CLEOME-COLLINSONIA. 
tioloseri'cea, (w. '^O climbing, leaves di- 
vided, ternate ; segments oblong-lanceo- 
iate, entire, pubescent un both sides; 
corymbs trichotomous. few-floweved, di(E- 
cious ; petals linear, longer than the sta- 
mens. Whole plant silky. ^. 
cylin^drica, (p-b. Ja. 1?.) climbing; leaves 
pimiate, decomponnd; leaflets ovate, acute 
at each end, glabrous, simple, petioled ; 
peduncles terminal, solitary; corolla nod- 
ding, cylindrical ; petals coriaceous ; awns 
of the carpels plumose. S. 
reticulaLa, (p-r. Ju. 1?.) climbing; leaves 
pinnate in 4 pairs , leafets ovate, obtuse at 
earh end, all entire, petioleH, membrana- 
ceous, retic-ilately nerved on both sides ; 
flowers solitary, petals coriaceous ; awns 
of the carpels plumose. (S*. 
/iweaWfo'^rt!, peduncles 1-flowered ; petals 
very acute ; leaves divided, pinnate glab- 
rous; leat'ets entire or 3- parted. S. 
CLEO'ME. »i— 1. [Capparides.) 
do(lecan"dra, (r. w. Ju. viscid pubes- 
cent; leaves ternate; leafets elliptical ob- 
long ; flowers t^enerally dodecandrous. 1 f. 
serula'ta, (p-w. Au. 0.) glabrous; leaves 
ternate ; leafets lanceolate, obsolctely ser- 
rulate; raceme elongated; bracts linear; 
stamens 6. 3-4 f. S. 
CLE'THRA. 10—1. (Encae.) 
alnifo'lia, (w. Au. I? .) leaves wedge-obo- 
vate, acute, coarse-serrate, glabrous, both 
sides one color; racemes spiked, simple, 
bracted, hoary-tomentose. 4-8 f. Sweet 
pepper-bush. 
tomento'm, (w. Au. ^.) leaves cuneate- 
obovate, acute, sub-serrate, white -tomen- 
tose beneath ; racemes spiked, simple, 
braoted ; villose tomentose. 2-4. f. S. 
sca'bra, (w. Ju. .) leaves broad-wedge- 
obovate, acute, coarse -serrate, scabrous on 
both sides, sen-atures uncinate ; racemes 
spiked, sulj-panicled, bracted, sub-tomen- 
lose. S. 
punicula'ta, (w. Ju. .) leaves narrow- 
wedge-lanceolate, glabrous on both sides, 
acute, serrate ; serratures acuminate ; pani- 
cle terminal, racemose, white-tomentose. S. 
acumina'ta, (w. Au. Ip .) leaves oval, acu- 
minate, serrate, glabrous on both sides, 
glaucous beneath; racemes spiked, bracted, 
white-tomentose. S. 
CLINIPO'DIUM. 13—1. (Labiatm.) 
vnlga're, (field thyme, r. p. Ju. Z^.) flow- 
ers in head-form whorls ; bracts setaceous, 
hi?pid ; stem simple. Rocky woods. 
wLINTCNIA. 6—1. (Campanuhcem.) [Named 
in honor of Gov. De Witt Clinton ] 
multijlo'ra, (M. -Ip.) leaves radical, ob- 
long-oval, with the margin and keel ciliate ; 
■cape pubescent ; umbel terminal ; pedicels 
with minute bracts at base. Referred by 
some to Convalla'ria. 
CNFCUS. 17—1. {Cinaroceph/dce.) [From 
Anao, to scratch.] 
lanceola'tus, (common thistle, p. J. $ .) 
leaves decurrent, hispid, pinnatifid ; divis- 
ions 2-lobed, divaricate, spinose ; calyx 
ovate, with spider-web-like pubescence ; 
scales lanceolate, spinose, spreading. 2-4 f. 
arven"sts 'Canada thistle, p. J 2X-) 
leaves sessile, pinnatifid, ciliate, spinose; 
st3m panicled ; calyx ovate, mucronate ; 
scales broad-lanceolate, close-pressed ; mar- 
gin woolly. 2-3 f. 
aUiii"siiims, (tall thistle, w. p. Au. 'lX) 
! leaves sesaile, lance-oblong, scabrous, 
j downy beneath, toothed, ciliate, radicai 
ones pinnatifid ; involucre bracted, ovate 
scales lance-ovate, spinose, close-pressed 
3-8 f. 
honid"ulus, (w-y. Ju. $ .) tall; leaves 
sessile, pinnatifid, acutely gashed, very spi- 
nose; bracts terminal, 1-flowered, manjr- 
leaved; leafets very spinose, spines in 
pairs ; involucre unarmed. 2-3 f. 
Virginia' nus, (p. J. 2^.) stem simple; 
leaves sessile, lanceolate, hoary-tomentose 
beneath, remotely toothed, teeth spinous : 
flowers solitary ; involucre globose, scales 
mucronate, appressed, carinate. 3-5 f. 
odora'tit,!^, [v. Ju. $ .) woolly ; stem 1 to 3- 
flowered; leaves clasping, lance-obloug, pin- 
natifid ; segments irregularly lobed, ciliate, 
tipped with spines, color similar on both 
sides ; involucre large, sub-globose, naked ; 
scales close-pressed, lanceolate, acuminate, 
spino.se. 1-2 f. 
glutino'siLS, (p. Au. $ .) leaves pinnatifid, 
segments divaricate ; involucre ovate ; scales 
unarmed, glutinous. 4-6 f. 
CNID"IUM. 5—2. (UmbeUifercB.) 
canaden"se, (w. Ju. 2^.) stem angular, 
flexuous; leaves bipinnate, shining, leafets 
many-parted ; segments lanceolate ; involu- 
crum many -leaved. Banks of streams. 
atropurpu'reiim, (p. J. 21.) radical leaves 
sub-cordate, simple, serrate, cauline ones 
ternate; leafets ovate, acute, sub-cordate, 
middle one petioled ; partial involucre di- 
midiate, 3-leaved. 2-3 f. 
COCHLEA'RIA. 14—1. (Cruciferce.) [From 
cochleare, a spoon.] 
armora'cia, (horse-radish, w. J. 2^.) radi- 
cal leaves lanceolate, crenate, cauline oneii 
gashed. Naturalized. Ex. 
officina'lis, (scurvy-grass,) radical leavea 
roundish, cauline ones oblong, sub-pinnate ; 
silicles globose. 
CCCOS. 19—6. {Falmm.') [From the Povta 
guese cnquen, monkey, the three holes at the 
end of the cocoa-nut shell giving it the ap- 
pearance of a monkey's head.] 
nucif'era, stem erect, vertical, crowned 
with long, pinnate leaves. Cocoa-nut. B. 
and W. Indies. The species hutyra'cea 
affords the palm-oil. 
CO'IX. 19—3. (Gramineae.) [From koix, a 
palm-leaved tree.] 
lachf'ryma, (Job's tear, Ju. 0.) culm 
semi terete above; flowers naked; fruit 
ovate. 
C0LLIN"S1A. 13—2. (ScrophularicB.) [In 
honor of Zaccheus Colhns, of Philadelphia.! 
ver"na,{h. M. leaves opposite, ovate- 
oblong, sessile, obtuse, the lower ones with 
a long petiole ; peduncles long, axillary, 1- 
flowered. Banks of streams. 
COLLINSO'NIA. 2—1. {Labiatce.) 
caiiaderi"sis, (y. Au. 11.) leaves broad- 
cordate, ovate, glabrous ; teeth of the ca'ys 
short, subulate ; rt-inicle terminal, com- 
pound. Woods, a 3 f 
