BUCHNERA-CALLIGONUM. 83 



BUCHNERA. 13—2. (.Jasminem.) 

 ameiica'.na, (blue-hearts, b. Au. %..) stem simple ; leaves lanceolate, sub-den 

 tate rough, 3-nerved; flowers remote, spiked. 1 f. 



BUXUS. 19^. (Euphorbifb.) [From the Greek, signifying hard.] 

 sempcrvi'rens, (box, l^.) leaves ovate, petioled, somewhat hairy at the margin; 

 anthers ovate, arrow-form. Var. anguslifolia, lanceolate leaves. SuffrVf 

 ticosa, leaves obovate, stem hardly woody. Ex. 



CACALIA. 17 — 1. (Corymbiferm.) [From ^aioji, bad, anri Wan, exceedingly, because it is bad 

 for the soil.] 

 atriplicifo'lia, (wild caraway, w. Au. ^I-.) stem herbaceous; leaves petioled, 

 smooth, glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, toothed ; cauline ones 

 rhomboidal; flowers corymbed, erect ; involucrum5-flowered. Low ground. 

 3-6 f. 

 cocci'iiea, tassel-flower ; from the East Indies. 18 i. The flowers of a scar- 

 let colour. 

 CACTUS. 11—1. (Cacti.) [A Greek word, signifying priokly.] 

 opun'lia, (prickly-pear, S. y. J. %.) proliferous ; articulations compressed, 

 ovale ; bristle fasicular. The plant appears like a series of thick, succu- 

 lent leaves, one growing from the top of another. Ex. 



CALAMINTHA. 13—1. (Labiates.) [From A:a/os, beautiful, me7s/Aa, mint.] 

 grandijlo'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) suff'ruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 crenate, smooth ; whorls many-flowered, on short peduncles, shorter than 

 the leaves. 1248 i. 



CAKILE. 14 — 1. (CrucifercB.) [From a Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to the rattling of 

 the seeds.] 

 america'na, (p. Oct. <v), American sea-rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtuse, 

 margins toothed, joints of the pouch one-seeded; the upper ones ovate, 

 acute. Sea-coast, shores of the great lakes. Plant fleshy, branched, de- 

 cumbent. Flowers corymbed. 



CALENDULA. 17—4. (Corymbiferm.) [So called, because it flowers every month, from c» 

 lends, month.] 



officina'lis, (pot marygold, y. © ) seed keeled, muricate, incurved. Ex. 

 stella'ta, starry marygold. Barbary orange. 2 f. 



CALLA. 19—12, (AroidecB.) [From kalos, beautiful.] 

 palus'tris, (water arum, w. J. 'Z|..) leaves sub-roundish, heart-form, acute; 



spatha ovate, cuspidate, spreading when mature. Grows in wet places. 

 ethiopica, Egyptian lily. Ex. 



CALLICARPA. 4—1. (Vitices.) [From ^afos, beauty, 4ar;30s, fruit.] 



america'na, (r. J.) leaves serrate, tomentose beneath. 3-4 f. S. 

 CALLITRICHE 1—2. (Onagroi.) [From ta/os, beauty, and ZncAos, hair, appearing like hair.] 

 ver"na, (water chickweed, w. M. ©.) upper leaves spatulate, obovate, lower 

 ones linear, obtuse, and emarginate; flowers polygamous. In shallow 

 streams. Stem floating. 2-3 f. Upper leaves in a tuft. Flower solitary, 

 axillary. 

 JALOCHORTUS. 6-3. [Narcissi.] 

 ek'ga.ns, (w. and p. %.) scape nearly 3-flowered, shorter than the single leaf; 

 petals woolly within. S. 



MALTHA. 12—13. (Ranunculacem.y [A Greek word, signifying yellow.] 

 palu'stris, (y. Ap. %, American cowslip,) stem erect ; leaves cordate, sub-or- 

 bicular, acute-crenate. 12-18 i. 



CALYCANTHUS. 11—13. (Rosacea.) [From calyx, and anthos, the flower being insened 

 into tlie calyx.] 

 Jlori'dus, (Carolina alspice, p. M. T^.) divisions of the calyx lanceolate ; leaves 

 broad-oval, acute, tomentose beneath ; branches spreading. 3-7 f. S. 

 CALLIGONUM. 12-4. (Polygonecb.) 

 canes" ccns, (Ju. l^-) dioecious, leaves lanceolate ; flowers axillary, crowded, 

 spiked towards the ends of the branches. S. 



