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CARIGA— CARYA. 
forma'sa,{M.. IX-) spikes 4, oblong, thick, 
distant, on exsevt peduncles, nodding, up- 
permost one sterile at the base ; fruit oblong, 
triquetrous, somewhat inflated, rather acute 
at each end. orifice nearly entire, or 2-lobed, 
obscurely nerved, twice as long as the 
ovate-acute glume. 12-18 i. Wet. 
ttt Sfaminate and pish/late spikes distinct. 
* Stamiitnte sp^ike solitary. 
1. With 2 stigmas. 
au'rea, (J, 2/.) fertile spikes mostly 3, ob- 
long, loose-flowered, sub-pendulous, rather 
approximate, lower ones pedunculate ; frait 
obovate or pyriform, obtuse, nei-ved, entire 
at the orifice, longer than the ovate-acute 
glume. 4-10 i. Wet rocks 
2. With 3 stigmas. 
§ Pistillate spikes ^ sessile, or with the pe- 
duncles enclosed, 
vesti'ta, (J. 2X-) sterile spike mostly soli- 
tary, (rarely germinate, with the upper one 
elongated), pedunculate, cylindrical-oblong; 
fertile spikes 2, ovate-oblong, sessile, sub- 
approximate, sometimes sterile at the sum- 
mit ; fruit ovate, sub-triqueti'ous, nerved, 
with a short rostrum pubescent, rather lon- 
ger than the ovate-mucronate glume. 2 f. 
Wet. 
tentaculafta, (M. fertile spikes 2-3, 
(rarely 4), sessile, ovate or ovate-cylindrical, 
approximate, hon'zontal ; bracts very long ; 
fruit ovate, ventricose, nerved, with a very 
long rostrum, orifice bidentate. longer than 
the lanceolate glume. 12-18 i. Wet. 
Pistillate spikes on ex'^ert pedu7icles, 
pa? ill/ sheathed at tlie base. 
conoi'dea,(M. 14..) fertile spikes 2-3, ob- 
long, remote, rather loose, uppermost sub- 
sessile, lower ones on long peduncles ; fruit 
oblong-conical, obtuse, recurved at the apex, 
as long as the awned glume. 6-12 i. Woods. 
plantngin''ea,{K^v. May, 2-f .) Cert^le spikes 
mostly 4, on peduncles scarcely exserted, 
loosely flowered; fruit oblong-ciinelform, 
triquetrous, recurved at the apex; culm 
sheathed at the apex ; sheaths of the culm all 
leafless, (colored) ; leaves broad. 8-12 i. 
wa,shingto' mana, (J. IX) sterile spike 
solitary, erect ; fertile spikes oblong, cylin- 
dric, sub-sessile, sub-remote, erect ; flowers 
somewhat scattered ; fniit oval, acute at 
each end, compressed, shortly beaked, with 
a smooth and entire orifice, about equalling 
the ovate-oblong, acutish scale. 1 f White 
Mountains, N. H. 
Pistillate spikes on long pednncles, 
nearly destitute of sheaths. 
umhella'ta., (M.lj!.) cespitose; fertile spikes 
mostly 4, ovate, few-flowered, one sessile at 
the summit of the culm, the rest on radical 
peduncles and appearing sub-umbellate ; 
fruit ovate, acuminate-rostrate, sub pubes- 
cent, as long as the ovate-acuminate glume. 
1-6 i. In smafl tufts on diy hills. 
** Staminate spikes, 2 or more. 
\. With 2 stigmas. 
cespito'sa (M. 11.) sterile spike sub-solitaiy, 
(or germinate) ; fertile spikes mostly 3, cy- 
lindrical, obtuse, distant, the lower on a 
short exsert peduncle ; bracts .«triate ; fruit 
ovate, somewhat acute, densely fruited in 
about 8 rows; orifice minute, longer than 
the ovate (black and margined) glume; 
leaves spreading. 12-18 i. Mountain bogs. 
2. With 3 stigmas. 
{retror"sa M. IS.) sterile spikes about 3. 
lower one often fertile at the base ; fertile 
spikes about 5, approximate, (and clustered 
in a sub corymbose manner), oblong-cylin- 
drical, inclusely pedunculate, lowest one 
often remote ; fi-uit ovate, inflated, reflexed, 
rostrate, half as long as the lanceolate glume. 
2 f. Near ponds in clusters. 
CAR"ICA. 20—10. (Amenlacea.) [First cul 
tivated in Caria.] 
papa'ya, leaves palmate, 7-lobed, middle 
lobe sinuate ; divisions oblong, acute ; stam- 
inate flowers coryrabed. Papaw tree. Na- 
tive of Guinea. 
CARPI'NUS. 19—12 (Amentacim.) 
america'na, (May Ip.) leaves oblong- 
ovate, acuminate, unequally sen-ate ; scales 
of the strobile 3-parted ; the middle seg- 
ment oblique, ovate-lanceolate, toothed on 
one side. Woods. Hornbeam. 
CaRTHA'MUS. 17—1. (Cinarocepkalm.) [From 
kathairo, cathartic] 
tinctd nous, (false saffron, safllower. y. J. 
@.) leaves oval, entire, serrate, aculeate. 
Ex. 
cGsru'leus, (blue saffron. b. 7X.) stem about 
1-flowered ; leaves lance-ovate, spine- 
toothed. 
CA'RUM 5—2. (Umbellifera.) [From Coyia, 
a province in Asia.] 
cafrui. (caraway, w. $ .) stem branching; 
leaves with ventricose sheaths ; partial in-- 
volucrum none. Ex. 
CAR"YA. 19—12. (Juglondece.) [From carva, 
a nut.] 
aV'ha, \^hag walnut, shag-bark hickory, 
I M. '^.) leafets about? ; long-y>etioled, lance- 
oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villo.se 
j beneath ; the terminal leafet .sessile ; ament 
' filiform, glab)'ons ; fruit globn.se, a little de- 
pressed ; nut compressed, oblique. 
snlca'ta, (shell-bark hickory, Ap. ^.) leaf- 
ets about 9, oblanceolate, acuminate, ser- 
rate, pubescent beneath ; the terminal leaf- 
ets sub-sessile, tapering to the basse ; fruit 
roundish, 4-keeled ; nut sub-globo.se, a little 
compre.«.sed, smooth, long-niucronate. 
ama'ra, (bitter nut. Ap. Ip.) leafets aboui 
9, ovate-oblong, acuminate, .sharply serrate, 
glabrous both sides, tlie terminal leafets 
short-petioled ; fruit sub globose, with the 
sutures prominent above ; nut smooth, sub- 
globo.se, mucronate ; putamen easily bro- 
ken ; nucleus bitter. 
porci'na, (pig nut. broom hickory. M. Tp.) 
leafets about 7. lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 
rate, glabrous both sides; terminal leafets 
sub-sessile; fruit pear-form or globose ; nut 
smooth; putamen very thick and hard; nu- 
cleus small. Var. ohcorda'ta has an ob- 
cordate nut. Var. iicifor"mis has the fruit 
turbinate and nut oldo'ug. 70 80 f. 
aqnat"ica, (Ap. 1p.) leafets about 11, nar- 
row, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 
serrate, glabrous, sessile ; frtvit ped uncled, 
