92 CUCUMIS-DACTYLIS 



rUCUMIS. 19—16. (.CucurbitacecB.y 

 angu'ria, (prickly cucumber,) leaves palmate-sinuate; fruit globose, echmate. 

 vie'lo, (muskmelon, y. Ju. ©•) angles of the leaves rounded; pome oblong 



torulose. Sweet scented. Ex. 

 sati'vus, (cucumber, y. Ju, ©.) angles of the leaves straight; pomaceouh 



berry oblong, scabrous. Brought from Asia. 



CUCURBITA. 1!)-16. {Cucurbitaceoi.) [The name signifies crooked.] 



ovif'era, (egg-squash, ©.) leaves cordate, angled, 5-lobed, denticulate, pubes- 

 cent ; pomaceous berry with fillet-like stripes, lengthwise. Ex. 



fep"o, (pumpkin, y. Ju. ©•) '^^-'^^^ cordate, obtuse, sub 5-lobed, denticulate; 

 pomaceous berry roundish or oblong, smooth. Var. poliro, has the fruit 

 more or less flattened. From Asia. 



ciiruV'lus, (watermelon, y. Au. ©.) leaves 5-lobed ; the lobes sinuate-pinnatifid, 

 obtuse; pomaceous berry oval, smooth. Fruit watery, often striped. From 

 Africa and the south of Asia. 



lagena'ria, (gourd, calabash, w. Au. ©.) leaves cornate, round-obtuse, pubes- 

 cent, denticulate, with 2 glands at the base on the under side ; pomaceous 

 berry clavate, somewhat woody. Ex. 

 CL'NTLA. 13—1. {LabiatiB.) 



glabeV'la, smooth; radical leaves nearly oval, cauline leaves oblong-linear, 

 entire ; flowers axillary, mostly solitary, on long peduncles. Limestone 

 rocks. Niagara Falls. Stems 8 to 10 inches high, branched below. Corolla 

 violet, longer than the calyx. 

 CUPHEA. 11—1. {Salicarioi.) 



viscosis"sima, (wax-bush, p. J. T^.) viscous; leaves opposite, petioled, ovate- 

 oblong; flowers with 12 stamens, lateral, solitary; peduncles very short. 



CUPRESSUS. 1&-15. {Coniferm.) 

 thyo'ides, (white cedar, M. T^.) branchlets compressed; leaves imbricate four 

 ways, ovate, tubercled at the base ; strobile globular. 

 CUSCUTA. 5—2. {Convolvuli.) 

 america'na, (dodder, w. Au. ©.) flowers peduncled, umbelled, 5-cleft; stigma 

 capitate. A bright yellow, leafless vine, twining round other weeds, in 

 damp places. 

 europe'a, (w. Au. ©.) flowers sub-sessile ; stigma acute ; stamens 4 or 5. Ex. 

 CYMBIDIUM. 18—1. {Orchidem.) [From cywfia, a boat.] 

 pulcheVlum, (grass pink, r. Ju. %.) radical leaves ensiform, nerved ; scape 

 few-flowered; lip erect, slender at the base; lamina spread; disk concave, 

 bearded. Var. graminifolia, leaves 1-2 lines broad; bracted ones acu- 

 minate. 12-18 i. 

 CYNARA. 17—1. {CinaTocephalm.) 

 scoV'yvius, (garden artichoke, %.) leaves sub-spinose, pinnate ; scales of the 

 calyx ovate. Naturalized. Ex. 

 CYNOGLOSSUM. 5—1. (Boragineiz.) [From kuon, a dog, and glossa, tongne.] 

 offchia'le, (hound-tongue, p. Ju. J'.) very soff-pubescent ; leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, sessile ; panicled racemes. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM. 1&— 2. {Orchidete.) [From kupris, Venus, podion, sWp^yet.'i 

 pubcs"ccns, (yellow ladies' slipper, y. M. %.) stem leafy ; lobe of the style 

 triangular-oblong, obtuse ; outer petals oblong-ovate, acuminate ; inner 

 ones very long, linear, contorted; lip compressed, shorter than the petals. 

 specta'bile, (gay ladies' slipper, w. and p. J. '2|..) stem leafy; lobe of the style 

 oval-cordate, obtuse ; outer petals broad-oval, obtuse; lip longer than the 

 petals, split. 

 acau'le, (low ladies' slipper, w. and p. M. %.) scape leafless, 1-flowered ; radi- 

 cal leaves 2, oblong, obtuse ; lobe of the style roundish-rhomboidal, acu- 

 minate, deflected ; petals lanceolate : lip shorter than the petals, cleft be- 

 fore. If. 

 DACTYLIS. 3—2. (Grantinea.) [Trom dactulos, a finger, from the appearance of its pericarp.J 

 glomera'la, (J. 7;.) panicle glomerate; leaves carinate. 2-3 f. 



