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CALYPSO—CAREX. 
CALYPSO. 18—1. ( Grckidecb .) [From the fabled nymph, Calypso.] 
america'na , lip narrowed, sub-ungniculate at the base; spur semi-bifid, longer 
than the lip, with acute teeth ; peduncle longer than the ovary. Scape (1-8 
inches high, sheathed, 1-flowered; radical leaves roundish-ovate, nerved. 
Flowers large, purplish, resembling a Cypripedium. 
C AMELINA. 14—1. {Crucifer on.) 
sa'tiva , (wild flax, gold-of-pleasure, y. J. <v>.) silicle obovate-pyriform, mar¬ 
gined, tipped with the pointed style; leaves roughish, sub-entire, lanceolate, 
sagittate; flowers small, numerous, in corymbs. 2 f. Cultivated grounds. 
Introduced. 
CAMELLIA. 12—13. ( Melicc .) [From Camellas, a learned Jesuit.] 
japon"ica, (Japan rose,) leaves ovate, acuminate, acutely serrate; flowers ter¬ 
minal, sub-solitary. By some, the Tea (Thea) is classed in the genus Ca¬ 
mellia. 
CAMPANULA. 5 — 1. ( Campanulacece .) [Latin, campanil la, a little bell.] 
rotundifo'lia , (flax bell-flower, hair-bell, b. J. 7}..) glabrous; radical leaves 
heart-reniform, crenate ; cauline ones linear, entire; panicle lax, few-flow¬ 
ered; flowers nodding. 
america'na , (b. Au. Q|-) leaves ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate; lower ones 
sub-cordate, with the petioles ciliate; flowers axillary, nearly sessile, in a 
terminal leafy raceme ; corolla sub-rotate ; style exsert. Cultivated. 2 f. 
divar"icata , (b. Au. QJ..) leaves lanceolate, acute, with large serratures, glab¬ 
rous; panicle expanding ; flowers nodding. 2 f. S. 
spec"ulum, (b. Au. <v>.) stem branched; leaves oblong, sub-crenate; flowers 
solitary, scales at the base. Purple. South of Europe. 1 f. Venus’ 
looking glass. 
CAN'NA. 1—1. (Canned.) [From the Hebrew, signifying a reed.] 
jla"cida , (y. J. A-) inner limb of the corolla 3-cleft; segments flaccid. 2-3 f. &. 
indica , Indian shot plant. 4 f. Scarlet. A native of the East Indies. 
CANNABIS. 20—5. ( Urticec.) [From the Arabic kanaba , to mow.] 
sati'va. (hemp, g. Au. <v>.) stem pilose; leaves petioled, digitate; leafets lan¬ 
ceolate, serrate, pilose; staminate flowers solitary, axillary; pistillate ones 
spiked. 4-10 f. Ex. 
CAPRARIA. 13 — 2. (Vilices.) [From capra, a goat.] 
pusil"la t { w. <v>.) hairy, leaves opposite, cordate, repand-toothed-, petioled; 
peduncles axillary, longerthan the petioles. S. 
CAPSICUM. 5—1. ( Solanece .) [From Jcapto, to bite, on account of its effect upon the tongue.] 
an"nuum , (guinea pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper, y-g. w. Au. <v).)stem 
herbaceous ; peduncles solitary. From South America. 10-18 i. 
CARD AMINE. 14—2. (Cruciferce.) [From hardia, the heart, because it acts as a cordial.] 
pennmjlvanica, (American water-cress, w. M. glabrous, branching; leaves 
pinnate; leafets roundish oblong, obtuse, tooth angled; silique narrow, 
erect. 
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CARDIOSPERMUM. 8-3. ( Sapindi .) 
halica'bum , (Au. <§).) glabrous; leafets incised and lobed ; the terminal one 
rhomboidal. Balloon vine. East Indies. 5 f. Flowers w r hite and green. 
CARDUUS. 17—1. ( Cinarocephalcb .) [From keiro, to tear.] 
pectbia'tus , (p. unarmed; leaves decurrent, lanceolate, pectinately pin- 
natifid ; peduncles almost leafless, terminal, very long, about 1-flowered; 
flowers nodding, often discharging the pollen; scales of the calyx linear, 
spreading. 
CAREX. 19 — 3. (Cyperoidecc.) [Derivation doubtful.] 
ster"ilis, (barren sedge, M. 'I]..) spikelets in fives, sessile, approximate; fruit 
ovate, acuminate, or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-sided, compressed, scab¬ 
rous at the margin ; equalling the ovate, acutish scale. 8 i. Wet. 
retrojlex"a , (M. flf-) spikelets 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. 
