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CARICA. 20—10. {Amentaceoi.) [First cultivated in Caria.) 

 yapa'ya, leaves palmate, 7-lobed, middle lobe sin\tate ; divisions oblong, rtCUte; 

 sta'min'ate flowers corymbed. Papaw tree. Native of Guinea. 

 CARPINUS. 19—12. Umentaceoi.-) 

 america'na, (May I7.) leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate • 

 scales of the strobile 3-parted ; the middle segment oblique, ovate-lance- 

 olate, toothed on one side. Woods. Hornbeam. 

 CARTIIAMUS. 17—1. (Cinarocephaloi.) [From i-a«Aai>o, cathartic] 



tindo'rious, (false saffron, safflower, y. J. ©.) leaves oval, entire, serrate, 



aculeate. Ex. 

 CARUM. 5 — 2. (UmbelUferai.) [From Cari'a, a province in Asia.] 

 ca'rui, (caraway, w. J^.) stem branching ; leaves with ventricose sheaths ; 



partial involucrum none. Ex. 

 CARYA. 19—12. (JuglandecB.) [From can/a, a nut.] 

 al'ba, (shag walnut, shag-bark hickory, M. T2 ) leafefp about 7, long-petioled, 



lance-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose beneath; the terminal 



leafet sessile ; ament filiform, glabrous; fruit globose, a little depressed; 



nut compressed, oblique. 



CASSIA. 10—1. (LeguminoscB.} [From the Arabic katsia, to tear otf, alluding to the peeling 

 of the bark.} 

 marilancW'ca, (wild senna, y. Au. %.) somewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 

 lance-oblong, mucronate ; flowers in axillary racemes, and in terminal 

 panicles; legumes linear, curved. River alluvion. 2-4 f 

 ckavucchris"ta, (cassia, partridge pea, E. y. Au. Q.) somewhat glabrous ; leaves 

 linear, in many pairs, the glands on the petioles sub-pedicelled ; two of the 

 petals spotted ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Dry sand, &c. 

 nic"titans, («£. y. Ju. O.) spreading, pubescent; leaves in many pairs, linear; 

 glands of the petioles pedicelled ; peduncles short, supra-axillary, 2-3-flow- 

 ered ; flowers pentandrous. The leaves of this species, and of the chamas- 

 christa, possess a considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 

 se7Wi."a, (Egyptian senna, ©.) leaves in 6 pairs; petioles glandless; legume 

 reniform. Ex. 

 CaSTANEA. 19—12. {A7nentacecb.') [From Casiana, a city of Thessaly.] 

 ves"ca, (chestnut, g. J. T^.) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate, serrate, with the ser- 

 ratures mucronate ; glabrous both sides. Large tree. 

 CATALPA. 2—1. (Bignoniai.) [An Indian name] 

 cordifo'Ua, (M. w. and y. T^.) leaves simple, cordate, entire, in threes; flowers 

 in panicles. 40-50 f. 

 CAULINIA. 19—1. {Aroidem, or more properly Ftuviales.) 

 Jlez'ilis, (water knot-grass, Au. <v).) leaves in sixes, toothed at the apex, 

 spreading ; immersed in ditches. Stem long, flowers small. 

 CEANOTIIUS. 5—1. {Rhamni.) [From the Greek, AeawoiAos.] 

 america'ims, (New Jersey tea, w. J. T^.) leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3- 

 nerved, pubescent beneath ; panicles axillary, long-peduncled, sub-i oryrabed. 

 CELASTRUS. 5—1. {Rhamni.) [From W«, a dart.] 

 scan"(lens, (false bittersweet, staff-tree, y. w. J. 1^.) stem twining; leaves ob- 

 long, acuminate, serrate; racemes terminal. Retains its scarlet berries 

 through the winter. 

 CELTIS. 5—2. (AmentacecB.) 



occidenta'lis, (M. T2. g-w.) leaves ovate, acuminate, equally serrate, unequal 

 at the base ; scabrous above, hairy beneath ; flowers small, sub-solitary. 

 Woods. Drupe purple. Nettle-tree. Beaver wood. 

 australis, 20 f Flowers small, berries black. Lote-tree. Ex. 

 CENOMYCE. 21—5. (Algm.) 

 pyxada'ta, frond foliaceous ; divisions crenulate, ascending ; peduncles all 

 turbinate, cup-form, glabrous, at length warty-granulate, scabrous, greenish 

 gray; cups regular; afterward the margin is extended and proliferous' 

 receptacles tawny. 

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