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wate sntuivu I, prominent ; nut roundish, 
compressed , ^ atameu thin ; nucleus bitter. 
40-50 f. S. 
olivf^fo'/'mis, (pecan nut, Ap. '^.) leafets 
numc'-ons (13-15), lanceolate, sub-falcate, 
Berrat<9 ; petioles not in pairs; fruit oblong, 
4-8ided ; nut olive-shaped, smooth. H. 
CAS'SIA. 10—1. (LeguminosccB.) [From the 
Arabic katsia, to tear off, alluding to the 
peeling of the bark.] 
manla/i'dica, (wild senna, y. Au. 2J!.) 
somewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 
lance-oblong, niucronate; flowers in axil- 
lary racemes, and in terminal panicles ; le- 
gumes linear, curved. River alluvion. 2-4 f. 
cha7nfE(:hns"fr/, (cassia, partridge pea, E. 
y. Au. 0.) .somewhat glabrous ; leaves lin- 
ear, in many pairs, the glands oil the peti- 
oles sub-pedicelled ; two of the petals spot- 
ted ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Dry 
wand, &c. 
7tic"litan.'i, (E. y. Ju. 0.) spreading, pu- 
bescent; leaves in many pairs, linear; 
glands of the petioles pedicelled; pedun- 
cles shoi-t, supra-axillary, 2-3 flowered ; 
flowers pentandrous ; the leaves of this 
epecie-s, and of the chamaBchrista possess a 
considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 
seun"a, (Egyptian senna, ^ ) leaves in 6 
pairs; petioles glandless ; legume reniform. 
Ex. 
t(/ra, (y, Ju. @.) glabrous ; leaves in 3 
pairs, obovate ciliate ; terminal ones lar- 
gest ; a .siubulate gland between the lower 
pair; peduncles few-flowered, axillary; le- 
gumes curved. 3 f. S. 
occidenta'lis, (y. M. 11. glabrous leaves 
in 5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sca- 
brous along the edges ; peduncles clustere'i, 
few-flowered, axillaiy; legumes compres- 
eed, 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"j)era, (S. @.) strigose, rough; leaves 
in many pairs, Hnear, lanceolate, ciliate, 
peduncles few-flowered, above the axils ; 
etamens 7-9 ; three longer than the rest. 
1-3 f. S. 
CASTA'NEA. 19-12. {Amentacea.) [From 
Castana, a city of Thessaly.] 
ves"ca, (chestnut, g. J. ^ .) leaves lance- 
oblong, sinuate, serrate, with the serratures 
mucronate ; glabrous both sides. Large tree. 
pu'rnila, (chinquapin, g. J. ^ .) leaves ob- 
long, acute, mucronate, serrate, with white 
down beneath. Small tree. Florida. 
CASTILLE'JA. 13—2. (Pediculares.) [Named 
froir a Spanish botanist.] 
ocndenta'lis, {14..) stem simple, pilose; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowing toward 
the apex, minutely pubescent, entire, acu- 
tish ; flowers spiked, sessile ; corolla scarce- 
fy exceeding the calyx ; bracts 3-cleft : di- 
visions erect. 
tATAL'TA. 2—1. (BignonicR.) [An Indian 
iiarrie.] 
cordifo'lia, (M. w. and y. .) leaves sim- 
ple, cordate, entire, in threes; flowers in 
panicles. 40-50 f. 
<CAULI\"1A. 1»— 1 (-AroidecE, or more prop- 
erly t'luviales. 
Jlex'ilis, (water knot-grass, Au. 0.) leaves 
in sixes, toothed at the apex, spreading. 
Immersed in ditches. Stem long; flowera 
small 
CEANO'THUS. 5—1. (Rhamni.) [From the 
Greek keanothos.] 
ameiica'nus, (New Jersey tea, w. J. ^ .) 
leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, S-nei-ved 
pubescent beneath ; panicles axillary, long- 
peduncled, sub coiymbed. 
ova'lis, (w. ^.) leaves oval, with glandu- 
lar serratures, 3-nerved ; nerves pubescent 
beneath ; panicle corymbose, abbreviated. 
Canada. 
mt'crofihyVla, (w. Ju. ^.) leaves very 
small, obovate, nearly entire, clustered, 
glabrous ; racemes corymbose, terminal. 
1-2 f S. 
CELAS"TRUS. 5-1. (Rhamni.) [From ftc/a, 
a dart.] 
scatifdeiis, (false bittersweet, staff- tree, y. 
w. J. ^ .) stem twining ; leaves oblong, 
acuminate, serrate ; racemes terminal. Re- 
tains its scarlet berries through the winter. 
hdla'tn, (w. Ju. ^) .) unarmed; leaves 
ovate, acute, entire ; panicle terminal. 20 f. 
S. 
CELO'SIA. 5—1. (Amaranti.) [Greekkelos, 
singed, from the appearance of the flowers.] 
crista'ta, (cockscomb, r. J.) leaves ovate, 
acuminate; stipules falcate common pe- 
duncle striated; spike oblong, compressed. 
CEL"TIS. 5—2. (Amentaceai.) 
occidenta'Us., (M. ^. g-w.) leaves ovate, 
acuminate, equally serrate, unequal at the 
base, scabrous above, hairy beneath ; flow- 
ers small, sub -solitaiy. Woods. Drupe 
purple. Nettle tree. Beaver wood. 
austra'lis, 20 f. ; flowers small ; berries 
black. Lote-tree. Ex. 
craxsifo'lia, (hag-beny, w. M. ^ .) leaves 
ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate, une- 
qually cordate at the base, sub-coriaceous ; 
peduncles about 2-flowered. 20 f. 
CENOMY'CE. 21—5. {Alga.) 
pyxada'ta, frond foliaceous ; divi.sions 
crenulate, ascending ; peduncles all turbi- 
nate, cup-form, glabrous, at length warty- 
granulate, scabrous, greenish -gray; cupa 
regular, afterward the mai-gin is extended 
and pi-oliferous ; receptacles tawny. 
coccifefra, frond foliaceous, minute; 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-glasa 
form ; margin extended, fertile ; recepta- 
cles rather large, at length roundish, scarlet 
CENTAU"REA. 17—3. (CinarocephalcB.; 
[From Chiron, the centaur, who is said to 
have cured a wound in his foot with the 
plant,.] 
cya'nu^, (great blue-bottle, b. w. r. J. ^.) 
scales of the calyx sen-ate; leaves linear, 
entire, lower ones toothed. Naturalized. 
america' ria. (great American centaury. 
@.) stem branching ; leaves sessile, lowei 
ones oblong-ovate, upper ones lanceolate 
acute ; peduncles thick at the apex. 2 f. 
beiLcdic"ta, (blessed tliistle, y. J. 0.) 
scales of the involucre doubly armed witb 
