CARAGANA 



BB. Rachis persistent, spiny : pedicels shorter 



than the fls. 



Cbdmlairu, Lam. Shnib, 2-A ft.: spines long: Ifts. i, 



pairs, chartaceous, obovate, emar- 



ginate or rounded at the 



apex,glabrous,M-?i in. long: 



solitary, reddish yellow, 



l^in. long. May. N. China. 



pygmaea, DC. One to 3 

 ft.: spines short, Min.: Ivs. 

 nearly sessile ; Ifts. 4, ap- 

 proximate and almost digi- 

 tate, cuueate, linear-elliptic 

 or linear-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, %-% in. long: fls. 

 solitary, %m. long, golden 

 yellow. Cauc. to Siber. 

 and Thibet. B. B. 12: 1021. 

 -Grafted high on C. arho- 

 reseens, it forms a graceful, 

 standard tree, with pendu- 

 lous branches. 



grandffldra, DC. Similar 

 to the former. Lfts. cuneate- 

 oblong : fls. li^in. long ; 

 calyx gibbous at the base. 

 Cauc — Under thi^ name 

 mostly a varietj of C fnites 

 (■f«>i IS cultivated 



CARDIANDRA 



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'rojI? 



as long as broad ovary glal i 



Spmes2-3m long 1ft 1 1 i i i mmon 



peduncle Himil P I i 1 I u i P 



dowskii Hort not I I -^til 



illes spiny lfts t 



seeds brown sp tt i i i i i 



Gerardw irr I y , 



ous lit I I I I h pII 1 



Himal — ( I ' / 1 11 



Branch I lii il 



pedicelle 1 > 1 i ^ 1 I J 1 1 \ 



very distract md cuii u lu km^ i i / 



Shu Hort not DC =ouneif olia Dipp — < lis 



1 in long lfts 4 rareh more approxin i I te 



glabrous fls solitary short pedicelle 1 s I - , „ 



C K.och = C spinosa — O tragacanth tl in si_ i llts 

 4-8 cuneate oblong pubescent fls soht iij bhoit pL licelled 

 ealyx villous pubescent Himal — C tnflora Lindl =C brevi 

 ulgans Hort =C arborescens 



Alfred Rehder 





CARAGUATA By the latest 



ogripher referred 



CAEAMB6LA See A i 



irlio 



CARAWAY (Cdrum C&rui Lmn ) Umhelliferce 

 A biennial or annual herb grown for its seeds which 

 are used m flavoring bread cakes and cheese also oc 

 casionally for the \oung shoots and leaves which are 

 eaten It grows a foot or twi high has finely cut pm 

 nately compound foliage and small white flowers m 

 umbels It is of the easiest culture The seed is nsu 

 allv sown in spring and the crop of seed taken the ff 1 

 lowing year It thrives m any garden soil The plant 

 occasionally runs wild bee Carum 



CARB£NIA (name of doubtful meaning) Compds 

 tta Blessed Thistle \ monotypic genus allied to 

 Centaurea and distinguished from it botanicallj by 

 involucre athenes pappus and anthers Its habit in 

 the garden is very different from the Bachelor s But 

 tons being thistle like and more interesting than orna 

 mental A hardy annual low growing herb rough, 

 branching and pilose. Once thought to counteract poi- 

 son. Culture easy. Fit for wild gardens and rockeries. 



benedlcta, Adans. {Cdrduus benedlctus. Authors. 

 ('ii)riix hiiiiilii-iiis. Linn. Centaurea benedicta,L,mii.). 

 Fig. .irkS. Hiiixht J ft.: Ivs. alternate, sinuate-piunatifld, 

 the l..l„s :iii.l frith spiny: fls. terminal, yellow, 1 in. 

 Willi-. :Miiiitirr:iiifan regions and Caucasus. Sometimes 

 cult. ; alsi. rari-ly si-i-ii in waste jilaces iif southern Atlantic 

 states anil Calif, as a wi-i-il ailvclitive from Eu. 



CAEDAMINE ((ireek name of a cress). Cruciferm- 

 Small perennials growing in low, rich land, blooming in 

 spring or early summer. Petals obovate or spatulate ; 

 pods linear and straight, the wingless seeds in 1 row. 



prat6nsis, Linn. Cuckoo Flower. Plant slender and 

 usually glabrous, 12-20 in., somewhat branched : Ivs. 

 pinnately divided; lfts. of root Ivs. small and rounded 

 (/^ in. or less across), those of the upper stem-lvs. ob- 

 long or even linear and entire or somewhat toothed: 

 fls. % in. long, in a corymb, white or rose-color, pretty. 

 Eu. and Amer., in the northern parts. — In the gardens 

 it is chiefly known in the double-fld. form, which prob- 

 ably has been obtained from European rather than 

 American sources. There are other forms of it. It is 

 an excellent little plant to grow in moist places, particu- 

 larly along creeks and about springs. It is also useful 

 in drier places, as in rockeries. 



anguUta, Hook. Erect, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. 3-5-folio- 

 late the lfts ovate or oblong and the middle one usu- 

 ally coarseh toothed fls rtther large white, in short, 

 few fld racemes Mts of Ore andViash -Int. 1881 by 

 Gillett 



C gemmata int by Pilkington ISQ' is evidently Dentaria 

 murocarpa L. H. B. 



CARDAMON bee 1 



and EUttarm. 



CARDIANDRA (Greek heart and manor stamen: 

 alluding to the shape of the anthers) baxifragdcea. 

 Low deciduous shrul illied to H}drangea with alter- 

 nate rather lar,.,e hs lis m terminal loose corymbs, 

 small those ot the margin lar.,e radiant and sterile. 

 One species m S Jai an and Chin i Tender and suifruti- 

 cose thriving m an> good garden soil best in a partly 

 shaded position Prop by greenwood cuttings under 

 glass 



alternifdlia, Sieb. & Zucc. 1-3 ft. : Ivs. broadly ellip- 

 tic to elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into a very short 



