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CALENDULA— CANNABIS. 
smaller than those of the disco'lor,this last 
being one of the most splendid flowers 
growing in the open air. 
CALEN"DULA.. 17--4. (Corymbiferm.) [So 
called because it flowers every month, from 
calends, month.] 
qfficina'lis, (pot marygold, y. @.) seed 
keeled, muricate, incurved. Ex. 
Stella' ta, starry marygold. Barbary 
orange. 2 f. 
pluvia'lis, (rainy marygold,) florets of the 
ray pure white inside, dark purple outside. 
kybrida, dingy orange on the outside. 
CAL"LA. 19—12. (Aroidea.) [From halos, 
beautiful.] 
palus'tris, (water arum, w. J. 2X-) leaves 
sub-roundish, heart-ibrm, acute ; spatha 
ovate, cuspidate, spreading when mature. 
Grows in wet places. 
elhio'pica, Egyptian lily. Ex. 
rAL"LICAR"PA. 4—1. (Vitices.) [From 
kalos, beauty, karpos, fruit.] 
america'na, (r. J.) leaves serrate, tomen- 
tose beneath. 3-4 f. 
CAL"LITRI'CHE. 1—2. {Onagrm.) [From 
halos, beauty, and trichos, 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. 
CAL"OCIIOR"TUS. 6-3. (Narcissi.) 
ele'garis, (w. and p. 11-) scape nearly 3- 
flowered, shorter than the single leaf; pe- 
tals woolly within. S. 
lute' us, (y. IX. ) stem forked, about 2-flow- 
ered ; leaves setaceous, short; flowers large, 
inner petals the large.st, glabrous at the 
apex, spotted, ciliate at ihe base ; a mark 
in the claws of the downy petals; root 
bulbous. 
CAL"THA. 12—12. {Ranunculacta.) [A 
Greek word, signifying yellow.] 
palu'stris, (y. Ap. 2^. American cowslip,) 
Btem erect; leaves cordate, sub-orbicular, 
acute-crenate. 12 18 i. 
integer" rima, (M. IX) stem erect, corym- 
bose ; leaves orbiculai--cordate,\ery entire, 
with the sinus closed ; floral ones sessile, 
reniform, obsoletely creuate at the base ; 
sepals oval, obtuse. 
parnassifo'lia, (y. Ju. If.) stem erect, 1- 
flowered, 1-leaved ; radical leaves petiolate, 
lanceolate-cordate, obtuse, many-nerved ; 
sepals elliptical. 
sagita'ta, (w. J.) scape 1-flowered; leaves 
ovate, obtuse, entire, heart-sagittate at the 
ba.se withiuflexed auricles above; divisions 
of the nectary 9. Pistils 13 to 15. (S^. 
CAI.YCAN"THUS. 11—12. (Rosacem.) [From 
calyx, and anlhos, the flower being inserted 
into the calyx.] 
Iteviga'lus, (b-p. Ju. 1? .)lobesof thecalyx 
lanceolate, calyx "brownish purple; leaves 
oblong, or oval, gradually acuminate, some- 
what rugose, smooth and green on both 
sides; branches erect, straight; flowers 
large, solitary, terminal. 4-6 f. 
Jiori'dus, (Carolina allspice, p. M. 1?.) 
divisions of the calyx lanceolate ; leaves 
broad-oval, acute, tomentose beneatli 
branches spreading. 3-7 f 
CALLIGO'NUM. 12—4. (PolygoneceA 
canes"cens, (Ju. f>.) ditEcious, leaves lan- 
ceolate ; flowers axillary, crowded, spiked 
toward the ends of the branches. S. 
CALYF'SO. 18—1. (Orchidem.) [From the 
fabled nymph, Calypso.] 
america'na, lip nan-owed, sub-unguicu- 
late at the base ; spur semi-bifid, longer 
than the lip, with acute teeth ; peduncle 
longer than the ovary. Scape 6-8 inches 
high, sheathed, 1-flowered; radical leaves 
roundish-ovate, nerved. Flowers large, 
purplish, resembling a Cypripedium. 
CAMELI'NA. 14—1. (Cmcifera.) 
sa'tiva, (wild flax, gold-of pleasure, y. J. 
0.) silicle obovate-pyriforni, margined, 
tipped with the pointed style ; leaves rough- 
ish, sub-entire, lanceolate, sagittate ; flow- 
ers small, numerous, in corymbs. 2 f. Cul- 
tivated grounds. Introduced. 
CAME'LLIA. 12—13. (Melim.) [From Ca- 
viellas, a learned .Jesuit.] 
japo/t"ica, (Japan rose,) leaves ovate, 
acuminate, acutely serrate ; flowers termi- 
nal, .sub -solitary. By some, the Tea (Thea) 
is classed in the genus Camellia. 
CAMPAN"ULA. 5—1. (Campanulacece.) [Lat- 
in, campanula, a little bell.] 
rotundifo'lia, (flax bell-flower, hair-bell, 
b. J. 2X-) glabrous; radical leaves heart- 
reniform, crenate ; cauline ones linear, en- 
tire ; panicle lax, few-flowered ; flowers 
nodding. 
america'na, (b. Au. 7X-) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, long-acuminate ; lower ones 
sub-cordate, with the petioles ciliate ; flow- 
ers axiflary, nearly sessile, in a terminal 
leafy raceme ; corolla sub-rotate ; style ex- 
sert. Cultivated. 2 f. 
spe&'uhim (b. Au. 0.) stem branched ; 
leaves oblong, sub-crenate ; flowers soli- 
tary, scales at the base. Purple. South 
of Europe. 1 f. Venus' looking glass. 
amplexicau'list, (clasping-bell, b. M. 
stem simple, erect ; leaves heart-form, cre- 
nate, clasping; flowers axillai^ sessile, 
glomerate.' 12-18 i. 
erinoi'des, (prickly bell flower, w-b. J. @.) 
slender; stem simple, angular ; angles, and 
the margin and nerves of the leaves, with 
reverse prickles ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
glabrous on the upper side ; peduncles 
few ; those on the top of the stem flexuose ; 
axillary ones 1-flowered, filiform. 12 i. 
unijlo'ra, pubescent; radical leaves 
round obovate ; cauline ones lance-hnear, 
somewhat toothed; stem about 1-flow- 
ered. 
me'dium. (canterbury bells, w. b. Au. $ .) 
capsule 5-celled, covered ; stem undivided, 
erect, leafy ; flowers erect. Ex. 
CAN"NA. 1—1. (CanncB.) [From the He- 
biew, signifying a reed ] 
Jlac"cida,[y. J. 2^.) inner limb of the co- 
rolla 3-cleft ; segments flaccid. 2-3 f. (S. 
iridica, Indian shot plant. 4 f. Scarlet. 
A native of the East Indies. 
CAN"NABIS. 20—5. (UrticcB.) [From the 
Arabic kannaha, to mow.] 
sati'va, (hemp, g. Au. 0.) stem pilose 
