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CAREX, CELASTRUS, 
ed : flowers nodding, often discharging the pollen ; scales of the calyx lin- 
ear spreading. 
19—3. CAREX. 3. 9. 
ster"ilis , (barren sedge. O. M. 7|..)spikelets in fives, sessile, approximate : fruit 
ovate, acuminate or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-sided-compressed, sca- 
brous at the margin ; equalling the ovate acutish scale. 8 i. Wet. iS. 
retroflex" a, (O. M. %.) spikclets about in fours, alternate, ovate sub-approxi- 
mate, sessile, bracted : fruit ovate, acutish, 2-toothed, margin glabrous or 
scabrous, reflex-spreading, about equal to the ovate acute scale. 1 f. 
Woods. S'. 
17—1. CARTHAMUS. 49. 54. 
Exotic. 
tincto'rius, (false saffron, safflower, y. J. ©.) leaves ovate, entire, serrate- 
aculeate. 
5—2. CARUM. 45. CO. 
Exotic. 
ca'rui, (caraway, w. tf.) stem branching ; leaves with ventricosc sheaths ; 
partial involucrum none. 
19—12. CARY A. 50. 94. 
alba, (shag-walnut, shag-bark hickory. O. M. Tj.) leafets about 7, long-petio- 
ted, lance-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose beneath ; the terminal 
leafet sessile ; ament filiform, glabrous ; fruit globose, a little depressed ; 
nut compressed, oblique. S. 
10—1. CASSIA. 33. 93. 
mariland"ica, (wild senna. O. y. Au. 9J-.) somewhat glabrous ; leaves in 8 
pairs, lance-oblong, mucronate ; flowers in 'axillary racemes, and in termi- 
nal panicles ; legumes linear, curved. An excellent mild cathartic. B. 
River alluvion, 2 — 4 f. 
chamcecrist"a, (cassia, patridge 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. A most elegant plant. 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 or 3 
flowered ; flowers pentandrous. The leaves of this species, and of the cha- 
maecrista, possess a considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 
Exotic. 
scnn"a, (Egyptian’senna. ©.) leaves in 6 pairs ; petioles glandless : legume 
reniform. 
19—12. CASTANEA. 50. 99. 
america'na. (chcsnut. O. g. J. h?-) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate serrate, with 
the serratures mucronate, glabrous both sides. Large tree. & 
2—1. CATALPA. 40. 45. 
cordifo'lia, (M. w. & y. fj.) leaves simple, cordate, entire, by threes : flowers 
in panicles. 40 — 50 f. S. 
5—1. CEANOTHUS. 43. 95. 
america'nus, (New-Jcrsey tea. O. w. J. Tj.) leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate 
3-nerved, pubescent beneath : panicles axillary, long-peduncled, sub-co- 
rymbed. S'. 
5—1. CELASTRUS. 43. 95. 
scandens, (false bittersweet, staff-tree. O. y-w. J. T?.) stem twining : leaves ob- 
long, acuminate, serrate ; racemes terminal. Retains its scarlet berries 
through the winter. 
