BUCHNERA-CALLIGONUM. 83 
BUCHNERA. 13—2. (Jasminem.) 
america'na, (blue-hearts, b. Au. %..) stem simple ; leaves lanceolate, sub-den^ 
tate rough, 3-nerved^ flowers remote, spiked. 1 f. 
BUXUS. 19—4. (EuphorbitB.) [From the Greek, signifying hard.] 
sempervi'rens, (box, T?.) leaves ovate, petioled, somewhat hairy at the margin^ 
anthers ovate, arrow-form. Var. angustifolia, lanceolate leaves. Suffru- 
ticosn, leaves obovate, stem hardly woody. Ex. 
OACALTA. 17—1. {Corymbifer(B.) [From kakon, bad, and lian, exceedingly, because it is bad 
for the soil.] 
£driplicifo'lia, (wild caraway, w. Au. '2]..) stem herbaceous; leaves petioled, 
smooth, glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, toothed ; cauline ones 
rhomboidal; flowers corymbed, erect; involucrum 5-flowered. Low ground. 
3-6 f. 
cocci'nea, tassel-flower ; from the East Indies, 18 i. The flowers of a scar- 
let colour. 
€ACTUS. 11—1. (Cacti.) [A -Greek word, signifying prickly.] 
opun'tia, (prickly-pear, S. y. J. '2|..) proliferous; articulations compressed, 
ovate; bristle fasicular. The plant appears like a series of thick, succu- 
lent leaves, one growing from the top of another. Ex. 
€ALAMINTHA. 13—1. iLabiatm.') [From /mZos, beautiful, menifta, mifft.] 
grandijio'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) sufiruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 
crenate, smooth ; whorls many-flowered, on short peduncles, shorter than 
the leaves. 12-18 i. 
•CAKILE. 14 — 1. iCrucifercR.) [From a Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to the rattling of 
the seeds.] 
america'na, (p. Oct. 0, American sea-rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtuse, 
margins toothed, joints of the pouch one-seeded ; the upper ones ovate, 
acute. Sea-coast, shores of the great lakes. Plant fleshy, branched, de- 
cumbent. Flowers corymbed, 
CALENDULA. 17 — 4. {Gorymbifer<z.') [So called, because it flowers every month, from cap 
lends^ month.] 
fffficina'lis, (pot marygold, y. ©.) seed keeled, muricate, incurved, Ex. 
- kella'ta, starry marygold. Barbary orange. 2 f, 
CALLA. 19—12. {Aroidecb.) [From kalos, beautiful.] 
pahis'tris, (water arum, w. J. %.) leaves sub-roundish, heart-form, acute ; 
spatha ovate, cuspidate, spreading when mature. Grows in wet places. 
ethiopica, Egyptian lily. Ex, 
■GALLIC ARP A. 4—1. (Vitices.) [From AaZos, beauty, iar^jos, fruit.] 
6cnierica'nd, (r, J.) leaves serrate, tomentose beneath, 3-4 f. S. 
€ALLITRICHE 1—2. iOnagrm.) [From kalos, beauty, and trichos, hair, appearing like hair.] 
ver"na, (water chickweed, w. M. Cg|.) 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, 
CALOCHORTUS. 6-3. [Nardssi.l 
ele'gans, (w. and p. '2|..) scape nearly 3-flowered, shorter than the single lea/ ; 
petals woolly within, /S*, 
■CALTHA. 12—13. iRanunculacetR.') [A Greek word, signifying yellow.] 
palu'stris, (y, Ap. American cowslip,) stem erect ; leaves cordate, sub-or- 
bicular, acute-crenate.^ 12-18 i, 
CALYCANTHUS. 11—13. (RosaceeB.} [From calyx, and anthos, the flower being inserted 
into the calyx.] 
fiori'dus, (Carolina alspice, p. M. T^.)" divisions of the calyx lanceolate ; leaves 
broad-oval, acute, tomentose beneath ; branches spreading. 3-7 f. S. 
CALLIGONUM. 12-^. (PolygonecE.) 
canes'^cens, (Ju. T7.) dioecious, leaves lanceolate ; flowers axillary, crowded, 
spiked towards the ends of the branches. S. 
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