CARICA-CENOMYCE. 
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CARICA. 20—10. (Amentaceo}.} [First cultivated in Caria.] 
papa'm, leaves palmate, 7-lobed, middle lobe sinuate; divisions oblong, acute; 
sta'tninate flowers corymbed. Papaw tree. Native of Guinea. 
CARPINUS. 19—12. (AmentacecB.) 
america'na, (May T^.) leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate* 
scales of the strobile 3-parted ; the middle segment oblique, ovate-lance- 
olate, toothed on one side. Woods. Hornbeam. 
CARTHAMUS. 17— 1.^ (Cinarocephaloi.) [From teZAazVo, cathartic] 
tincto'rious, (false saffron, safliower, y. J. ©•) leaves oval, entire, serrate, 
aculeate. Ex. 
CARUM. 5 — 2. (UmbellifercB.) [From Carm, a province in Asia.] 
ca'rui, (caraway, w. J^.) stem branching ; leaves with ventricose sheaths ; 
partial iuvolucrum none. Ex. 
CARYA. 19 — 12. (^JuglandecE.) [From carwa, a nut.] 
aVha, (shag walnut, shag-bark hickory, M. T2 ) leafetr about 7, long-petioled, 
lance-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose beneath; the terminal 
leafet sessile ; ament filiform, glabrous ; fruit globose, a little depressed ; 
nut compressed, oblique. 
CASSIA. 10—1. {LeguminoscB.') [From the Arabic katsia, to tear off, alluding to the peeling 
of the bark.] 
marilandi"ca, (wild senna, y. Au. %.) somewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 
lance-oblong, mucronate ; flowers in axillary racemes, and in terminal 
panicles ; legumes linear, curved. River alluvion, 2-4 f. 
chamcBchris"ta, (cassia, partridge pea, E. y. Au. ©.) somewhat glabrous ; leaves 
linear, in many pairs, the glands on the petioles sub-pedicelled ; two of the 
petals spotted ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Dry sand, &c. 
nic"titans, (E. y, Ju. ©.) .spreading, pubescent; leaves in many pairs, linear; 
glands of the petioles pedicelled; peduncles short, supra-axillary, 2-3-flow- 
ered ; flowers pentandrous. The leaves of this species, and of the chamse- 
christa, possess a considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 
seTiTi^'a, (Egyptian senna, ©.) leaves in 6 pairs; petioles glandless; legume 
reniform. Ex. 
CASTANEA. 19—12. {Ament acecR.) [From Castana, a city of Thessaly.] 
ves^'ca, (chestnut, g. J. T7.) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate, serrate, with the ser- 
ratures mucronate ; glabrous both sides. Large tree. 
CATALPA. 2—1. {Bignonioi.) [An Indian name.] 
cordifo'lia^ (M. w. and y, leaves simple, cordate, entire, in threes; flowers 
in panicles. 40-50 f. 
CAULINIA. 19—1. iAroideoR^ or more properly Fluviales.) 
fiex'ilis, (water knot-grass, Au. 0.) leaves in sixes, toothed at the apex, 
spreading ; immersed in ditches. Stem long, flowers small. 
CEANOTHUS. 5—1. {Rhamni.) [From the Greek, Areano/Aos.] 
america'nus, (New Jersey tea, w. J. T7.) leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3- 
nerved, pubescent beneath ; panicles axillary, long-peduncled, sub-i orymbed. 
CELASTRUS. 5—1. {Rhamni.) [From too, a dart.] 
scan"dens, (false bittersweet, staff-tree, y. w. J. T^.) stem twining ; leaves ob- 
long, acuminate, serrate; racemes terminal. Retains its scarlet berries 
through the winter. 
CELTIS. 5—2. (AmentacecB.) 
occidenta'Us, (M. T2. g-w.) leaves ovate, acuminate, equally serrate, unequal 
at the base ; scabrous above, hairy beneath ; flowers small, sub-solitary. 
Woods. Drupe purple. Nettle-tree. Beaver wood. 
aiistralis, 20 f. Flowers small, berries black, Lote-tree. Ex. 
,'CENOMYCE. 21—5. (Alg^.) 
■ pyxada'ta, frond foliaceous ; divisions crenulate, ascending ; peduncles all 
turbinate, cup-form, glabrous, at length warty-granulate, scabrous, greenish 
gray ; cups regular ; afterward the margin is extended and proliferous ; 
receptacles tawny. 
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