CAPEAllIA— CAREX. 
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leaves petioled. dia^tate ; leafets lanceolate, 
serrate, pilose ; staminate flowers solitary, 
axillary; pistillate ones spiked. 4-10 f. Ex. 
CAPRA'RfA. 13—2 (Vitices.) [From capra, 
a goat ] 
'puaWlo, (w. ©.) hairy, leaves opposite, 
cordate, repand-toothed, petioled ; pedun- 
cles axillary, longer than the petioles. S. 
(JAP'SrCUM. 5—1. { SolanecE. ) iVrom kapto^ 
to bite, on account of its effect upon the 
tong^ue.] 
an"mnim, (guinea pepper, red pepper, 
cayenne pepper, y-g. w, Au, 0.) stem 
herbaceous; peduncles solitary. From 
South America. 10-18 i. 
hacca'tum, (bird pepper, T?.) stem smooth ; 
peduncles in pairs. Florida. 
CARDAWINE. 14—2. {CrKrAfer<B.) [From 
kardia, the heart, because it acts as a cor- 
dial.] 
penmylviv^''ica, (American v/ater cress, 
w. M. iX .) glabrous, branching ; leaves pin- 
nate, hairy ; leafets roundi.sh-oblong, obtuse, 
tooth angled ; silique narrow, erect. 
prnten"siR, (field water-cress, r-p. M. 11. ) 
simple, glabrous, erect; leaves pinnate; 
radical leafets roundish, toothed ; cauline 
ones lanceolate, smb-entire; racemes sub- 
coiymbed, 
CARDIOSPER"MUM[. 8-3. {Sapindi.) 
kaf/cn'/mm, (Au. 0.) glabrous; leafets 
incised and lobed ; the terminal one rhom- 
l)oidal. Balloon vine. East Indies. 5 f. 
Flowers white and green. 
CAR"DU'US 17—1. (Cinarocephalce.) [From 
keiro, to tear.] 
pectinn'tns, (p. $ .) unarmed ; leaves de- 
current, lanceolate, peetinately ijinnatifid ; 
peduncles almost leafless, terminal, very 
long, about 1 -flowered; flowers nodding, 
often discharging the pollen; scales of the 
calyx linear, spreading. 
CA'REX. 1<J— 3. (CyperoideeR.) fFrom Latin 
carere, to want, the upper spikes of these 
plants beings constantly without seeds, con- 
sisting only of staminate flowers.] 
A. Inflorescence dicecioiis. 
ateriV'is, (barren .sedge, M. 2^.) spikes 
dioecious ; sterile 3-5 ; fertile about 6 ; 
(sometimes androgynous ;) fruit ovate, com- 
pressed, triquetrous ; margin ciliate-serrate ; 
apex recurved and bieuspidate. 8-12 i. 
Wet. 
B . Injlm-esrence monecious. 
i Spikes ondro<icy noua. 
* Snike solitary. 
a. Stamens at tht summit of tJie sptkclets. 
frasefri, (A p. 2^.) spike simple, ovate; 
E'uit ovate sub globose, entire at the point, 
longer than the oblong glume ; leave's lan- 
ceolate, undulate, crenulate ; scape sheathed 
at the base. 1 f This species has broader 
leaves than the common sedges, and pro- 
duces fine flowers resembling small lilies. 
'polytiiehoi'des, (M. 2_(.) spike simple, 
fruit oblong-lanceolate, compressed, trique- 
trous, obtuse, emarginate ; glumes oblong- 
obttwe, mucronate. 10 i. Wot. 
** Spikes distinct {not aggregated into a 
head). 
Stamens at the summit. 
1. With 2 .stigmas. 
retroflex" a, (M. 11) spikes about 4, sub- 
approximate, ovate, the lowest one with a 
short bract; fruit ovate lanceolate, biden- 
tate, scabrous on the margin, spreading and 
reflexed, as long as the ovate acute glume. 
1 f. Woods, meadows. 
ro'sea, (M. IX) spikes 4-6, remote, about 
9-flowered, the lowest one with a setaceous 
bract overtopping the culm ; fruit ovate, 
; acuminate, diverging and radiate, scabrous 
on the distinct margin, twice as long as the 
ovate-obtu.se glume. 12 i. Moist. 
stipa'ta, (M. 2^.) spike compound, oblong; 
spikes numerous (10-1.5), oblong, aggrega- 
ted, bracteate ; bracts a little longer than 
the spikelets; fruit lanceolate, subterete, and 
smooth below, spreading, bidentate at the 
point, which is scabrous, twice as long aa 
the glume. 1-3 f. Wet meadows. 
2. With 3 stigmas, 
pednncvla'ta, (Ap. 2^.) spikes about 4. on 
; long peduncles, very remote ; fruit obovate, 
I triquetrous, obtuse, smooth, entire at the or- 
ifice ; glumes ovate, mucronate (purple and 
green). 6 i. Rocky Hills. 
b. Pistillate at the summit. 
1. With 2 stigmas. 
scopa'ria (M. 2^.) spikelets mostly 5 
ovate, sessile, approximate, aggregate, low- 
est one bracteate; fruit ovate-lanceolate, 
margined, nerved, smooth, bi-cuspidate, 
longer than the lanceolate acuminate glume. 
1-2 f. Swamps. 
scirpni'des,[M.. IX) spikes 4, ovate, obtuse, 
approximate, uppermost one clavate ; fruit 
ovate, bidentate, plano-convex, erect and a 
little spreading, but not reflexed, sub cor- 
date, serrulate, longer than the ovate obtuse 
glume. 
2. With 3 stigmas, 
atra'tn, (J, IX) androgynous spikes 3, 
pediinculate, crowded, sub-pendulous in 
fruit, (black) ; fruit roundish-ovate, with a 
short beak, bidentate. 6 i. 
c. Svmmits of the his^hest and lowest spike- 
lets staminate, tJie middle spikes wholly 
staminate. 
l.With 2 stigmas. 
sicca' ta, (J. 2^.) terminal spikes obtuse; 
lower ones mostly in fours, ovate, some- 
what acute ; fruit ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, compressed, scabrous on the margin, 
bifid, nerved, nearly equal to the ovate-lan- 
ceolate scale. 12-18 i. Sandy plains. 
ft. Terminal spikes androgynous ; the rest 
pistillate ; stigmas 3. 
vires'' cens, (green sedge, M. IX) spikes 3, 
oblong, erect ; upper one pedunculate, ste- 
rile below, the re.^t fertile, sub .se.ssile, and 
bracteate ; fruit ovate, obtuse, co.state, pu- 
bescent 18-24 i. Dry woods. Var. cos- 
ta'ta, has its fruit strongly ribbed, and its 
outer sheaths purplish-brown ; leaves more 
numerous and larger. 
