, four inches high, branching, covered 

 with the sheaths of the leaves, which are smooth, except at 

 the edge, the upper ones gradually broader ; spike subglobu- 

 lar, almost fastigiate, with the flowers almost sessile in the 

 bosom of the involucre, which is three-leaved, and a little 

 longer than the spike. This Grass is a native of Europe, of 

 Siberia, and is common in Barbary. There are two varieties. 



Cryptostomum ; a genus of the class Pentandria, order 

 Monogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one- 

 leafed, funnel-form, ventricose at the base, coloured, with 

 a five-cleft border ; segments lanceolate, unequal. Corolla : 

 one-petalled, funnel-form ; tube very short, inserted into 

 the throat of the calix ; border five-cleft ; segments lanceo- 

 late, acute, unequal, converging ; nectary fastened to the 

 base of the corolla, broad, arched, closing the mouth of the 

 corolla, five-toothed. Stamina: filamenta none ; anthers; 

 five, each inserted below each toothlet of the nectary. Pis- 

 til germen roundish, in the bottom of the calix ; style cylin- 

 dric, the length of the calix ; stigma capitate. Pericarp : 

 berry globular, three-celled. Seeds : solitary, ovate, acute, 

 marked with a large hilum or scar. ESSENTIAL CHARAC- 

 TER. Calix : ventricose, five-cleft ; tube of the corolla 

 inserted into the throat of the calix ; border five-cleft. Nec- 

 tary .- five-toothed, closing the mouth of the corolla. Berry: 



dry, three-celled, with one seed in each cell. The only 



known species is, 



1 . Cryptostomum Gujanense ; Guiana Cryptostomum. It 

 is a kind of spreading shrub, which grows in the isle of 

 Cayenne, and in Guiana, where it is called aimoutabu. The 

 root puts forth several twiggy and branching stems, five or 

 six feet long, and sometimes longer. By means of these 

 twigs and branches, it forms bushes more or less thick. 

 These branches are garnished with alternate, nearly sessile, 

 smooth, green, entire, oval leaves, terminating in a point. 



The flowers are produced in little clusters from the bosoms 

 of the leaves, and exhale an odour much like that of the 

 Syringa. The ovary becomes a three-celled yellow berry, 

 each cell containing a kind of almond, of an agreeable sub- 

 stance, and gelatinous nature, of which the Creoles are very 

 fond. 



Cubtsa ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Monogy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix ; perianth one-leafed, 

 turbinate, spreading, permanent, five-parted ; parts roundish, 

 concave, four erect, the fifth and lowest larger, declined. 

 Corolla : petals five, oblong, almost equal, furnished with 

 claws, inserted into the neck of the calix, the three upper 

 ones erect, the two lower declined. Stamina : filamenta ten, 

 villose at the base, inserted into the calix below the petals, 

 the three upper ones shorter, filiform, erect, pressed close to 

 the upper petals, the seven lower ones longer, capillary, 

 incumbent on and longer than the lower petals ; anther<e 

 oblong. Pistil : germen oblong, pedicelled ; style capillary ; 

 stigma acute. Pericarp : legume long, coriaceous, villose, 

 ventricose, obliquely acuminate, one-celled. Seetls: several, 

 somewhat kidney-form. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 turbinate, five-parted, unequal, permanent. Petals : five, 

 unequal. Filamenta : villose, three shorter. Germen : pedi- 

 celled. Legume : villose, six or seven seeded. The spe- 

 cies are, 



1. Cubsea Paniculata; Panicled Culxea. This is a tree 

 sixty feet high, extremely branching at top ; the branches are 

 thick, the smaller ones, or ramulets, trigonal, growing in a 

 scattered manner ; the leaves are large, alternately pinnate ; 

 the leaflets in six pairs, opposite, subovate, acute, quite entire, 

 green, and smooth above, somewhat downy beneath, and of 

 an ash-coloured green ; "there are two opposite stipules at the 

 base of the leaf-rib ; the flowers are spicated, terminal, and 

 disposed into a very ample panicle, the ramulets of which 

 are long, trigonal, and many-flowered. 



2. Cubcea Trigona ; Trigonal Cubcea. Leaves pinnated ; 

 leaflets alternate. This is probably a mere variety of the 

 former. Both these species are natives of Guiana in woods 

 on the banks of rivers. 



Cuckold Tree. See Mimosa. 



Cuckoo Flower. See Cardamine. 



Cuckoo Pint, or Pintle. See Arum Muculatum. 



Cucubalus ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Trigy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calve .- perianth one-leafed, 

 tubular, five-toothed, permanent. Corolla .- petals five ; claw 

 the length of the calix ; border flat ; divisions often bifid ; 

 nectary none, crowning the corolla. Stamina: filamenta ten, 

 subulate, the alternate ones later, alternately inserted into 

 the claws of the petal ; anthera; oblong-. Pistil : germen 

 somewhat oblong ; styles three, longer than the stamina, sub- 

 ulate ; stigmas pubescent, oblong, bent in an opposite direc- 

 tion to the sun. Pericarp : capsule covered, acuminate, 

 three-celled, gaping five ways at the tip. Seeds : very many, 

 roundish. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : inflated. Petals : 

 five, having claws, but no crown. Capsule: three-celled. 

 This genus is distinguished from Silene, by the corolla having 

 no nectarial crown. The species are, 



1. Cucubalus Bacciferus ; Berry -bearing Campion. Ca- 

 lices bell- shaped ; petals distant ; pericarps coloured ; 

 branches divaricate ; root perennial, creeping, and spreading 

 far in the ground. The whole plant somewhat hairy; stems 

 mounting four or five, and even eight or ten feet, among 

 bushes, but trailing if not supported, herbaceous, and dying 

 to the root every year ; the leaves grow opposite at every 

 joint, and resemble those of Chickweed, both in shape and 

 colour ; flowers axillary, standing single on slender peduu- 



