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CUCUMIS-DACTYLIS. 
CUCUMIS. 19—16. (CucurbitacecB.) 
angu'ria, (prickly cucumber,) leaves palmate-sinuate; fruit globose, echmaie. 
me'lo, (muskmelon, y. Ju. ©.) angles of the leaves rounded; pome oblong 
torulose. Sweet scented. Ex. 
sati'vus, (cucumber, y. Ju. ©.) angles of the leaves straight; pomaceou.s 
berry oblong, scabrous. Brought from Asia. 
CUCURBIT A. 19—16. {CucurbitacecB.) [The name signifies crooked.} 
ovif'era, (egg-squash, ©.) leaves cordate, angled, 5-lobed, denticulate, pubes- 
cent ; pomaceous berry with fillet-like stripes, lengthwise. Ex. 
pep"o, (pumpkin, y, Ju. leaves cordate, obtuse, sub 5-lobed, denticulate; 
pomaceous berry roundish or oblong, smooth, Ysn. potiro, has the fruii 
more or less flattened. From Asia. 
citruV'lus, (watermelon, y. Au. #.) leaves 5-lobed ; the lobes sinuate-pinnatifid, 
obtuse ; pomaceous berry oval, smooth. Fruit watery, often striped. From 
Africa and the south of Asia, 
lagena'ria, (gourd, calabash, w. Au. ©.) leaves cornate, round-obtuse, pubes- 
cent, denticulate, with 2 glands at the base on the under side ; pomaceous 
berry clavate, somewhat woody. Ex, 
GUNTLA. 13—1. (.LabiatcB.-) 
glabeVla, smooth; radicalleaves nearly oval, cauline leaves oblong-linear, 
entire ; flowers axillary, mostly solitary, on long peduncles. Limestone 
rocks, Niagara Falls, Stems 8 to 10 inches high, branched below. Corolla 
violet, longer than the calyx. 
CUPHEA. 11—1. (SalicaricB.y 
mscosis^'sima, (wax-bush, p. J. I^,) viscous; leaves opposite, petioled, ovate- 
oblong; flowers with 12 stamens, lateral, solitary; peduncles very short. 
CUPRESSUS. 19—15. {Conifer m.) 
thyo'ides, (white cedar, M. T7.) branchlets compressed; leaves imbricate four 
ways, ovate, tubercled at the base ; strobile globular. 
CUSCUTA. 5—2. (Convolvuli.) 
america'na, (dodder, w, Au. ©,) flowers peduncled, umbelled, 5-cleft; stigma 
capitate. A bright yellow, leafless vine, twining round other weeds, in 
damp places. 
europe'a, (w, Au, flowers sub-sessile ; stigma acute ; stamens 4 or 5. Ex. 
CYMBIDIUM. 18—1. (Orchidece.^ [From c?/7n6a, a boat] 
pulcheV'him, (grass pink, r, Ju. %.) radical leaves ensiform, nerved ; scape 
few-flowered; lip erect, slender at the base; lamina spread ; disk concave, 
bearded, Yar. graminifolia, leaves 1-2 lines broad; bracted ones acu- 
minate. 12-18 i. 
CYNARA. 17—1. iCinarocephalm.^ 
scoV'ymus, (garden artichoke, %.) leaves sub-spinose, pinnate ; scales of the 
calyx ovate. Naturalized. Ex. 
CYNOGLOSSUM. 5 — 1. iBoraginem.) [From kuon, a dog, and glossa, tongue.] 
officina^le, (hound-tongue, p. Ju. J^.) very soft-pubescent; leaves broad- 
lanceolate, sessile ; panicled racemes. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. 18—2. (OrchidecB.) [From kiipris, \enns, podion, slipper.'] 
pubes"cens, (yellow ladies' slipper, y. M. %.) stem leafy ; lobe of the style 
triangular-oblong, obtuse ; outer petals oblong-ovate, acuminate ; inner 
ones very long, linear, contorted; lip compressed, shorter than the petals. 
specta'bile, (gay ladies' slipper, w. and p. J. %.) stem leafy; lobe of the style 
oval-cordate, obtuse ; outer petals broad-oval, obtuse; lip longer than the 
petals, split. 
acavfle, (low ladies' slipper, w. and p. M. %>i scape leafless, 1-flowered ; radi- 
cal leaves 2, oblong, obtuse ; lobe of the style round ish-rhomboidal, acu- 
minate, deflected ; petals lanceolate : lip shorter than the petals, cleft be- 
fore. 1 f. 
DACTYLIS. 3—2. {Graminece..) [From dactulos, a finger, from the appearance of its pericarp.] 
glomera'ta, (J. %.) panicle glomerate; leaves carinate. 2-3 f. 
