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of persistent spreading equal elliptic- 

 lanceolate segments ; six stamens ; and an 

 inferior three-celled ovary, containing 

 numerous ovules, and crowned by three 

 recurved styles, terminating in simple 

 stigmas. The name is sometimes written 

 Campy lonema. [T. M.] 



CAMRUC, CAMRUNGA. Averrhoa Ca- 

 rambola. 



CAMWOOD. A West African red dye 

 wood produced by Baphia nitida. 



CANADA BALSAM FIR. Abies balsamea. 

 Canada Balsam is an oleo-resin obtained 

 from this tree, and is extensively used in 

 medicine and manufactures. 



CANAGONG. The fruit of Mesembryan - 

 themum cequilaterale. 



CANALICULATE. Channelled, Hire the 

 petioles of many leaves. 



CANARINA. A genus of Campanidaccce, 

 containing a glaucous herb from the Ca- 

 nary Islands, which has a tuberous root 

 with milky juice, and a branched stem 

 thickened at the joints, the leaves opposite 

 (rarely in a whorl of three), stalked, 

 hastate-heart-shaped, irregularly toothed, 

 shining above. The flowers are large 

 nodding yellowish (a remarkable feature, 

 as purple, blue, or lilac flowers are usually 

 found in this natural order), solitary at the 

 apex of short leafy axillary . branches ; 

 calyx-limb six-cleft, reflexed ; corolla bell- 

 shaped, six-toothed ; stamens six ; ovary 

 inferior, six-celled ; style with six stigmas; 

 capsule somewhat fleshy, and as well as 

 the roots and young shoots said to be 

 edible. [J. T. S.] 



CANARIUM. A genus of Amyridacece, 

 consisting of trees with compound leaves ; 

 the flowers panicled, dioecious, having a 

 bell-shaped calyx, with three unequal 

 lobes ; three oblong concave petals ; six 

 stamens inserted beneath a cup-shaped 

 disc; and a sessile globular ovary, with 

 very short style, and three-lobed stigma. 

 The fruit is a triangular drupe, with three, 

 or, by abortion, one cavity, containing one 

 seed. C. commune is cultivated in the Mo- 

 luccas for its fruits, which are also eaten 

 in Java, and from them an oil is expressed 

 which is used at table when fresh, and for 

 burning in lanrps. A gum exudes from the 

 bark which is said to resemble in its proper- 

 ties Balsam of Copaiba. C. strictum, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Wight, is known in Malabar 

 as the black Dammar tree, in contradistinc- 

 tion to the white Dammar (Vateria indica). 

 The resin of Dammar is of a brownish or 

 amber colour. [M. T. M.] 



CANARY CREEPER. A garden name 

 for Tropaolum adunrum, commonly but 

 wrongly called T. canariense. 



CANARY SEED. The grain of Phalaris 

 canuriensis, much used as a food for small 

 domesticated birds. 



CANARY WOOD. The timber of Persea 

 indica, and P. canuriensis. 



CANAVALIA. About eighteen species 

 of this genus of Leguminosce are known. 

 They are mostly shrubby climbing plants, 

 with slender twining branches, and leaves 

 composed of three leaflets, and are found 

 inhabiting the tropical regions of both 

 hemispheres. The flowers are in racemes 

 produced from the axils of the leaves; 

 their calyx is bell-shaped, two-lipped, with 

 the upper lip largest, and either entire or 

 cut into two lobes, while the lower is three- 

 cut or entire ; their corolla is papilionace- 

 ous ; and their stamens are united into a 

 column, one of their number being sepa- 

 rated for the greater part of its length. 

 Thepodsare large, with their sides swelled 

 out, and having three elevated ribs or 

 ridges along the upper edge; they contain 

 numerous seeds, which are separated from 

 each other by a quantity of cellular tissue. 



C. gladiata is commonly found growing 

 in woods in the East Indies, tropical Africa, 

 Mexico, Brazil, the West Indies, &c. The 

 leaves consist of three roundish or egg- 

 shaped leaflets, terminating abruptly in a 

 short point, and varying in size from two 

 to six inches long. The flowers are dark- 

 purple, and succeeded by scimitar-shaped 

 pods, about a foot long, containing numer- 

 ous red or white seeds, resembling large 

 beans. According to Dr. McFadyen, this 

 plant is called the 'Overlook' by the negroes 

 in Jamaica, who plant it along their pro- 

 vision grounds from a superstitious notion 

 that it ' fulfils the part of a watchman, and, 

 from some dreaded power ascribed to it, 

 protects the property from plunder. Even 

 the better informed adopt the practice, 

 although they themselves may not place 

 confidence in any particular influence which 

 this humble plant can exercise, either in 

 preventing theft, or in punishing it when 

 committed.' [A. S.] 



CANCELLATE. Composed of veins only, 

 all the parenchyma or intervening web 

 being absent. 



CANCER-ROOT. An American name for 



Epipliegus and Conopholis ; also for Aphyllon 

 umjlorum, sometimes called Orobanche uni- 

 flora. 



CANCHE. (Fr.) Aim. 



CANDIDUS. Pure white, but not so 

 white as snow. 



CANDLE BERRY MYRTLE. The com- 

 mon name for Myrica. 



CANDLEBERRY TREE. Aleurites tri- 

 loba, the nuts of which are commercially 

 called Candle nuts. 



CANDLE TREE. Parmentiera cerifera. 



CANDLEWOOD, of Jamaica. Gomphia 

 guianensis. 



CANDOLLEA. A genus of Australian 

 shrubs belonging to Dilleniacew, with ob- 

 ovate or wedge-shaped leaves, and hand- 

 some yellow flowers, which are subsolitary 

 at the tips of the branches ; sepals five, 

 oval, mucronate ; petals obovate or obcor- 



