CARICA—CENOMYCE. 
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CARICA. 20—10. ( Amentacecc .) [First cultivated in Caria.] 
'papa'ya, leaves palmate, 7-lobed, middle lobe sinuate; divisions oblong, acute; 
stain in ate flowers corymbed. Papaw tree. Native of Guinea. 
CARPINUS. 19—12. (Amentacea j.) 
america'na , (May L-) leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, unequally serrate ; 
scales of the strobile 3-parted ; the middle segment oblique, ovate-lance¬ 
olate, toothed on one side. Woods. Hornbeam. 
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CARTHAMUS. 17—l. ( Cinarocephala .) [From kcithairo, cathartic.] 
tincto'rious , (false saffron, safflower, y. J. ?v>) leaves oval, entire, serrate, 
aculeate. Ex. 
CARUM. 5—2. ( Umbelliferai .) [From Caria, a province in Asia.] 
ca'rui, (caraway, w. stem branching; leaves with ventricose sheaths; 
partial involucrum none. Ex. 
CARYA. 19—12. (Jugland eat.') [From carua, a nut.] 
aVba , (shag walnut, shag-bark hickory, M. ) leafets about 7, long-petioled, 
lance-oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, villose beneath; the terminal 
leafet sessile; ament filiform, glabrous; fruit globose, a little depressed; 
nut compressed, oblique. 
CASSIA. 10—1. ( Legummosai .) [From the Arabic katsia , to tear off, alluding to the peeling 
of the bark.] 
marilcindi"ca , (wild senna, y. Au. 7|_.) somewhat glabrous; leaves in 8 pairs, 
lance-oblong, mucronate ; flowers in axillary racemes, and in terminal 
panicles; legumes linear, curved. River alluvion. 2-4 f. 
chamcechris"ta, (cassia,partridge pea, E. y. Au. <v>.) somewhatglabrous; leaves 
linear, in many pairs, the glands on the petioles sub-pedicelled ; two of the 
petals spotted ; legumes pubescent. 8-16 i. Dry sand, &c. 
nid'liians , (E. y. Ju. ©.) spreading, pubescent; leaves in many pairs, linear; 
glands of the petioles pedicelled ; peduncles short, supra-axillary, 2-3-flow- 
ered ; flowers pentandrous. The leaves of this species, and of the chamm- 
christa. possess a considerable degree of irritability. 12 i. 
senn"a, (Egyptian senna, ©•) leaves in 6 pairs; petioles glandless; legume 
reniform. Ex. 
CaSTANEA. 19—12. ( Amentacea ,.) [From Castana, a city of Thessaly.] 
ves"ca : (chestnut, g. J. k>.) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate, serrate, with the ser- 
ratures mucronate ; glabrous both sides. Large tree. 
CATALPA. 2—1. ( Bignoniob .) [An Indian name.] 
cordifo'lia , (M. w. and y. b.) leaves simple, cordate, entire, in threes; flowers 
in panicles. 40-50 f. 
CAULINIA. 19—1. C Aroidea ,, or more properly Fluviales.) 
jlex'ilis , (water knot-grass, Au. 0.) leaves in sixes, toothed at the apex, 
spreading; immersed in ditches. Stem long, flowers small. 
CEANOTHUS. 5—1. ( Rhamni .) [From the Greek, keanothos.] 
america'nus , (New Jersey tea, w. J. h>.) leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3- 
nerved, pubescent beneath; panicles axillary, long-peduncled, sub-corymbed. 
CELASTRTJS. 5—1. ( Rhamni .) [From kela, a dart.] 
scan 11 'dens, (false bittersweet, staff-tree, y. w. J. k>.) stem twining; leaves ob¬ 
long, acuminate, serrate; racemes terminal. Retains its scarlet berries 
. through the winter. 
CELTIS. 5—2. ( Amentacea ,.) 
occidcnta'lis , (M. g-w.) leaves ovate, acuminate, equally serrate, unequal 
at the base; scabrous above, hairy beneath; flowers small, sub-solitary. 
Woods. Drupe purple. Nettle-tree. Beaver wood. 
australis , 20 f. Flowers small, berries black. Lote-tree. Ex. 
CENOMYCE. 21—5. (AZ^tc.) 
yyxada/ta, frond foliaceous ; divisions crenulate, ascending; peduncles all 
turbinate, cup-form, glabrous, atlength warty-granulate, scabrous, greenish 
gray; cups regular; afterward the margin is extended and proliferous; 
receptacles tawny. 
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