CAR CAR 
CAR CAR 
Carduncelus, Adanson. From the diminutive, car- 
dunculus, of cardoon. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 
Composite. A genus of pretty herbaceous plants, 
succeeding well in common soil, and increased by 
dividing the roots. Synonymes : \. Carthamus mi- 
tissimus. 2. C. carduncellus. 
miUssimus, 1 . . Blue . . 6, H. Her. P. France . . 1776 
vulgari.', 2 . . . Blue . . 5, H. Her. P. France . . 1734 
Carduus, Linn. From ard, in Celtic, meaning a 
point, the plants being mostly spiny. Linn. 19, Or. 
l,Nat. Or. CompositcE. A coarse, though somewhat 
. ornamental and numerous genus of plants, growing 
from one to four feet high; they succeed in ^y 
common soil, and are multiplied by seeds or divi- 
sions. Synonymes : 1. Onopordum deltoideum. 2. 
Carlina pyrenaica. 
alatus .... Purple . 7. H. B. .1812 
albldus .... Purple . 7, H. A. Tauria . . 1816 
alpestris . . . Purple . 7j H. Her. P. Croatia . . 1805 
atriplicifolius, 1 . Purple . 8, H. Her. P. Siberia . . 1784 
ar^bicus . . . Purple . 7, H. A. Arabia . . 1789 
arctioides . . . Purple . 7» H. Her. P. Camiola . 1804 
argematus . . . Purple 7, H. A. Egypt . . 1789 
Argemone . . . Purple . 7, H. Her. P. Pyrenees . 1810 
ffindicans . . . Purple . 7. H. B. Hungary . 1805 
carlinaefollus . . Purple . 7> H. B. Pyrenees . 1804 
carlinoides, 2 . . Purple . 7i H. B. Pyrenees . 1784 
Cinereus . . , Purple . 7» H. A. Caucasus . 1818 
clavuiatus . . . Purple . 7. H. A. Canaries . 1827 
coUlnus . . . . Purple . 7> H. B. Hungary . 1818 
corymbosus . . Purple . 7, H. B. Naples . . 1824 
crassifOlius . . Purple . 7, H. Her. P. . 1805 
crispus .... Purple . 7, H. B. Europe . . 1804 
defloratus . . . Red . . 8, H. Her. P. Austria . . 1570 
hamulosus . . . Purple . 6, H. B. Hungary . 1802 
lanugindsus . . Purple . 7> H. B. Armenia . 1820 
leucanthus . . . Purple . 7» H. A. Spain . .1816 
leucographus . . Purple . 6, H. A. Italy . .1752 
macrucephalus . . 7> H. Her. P. Numidia . 1827 
medius .... Purple . 6, H. Her. P. Piedmont . 1819 
montosus . . . Purple . 7> H. B. S. Eur. . . 1820 
nigrescens . . . Purple . 7, H. B. S. France . 1819 
nutans .... Purple . 7, H. A. Britain . . 
onopordioides . . Purple . 7. H. Her. P. Iberia . . 1818 
orientalls . . . Purple . 7, H. Her. P. Iberia . . 1804 
parviflorus . . . Purple . 7> H. Her. P. S. Eur. . . 1781 
peregrinus . . . Purple . 7j H. A, . 1816 
Personata . . . Purple . 7> H. B. Austria. . 1776 
podacanthbs . . Purple . 7» H. Her. P. France . . 1819 
pycnocepbSlus . Purple . 7» H. Her. P. S. Eur. . . 1739 
teminudus . . . Purple . 7» H. B. Caucasus 1819 
uncinatus . . . Purple . 7, H. B. Tauria . . 1817 
volgeusis . . Purple . 7, H. A. Volga . . 1820 
acanthoides, tenuifloriis. 
Cares, Limi. From careo, to want ; the upper spikes 
being without seeds. Linn. 21, Or. 8, Nat. Or. 
Cyperaceae. This genus is extensive, and the spe- 
cies are uninteresting; part of them are natives of 
marshy situations, and a few do best on dry sandy 
eminences ; they seed freely, by which they are 
increased. Synofiymes : 1. C.scotica, 2. C. straminea 
— acuminata, acuta, alba, alpestris, ambleocdrpd, 
amptilldcid, dncSps, angustifdl'id, appressd, aqudtllis, 
arendrin, atrdtd, axilldrts, bicdlor, binervis, brachy- 
stdchya brizotdes, bulldtd, Buxbafimld, caspitOsd, 
capilldns, chordorhlzd, cilidtd, clandestlnd, colllnd, 
conglobdtd, crinltd, curtd, curvuld, cyperoides, 
Davallidnd, depauperdtd, digitdtd, dialed, dlstdns, 
divlsd, divulsd, elongdtd, extSnsd, ferruginSd, Jldvd, 
fiUfBrmts,Jimbridtd,JlexvUi.m,fSrred, feetidd, Fraser- 
idnd, fdlvd, glareOsa, granuldris, hlrtd, hordeifOrmis, 
incurvd, intermedia, inversd, junced, JuncifOlid, 
leevigdtd, lagopodioldes, leporlnd, leuco-glochln, li- 
tnOsd, lobdtd, lolidced, lOngipes, leucOrum, Michelii, 
MielichOferd 1, microstdchi)d, mucrondtd, multiflOrd, 
muriedtd, nemorOsd, nltidd, norvSglcd, nutans, 
(Ederil, ovdlis,pallescens, palud0sd,paniced, panicu- 
Idtd, paradOxd, paucifldrd, penduld, phoeostdchjqd 2, 
pilSsd, piluliferd, plantagined, podocdrpd, prcecOx, 
pseudti-cy perns, pulicaris, pulld, pyrendied, rari- 
flBrd, recQrvd, remOtd, ripens, rigidd, ripdrid, rdsid, 
rostrdtd, rupestrls, sallnd, saxdtilis, schaenoldes, 
Schreberl scopdrid, secallnd, speirostdchpd, spheero- 
stdehyd, stelluldtd, stenophylld, stictocdrpd, stipdtd, 
stramlned, .itrlctd, strigosd, sylvdticd, tenSlld, 
teretiusculd, thuringidied, tomentOsd, umbrOsd, us~ 
tuldtd, Vdhlil, vesiedrid, vulplnd. 
Carkva, Roxburgh. In honour of the Rev. William 
Carey, of Serampore, a distinguished botanist. 
Linn. 16, Or. 8, Nat. Or. Myrtacea. C. herbacea 
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is a most splendid herbaceous stove-plant, of rather 
difficult culture ; it must he grown in a mixture of 
light loam and sandy peat, carefully watered at all 
times, particularly in winter, and the pot properly 
drained ; and the mode of raising it is by dividing 
the roots. 
arborea .... Red yeL . S. Et. T. E. Ind. . . 1823 
herbacea . . . Red . . 7, S. Her. P. E. Ind. . . 1808 
sphaerica . . . Red . . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1803 
Cargillia, R. Brorvn. In honour of James Cargill, 
M.D., of Aberdeen. I.inn. 23, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 
EbenacecB. An interesting genus of greenhouse 
plants, that succeed best grown in a mixture of 
peat and open loam, and are increased by cuttings 
in sand, or sandy soil, under a glass, 
australis ... G. Ev. T. N. HolL . 1816 
laxa G. Ev. T. N. HoU. . 1827 
Carica, Linn. Erroneously supposed to be a native 
of Caria. Linn. 22, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Papayacece. The 
plants of this genus are ornamental, and grow best 
in loamy soil ; full-grown cuttings root at once, if 
the leaves are not taken off, planted in sand, undei 
a glass, in heat. 
caulifldra . . . Green . . S. Ev. T. Caraccas . 1806 
citrifOrmIs . . . Wht. gm. S. Ev. T. Lima . . 1820 
microcarpa . . . Wbt. grn. S. Ev. T. Caraccas . 1806 
moiiOica . . . Wht. gm. S. Ev. T. . 1818 
Papaya .... Green . . 7, S. Ev. S. India . ..1690 
pyrifOrmIs ... S. Ev. T. Guiana . . 1823 
spinosd, 1 . . . Wht gm. S. Ev. T. Guiana . . 1821 
Carina, a keel like that of a boat, also the lower 
petal of a papilionaceous flower. 
Carinate, keel-shaped. 
Carinatklv-winged, having a wing like a keel. 
Carinately-concavb, hollowed so as to resemble a 
keel externally. 
Cariopsis, a one-celled, small, indehiscent pericarp, 
adhering to the seed which it contains, tis the grain 
of grasses. 
Carissa, Linn. Derivation not known. Linn. 5, Or. 
1, Nat. Or. Apocynaceoe. This is an ornamental 
genus, the species attain from six to twenty feet 
high, and to succeed well require a mixture of 
peat and loam ; and to grow in pots, should be 
carefully drained, as the plants are impatient of 
much water. Cuttings root freely in sand, under 
a glass, in heat. 
carandas . . . 'White . . 7, S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1790 
lanceolata . . . White. . 7, S. Ev. T. N. HoU. . 1822 
ovata . . . .Wliite. . 8, S. Ev. T. N. HolL .1819 
spindrum . . . White . . 7, S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1819 
Xylopierdn . . White . . 7, S. Ev. T. Mauritius . 1820 
Carlina, Linn. Named after the famous Charle- 
magne, whose army was cured of the plague by it. 
Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Composite. Interesting 
plants, attaining from one to three feet high, and 
succeeding well in garden soil ; they are easily in- 
creased from seeds. Synonymes : 1. C. sulphurea. 
2. C. bracteata. 
acanthifOUa . . White. . 6, H. Her. P. Carniola . 1818 
acaulis . . . .White. . 6, H. Her. P. Itafy . . 1640 
caulescens . . White . . 6, H. Her. P. SwitrerL . 1819 
aggregate . . . White. . 7, H. Her. P. Hungary . 1804 
Biebersteiniana . . 8, H. Her. P. Caucasus . 1816 
corvmbosa . . . Yellow . 7, H. Her. P. S. Eur. . 1640 
lanata .... Purple . 6, H. A. S. Eur. . 1683 
lyrata .... . 6, G. B. C. G. H. . 1816 
racemosa, 1 . . YeUow . 7, H. A. Spain . . 1658 
sicula, 2 ... . 7,H. B. SicUy . .1827 
simplex .... 'White . . 6, H. Her. P. Hungary . 1816 
vulgdrls. 
Cabline thistle, see Carllnd. 
Carlowizia, Mcench. After Carlowiz, some un- 
known botanist. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Com- 
posite. This is a pretty greenhouse shrub, attain- 
ing the height of three feet; it thrives best when 
grown in sandy loam ; cuttings root freely in sand, 
under a glass. Synonyme: 1. Onobroma salid 
folium. 
salicifdlla, 1 . . Yellow . 8, G. Ev. S. Madeira . 1784 
Carludovica, Ruiz and Pavon. Named in honour of 
Charles IV. of Spain, and Louisa his Queen, noble 
patrons of botany. Linn. 21, Or 9, Nat. Or. 
Cyclanthacea. These are ornamental low palm- 
like plants ; they grow best in a mixture of sandy 
peat and loam, and are multiplied by suckers. 
