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CARIGA— OARYA. 
foimo'sa (M ZJ^.) q)ikes 4, oblong, thick, 
distant, on exsert peduncles, nodding, up- 
permost one sterile at the base ; fruit oblong, 
triquetrous, somewhat inflated, rather acute 
at each end. oriHce nearly entire, or 2-lobed, 
obscurely iierved, twice as long as the 
ovate-acute glume. 12-18 i. Wet. 
ttt Stnmhiate and pistillate spikes distinct. 
* Staminnte spike solitary. 
1. With 2 stigmas. 
au'rea, (J, 2^.) fertile spikes mostly 3, ob- 
8ong, loose flowered, sub-pendulous, rather 
approximate, lower ones pedunculate ; fruit 
obovate or pyriform, obtuse, nerved, entire 
at the orifice, longer than the ovate-acute 
glume. 4-10 i. Wet rocks 
2. With stigmas. 
$ Pistillate spikes sessile, or with tlie pe- 
duncles enclosed, 
vestita, (J. sterile spike mostly soli- 
tary, (rarely germinate, wich the upper one 
elongated), pedunculate, cyUndrical-oblong; 
fertile spikes 2, ovate-oblong, sessile, sub- 
approximate, sometimes sterile at the sum- 
mit ; fruit ovate, sub-triquetrous, nerved, 
with a short rostrum pubescent, rather lon- 
ger than the ovate-raucronate glume. 2 f. 
Wet. 
tea/acnla'ta, (M. 11.) fertile spikes 2-3 
(rarely 4). .sessile, ovate or ovate-cylindrical, 
approximate, horizontal ; bracts very long ; 
fniit ovate, ventricose, nerved, with a very 
long rostrum, orifice bidentate. longer than 
the lanceolate glume. 12-18 i. Wet. 
Pistillate spikes on expert feduncles, 
pa) lly sheathed at the base. 
conoi'dea,(M. 2X-) fertile spikes 2-3, ob- 
long, remote, rather loose, uppermost sub- 
eessile, lower ones on long peduncles; fruit j 
oblong-conical, obtu.se, recurved at the apex, i 
as long as the awned glume. 6-12 i. Woods. I 
plantagin''ea,{A.Tpr. May, 7X-) fertile spikes \ 
iiiustly 4. on peduncles scarcely ex.serted, j 
loosely flowered; fruit oblong cuneiform, i 
triquetrous, recurved at the apex; culm 
pheathed at the apex ; sheaths of the culm all 
leafless, (colored) ; leaves broad. 8-12 i. 
washiii<ito'ntana, (J. 11.) sterile spike 
solitary, erect ; fertile spikes oblong, cylin- 
dric, sub sessile, sub remote, erect; flowers 
somewhat scattered ; fruit 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 peduncles, 
nearly destitute of slieaths. 
umhella'ta, (M.2/.) ce.spitose; 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 small tufts on diy hills. 
** Staminate spikes, 2 or more. 
1. With 2 stigmas. 
cespito'sa (M. 11) sterile spike sub-solitary, 
for germiuaie) ; fertile spikes mostly 3, cy- 
xndrical, obtude, distant, the lower on a 
short exsert peduncle ; bracts striate ; 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. 2i.) 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 ; fruit ovate, inflated, reflexed, 
rostrate, half as long as the lanceolate glume. 
2 f. Near ponds in clusters. 
CAR"ICA. 20— in. {Ameniacea:.) [First cul 
tivated in Caria,] 
papa' ya, leaves palmate, 7-lobed. middle 
lobe sinuate ; divisions oblong, acute ; stam- 
inate flowers corymbed. Papaw tree. Na- 
tive of Guinea. 
CARPI'NUS. 19—12 (Amentacece.) 
amerlca'na, (May ^.) 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. {Cinarocephalce.) [From 
kathairo, cathartic] 
tincto'rious, (false saffron, safflower. y. J. 
0.) leaves oval, entire, serrate, aculeate. 
Ex. 
cceru'leiis, (blue saffron. b. 11.) stem about 
1-flowered ; leaves lance-ovate, spine- 
toothed. 
CA'RUM 5—2. (Umbelliferce.) [From Carta, 
a province in Asia.] 
ca'mi. (caraway, w. $ .) stem branching; 
leaves with ventricose sheaths ; partial in- 
volucrum none. Ex. 
CAR"YA. 19—12. (Juglandea.) [From can/a, 
a nut.] 
aV'ha, \rfhag walnut, shag -bark hickory, 
M. ^ .) leafets about 7 ; long-petioled, lance- 
oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose 
beneath ; the terminal leafet sessile ; ament 
filiform, glabrous; fruit globose, a little de- 
pressed ; nut compressed, oblique. 
snlca'ta, (shell-bark hickory, Ap. ^.) leaf- 
ets about 9, oblanceolate, acuminate, ser- 
rate, pubescent beneath ; the tenninal leaf- 
ets sub-sessile, tapering to the base ; fruit 
roundish, 4-keeled ; nut sub-globose, a little 
compressed, smooth, long-mucronate. 
ama'ra, (bitter nut, Ap. Ip .) leafets about 
9, ovate-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, 
glabrous both sides, the terminal leafets 
short-petioled ; fruit sub globose, with the 
sutures prominent above ; nut smooth, sub- 
globose, mucronate ; putamen easily bro- 
ken ; nucleus bitter. 
porci'na, (pig nut, broom hickory. M. ) 
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. hcifo/'mis has the fruit 
turbinate and nut oblong. 70-80 f. 
aquaf'ica, (Ap. fp.) leaf»;ts about 11, nar- 
row, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 
serra^iC, glabrous, sessile ; frwt pjduncied 
