84 CALYPSO-CAREX. 



CALYPSO. 18—1. iOrchidecB.) [From the fabled nymph, Calypso.] 



america'na, lip narrowed, sub-unguiculate at the base; spur semi-bifid, loi.ger 

 than the lip, with acute teeth ; peduncle longer than the ovary. Scape 6-8 

 inches high, sheathed, l-flowered; radical leaves roundish-ovate, nerved 

 Flowers large, purplish, resembling a Cypripedium. 



CAMELINA. 14-1. (.Cruci/erm.) 

 sa'tiva, (wild flax, gold-of-pleasure, y. J. ©.) silicle obovate-pyriform, mar- 

 gined, tipped with the pointed style; leaves roughish, sub-entire, lanceolate, 

 sagittate; flowers small, numerous, in corymbs. 2 {. Cultivated grounds, 

 Introduced. 



CAMELLIA. 12—13. (Mcliw.) [From Cawe/tas, a learnedJesuit.] 

 japo)i"ica, (Japan rose,) leaves ovate, acuminate, acutely serrate; flowers ter- 

 minal, sub-solitary. By some, the Tea (Thea) is classed in the genus Ca- 

 mellia. 



CAftlPANIJLA. 5—1. (CampanulacecB.) (Latin, campanula, a WttlehcU.] 

 rotundifo'lia, (flax bell-flower, hair-bell, b. J. %.') glabrous ; radical leaves 

 heart-reniform, crenate ; cauline ones linear, entire; panicle lax, few-flow- 

 ered; flowers nodding. 

 america'7ia, (b. Au. %.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate ; lower ones 

 sub-cordate, with the petioles ciliate; flowers axillary, nearly sessile, in a 

 terminal leafy raceme ; corolla sub-rotate ; style exsert. Cultivated. 2 f. 

 divar"icat,a, (b. An. 1\.) leaves lanceolate, acute, with large serratures, glab- 

 rous ; panicle expanding ; flowers nodding. 2 f S. 

 spf.c"ulum, (b. Au. ©.) stem branched ; leaves oblong, sub-crenate ; flowers 

 solitar}^, scales at the base. Purple. South of Europe. 1 f. Venus' 

 looking-glass. 

 CANNA. 1 — 1. (CanncB.') [From tlie Hebrew, signifying a reed.] 

 fla"cida, (y. J. %.) inner limb of the corolla 3-cleft ; segments flaccid. 2-3 f. S. 

 indica, Indian shot plant. 4 f. Scarlet. A native of the East Indies. 

 CANNABIS. 20-5. (UtHccb.) [From the Arabic Aanaia, to mow.] 



sati'va., (hemp, g. Au. <v).) stem pilose; leaves petioled, digitate; leafets lan- 

 ceolate, serrate, pilose; staminate flowers solitary, axillary; pistillate ones 

 spiked. 4-10 f Ex. 

 CAPRARIA. 13—2. {Vitices.) [From^cpra, agoat.] 

 pusW'la, {w. 0.) hairy, leaves opposite, cordate, repand-toothed, petioled; 

 peduncles axillary, longer than the petioles. S. 

 CAPSICUM. 5—1. {Solanea.) [From Aa//?o, to bite, on account of its effect upon thetongue.] 

 an"nuum, (guinea pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper, y-g, w. Au. ©.) stem 

 herbaceous ; peduncles solitary. From South America. 10-18 i. 

 CARDAMINE. 14—2. (Crud/erai.") [From iarrf/a, the heart, because it acts as a cordial.] 

 pennstjlvanica, (American water-cress, w. M. 'Zj..) glabrous, branching; leaves 

 pinnate; leafets roundish oblong, obtuse, tooth angled; silique narrow 

 erect. 



CARDIOSPERMXIM. 8-3. CSapindi.) 



halica'bum, (Au. <v).) glabrous; leafets incised and lobed ; the terminal one 

 rhomboidal. Balloon vine. East Indies. 5 f Flowers white and green. 

 CARDUUS. 17—1. {Cinarocephalcb.) [From i-ezro, to tear.] 

 pectina'tus, (p. J*.) unarmed ; leaves decurrent, lanceolate, pectinately pin- 

 natifid ; peduncles almost leafless, terminal, very long, about l-flowered ; 

 flowers nodding, often discharging the pollen; scales of the calyx linear, 

 spreading. 

 CAREX. 19—3. (Cyperoidecn.) [Derivation doubtful.] 

 ster"ilis, (barren sedge, M. '2J-.) spikelets in fives, sessile, approximate ; fruit 

 ovate, acuminate, or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-sided, compressed, scab- 

 rous at the margin ; equalling the ovate, acutish scale. 8 i. Wet. 

 retrofiex"a, (M. %..) spikelets about in fours, alternate, ovate, sub-approxi- 

 mate, sessile, bracfed ; fruit ovate, acutish, 2-toothed, margin glabrous or 

 scabrous, reflex-spreading, about equal to the ovate, acute scale. 1 f. Wood,s. 



