BUCHNERA—CALLIGONUM. 
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BUCHNERA. 13—2. (Jasminea.) 
america'na , (blue-hearts, b. Au. A|..) stem simple; leaves lanceolate, sub-den¬ 
tate rough, 3-nerved; flowers remote, spiked. 1 f. 
BUXUS. 19—4. ( Euphorbia .) [From the Greek, signifying hard.] 
sempervi'rens , (box, fy.) leaves ovate, petioled, somewhat hairy at the margin ; 
anthers ovate, arrow-form. Var. angustifolia, lanceolate leaves. Suffru- 
ticosa , leaves obovate, stem hardly woody. Ex. 
CACALIA. 17—1. ( CorymbifercR .) [From kakon, bad, and lian, exceedingly, because it is bad 
for the soil.] 
atriplicifo'lia , (wild caraway, w. Au. AJ-.) stem herbaceous; leaves petioled, 
smooth, glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, toothed ; cauline ones 
rhomboidal: flowers corymbed erect; involucrum5-flowered. Low ground. 
3-6 f. 
cocci'nea, tassel-flower ; from the East Indies. 18 i. The flowers of a scar¬ 
let colour. 
CACTUS. 11—1. ( Cacti .) [A Greek word, signifying prickly.] 
opnn’lia ., (prickly-pear, S. y. J. Af.) proliferous 4 articulations compressed, 
ovate; bristle fasicular. The plant appears like a series of thick, succu¬ 
lent leaves, one growing from the top of another. Ex. 
CALAMINTHA. 13—1. ( Labiates .) [From halos, beautiful, mcntha, mint.] 
grandijlo'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) suflruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 
crenate, smooth; whorls many-flowered, on short peduncles, shorter than 
the leaves. 12-18 i. 
CAKILE. 14—1. ( Crucifercb .) [From a Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to the rattling of 
the seeds.] 
america' 11 a, (p. Oct. %, American sea-rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtuse, 
margins toothed, joints of the pouch one-seeded ; the upper ones ovate, 
acute. Sea-coast, shores of the great lakes. Plant fleshy, branched, de¬ 
cumbent. Flowers corymbed. 
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CALENDULA. 17 —4. ( Corymbifercb .) [So called, because it flowers every month, from ca¬ 
lends, month.] 
ojfcina'lis , (pot marygold, y. 0 .) seed keeled, muricate, incurved. Ex. 
stella'ta, starry marygold. Barbary orange. 2 f. 
CALLA. 19—12. ( Aroidece .) [From halos , beautiful.] 
palus’tris, (water arum, w. J. Af.) leaves sub-roundish, heart-form, acute; 
spatha ovate, cuspidate, spreading when mature. Grows in wet places. 
ethiopica , Egyptian lily. Ex. 
CALLICARPA. 4—1. ( Vitices .) [From halos, beauty, harpos, fruit.] 
america'na, (r. J ) leaves serrate, tomentose beneath. 3-4 f. & 
CALLITRICHE 1—2. ( Onagrce .) [From halos, beauty, and trichos , hair, appearing like hair.} 
ver"na, (water chickweed, w. M. <v).) upper leaves spatulate, obovate, lower 
ones linear, obtuse, and emarginate; flowers polygamous. In shallow 
streams. Stem floating. 2-3 f. Upper leaves in a tuft. Flower solitary, 
axillary. 
CALOCHORTUS. 6—3. [Aformsi.] 
ele'gans, (w. and p. A}-.) scape nearly 3-fiowered, shorter than the single leaf; 
petals woolly within. S.. 
CALTHA. 12—13. ( Ranunculacece .) [A Greek word, signifying yellow.] 
■palu'stris, (y. Ap. A}., American cowslip,) stem erect; leaves cordate, sub-or¬ 
bicular, acute-erenate. 12-18 i. 
CALYCANTHUS. 11—13. (Rosacecz.) [From calyx, and anthos, the flower being inserted 
into the calyx.] 
Jlori'dus, (Carolina alspice, p. M. k>.) divisions of the calyx lanceolate; leaves 
broad-oval, acute, tomentose beneath ; branches spreading. 3-7 f. S. 
CALLIGONUM. 12—4. ( Polygonece .) 
canes"cens, (Ju. T 7 .) dioecious, leaves lanceolate; flowers axillary, crowded, 
spiked towards the ends of the branches. 3L * 
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