CASSIA— CI 
ovate ; sntnres 4, prominent ; nnt roundish, 
compressed ; putamen thin ; nucleus bitter. 
40-50 f. S. 
olirafo/'mds, (pecan nut, Ap. 1? .) leafets 
numerous (13-15), lanceolate, eub-falcate, 
serrate ; petioles not in pairs; fruit oblong, 
4-sided ; nut olive-shaped, smooth. S. 
CAS"SIA. 10—1. (LeguminosecB.) [From the 
Arabic katsia, to tear olf, alluding to the 
peeling of the bark.] 
viarilan" dica, (wild senna, _y. Au. 2-(.) 
eomewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 
lauce-oblong, mucronate; flowers in axil- 
lary racemes, and in terminal panicles ; le- 
gumes linear, curved. River alluvion. 2-4 f. 
cham(Bchris"ta, (cassia, partridge pea, E. 
y. Au. somewhat glalarous; leaves lin- 
ear, in many pairs, the glands ou the peti- 
oles sub pedicelled ; two of the petals spoi- 
led ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Dry 
Band, &c. 
nic" titans, (E. y. Ju. %.) spreading, pu- 
bescent ; leaves in many pairs, linear; 
glands of the petioles pedicelled; pedun- 
cles short, supra-axillary, 2-3 flowered ; 
flowers pentandrous; the leaves of this 
species, and of the chamajchrista possess a 
considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 
senn"a, (Egyptian senna, % ) leaves in 6 
rairs; petioles glandless; legume reaiform. 
Ex. 
tc/ra, (y, Ju. 0.) glabrous ; leaves in 3 
pairs, obovate ciliate ; terminal ones lar- 
gest ; a subulate gland between the lower 
pair; peduncles few-flowered, axillary; le- 
gumes curved. 3 f. S. 
occidentaflis, (y. M. 2X- ^ •) glabrous leaves 
in 5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sca- 
brous along the edges ; peduncles clustered, 
few-flowered, axillary; legumes compres- 
sed, falcate. 12-18 i. S. 
linea'ris, (y. J. 11.) glabrous ; leaves in 5 
or 6 pairs, ovate, acute ; peduncles axil- 
lary, few-flowered ; legume terete. S. 
as"'pera, (S. @.) strigose, rough; leaves 
in many pairs, Hnear, lanceolate, ciliate; 
peduncles few-flowered, above the axils ; 
stamens 7-9 ; three longer than the rest. 
1-3 f. S. 
CASTA'NEA. 19- -12. (Amentacea.) [From 
Castana, a city of Thessaly.l 
ve.t"cn, (cliestnut. g. J. 1^ .) leaves lance- 
oblong, sinuate, serrate, wiih the serratures 
mucronate ; glabrous both .sides. Large tree. 
pu'mila, (chinquapin, g. J. ^ .) leaves ob- 
long, acute.-mucronate, serrate, with white 
down beneath. Small tree. Florida. 
CASTILLE'JA. 13—2. ( Pedicular es.) [Named 
fronf> a Spanish botanist.] 
occidenta'lis, {11.) stem simple, pilose; 
leaves linear -lanceolate, narrowing toward 
the apex, minutely pubescent, entire, acu- 
tish ; flowers spiked, sessile ; corolla scarce- 
ly exceeding the calyx; bracts 3-cle ft; di- 
visions erect. 
CATAL'TA. 2—1. (Bignonice.) [An Indian 
name.] 
cordifo'lia, (M. w. and y. ^ .) leaves .sim- 
ple, cordate, entire, in threes; flowers in 
panicles. 40-50 f. 
CAULIN"IA. la— 1 (^roit^ete, or more prop- 
erly Fiuvtales.) 
ENTATJREA. 87 
flf'x'ilis., (water knot-grass, Au. 0.) leaves 
in sixes, toothed at the apex, spreading. 
Immersed in ditches. Stem long ; flowers 
small. 
CEANO'THUS. 15—1. (Rhamni.) [From the 
Greek kianothos.] 
muerico' iius, (New .ler.sey tea, w. J. ^ .) 
leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3-nerved 
pubescent beneath ; panicles axillary, long- 
peduncled, .sub coiymbed. 
ova'lis. (w. Ip .) leaves oval, with glandu- 
lar seiTatures, 3-nerved; nerves pubescent 
beneath ; panicle corymbose, abbreviated. 
Canada. 
mi'crophyl"la, (w. Ju. ^.) leaves very 
small, obovate, nearly entire, clu.stered, 
glabrous ; racemes corymbose, terminal. 
1-2 f. S. 
CELAS"TRUS. 5—\.(Rhamni.) [From Ae/a, 
a dart.] 
scan/' dens, (false bittersweet, staff'-ti'ee, y. 
w. J. stem twining; leaves oblong, 
acuminate, serrate ; racemes terminal. Re- 
tains its scarlet berries through the winter. 
htdhi'ta, (w. Ju. Tp .) unarmed ; leaves 
ovate, acute, entire ; panicle terminal. 20 f. 
CELO'SIA. 5—1. (Amaranti.) [Greek A;e/os, 
singed, from the appeal ance of the flowers ] 
crista' fa, (cockscomb, r. J.) leaves ovate, 
acuminate; stipules falcate; common pe- 
duncle striated; spike oblong, compressed. 
CEL"TIS. 5—2. {Amentacea.) 
occidenta'lis, (M. ^ . g-w.) leaves ovate, 
acuminate, equally serrate, unequal at the 
base, scabrous above, hairy beneath ; flow- 
ers small, sub-.solitary. Woods. Di'upe 
purple. Nettle tree. Beaver wood. 
austra'lis, 20 f. ; flowers^ small ; berries 
black. Lote-tree. Ex. 
crassifo'lia, (hag-beny, w. M. .) leaves 
ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate, une- 
ijually cordate at the base, sub-coriaceous; 
peduncles about 2-flo vvered. 20 f. 
CENOMY'CE. 21—5. (AlgcE.) 
pyxddd'ta, frond foliaceoxis ; divisions 
creiiulate, ascending ; peduncles all turbi- 
irate, cup-form, glabrous, at length warty- 
granulate, .scabrous, gi-eenish-gray ; cups 
regular, afterward the margin is extended 
and proliferous ; receptacles tawny. 
coccife'ra, frond foliaceous, miimte ; di- 
visions round, crenate, naked beneath ; pe- 
duncles long tm-binate, naked, warty-sca- 
brous, pale yellowish, cinereous and green, 
all bearing cups, which are wine-glass 
form ; margin extended, fertile ; recepta- 
cles rather large, at length roundish, scarlet. 
CENTAU"REA. 17—3. (Cinarocephalce.) 
[From Chiron, the centaur, who is said to 
have cured a wound in his foot with the 
plant.] 
cya'nus, (great blue-bottle, b. w. r. J. ^.) 
scales of the calyx seirate ; leaves linear, 
entire, lower ones toothed. Naturalized. 
americn' ria, (great American centaury, 
0.) stem branching ; leaves sessile, lower 
ones oblong-ovate, upper ones lanceolate 
acute ; peduncles thick at the apex. 2 f. 
I)e)ie.dic"tii, (blessed thistle, y. J. 
scales of the involucre doubly armed wiiii 
