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nearly sessile, in a terminal leafy raceme; coro!la sub-rotate ; style 
exsert, Cultivated. 2. f. 
20-5. CANNABIS. 
Exotic. 
Sati’va, (hemp. G. Au. @) stem pilose ; leaves petioled, digitate ; leaf- 
ets lanceolate, serrate, pilose; staminate flowers solitary axillary , 
pistillate ones spiked. 4—10. f. 
5—I. CAPSICUM. (From Greek Kapio, to bite.) 
Exotic. 
An’’nuum, (guinea pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper. y-g. w. Au 
©) eon herbaceous; peduncles solitary. From South America. 
10—18. i. 
17—1. CARDUUS. - 
Pectina’tus, (comb-tooth thistle, E. p. g) unarmed; leaves decurren: 
lanceolate, pectinately pinnatifid; peduncles almost terminal, leaf 
less, very long, about 1-flowered; flowers nodding, often discharg 
ing the pollen; scales of the calyx linear spreading. 
19—3. CAREX. (From the Latin careo, to want.) 
Ster’ilis, (barren sedge. O. M. 2) spikelets in fives, sessile, approxi 
mate; fruit ovate, acuminate or somewhat beaked, 2-cleft, 3-sided 
compressed, scabrous at the margin; equalling the obovate acutish 
seaie.#'S: 2.8 et. 
10—1. CASSIA. (A Latin name.) 
Mariland’ica, (wild senna, O. y. Au. 2/) somewhat glabrous; leaves 
in 8 pairs, lance oblong, mucronate; flowers in axillary racemes, 
IG ah are panicles; legumes linear, curved. River alluvion, 
2—4. f. 
Chamecrist’’a, (cassia, partridge pea. E. y. Au. @) somewhat gla- 
brous; leaves linear, in many pairs, the glands of the petioles sub- 
pedicelled; two of the petals spotted; legumes pubescent. A most 
elegant plant. 8—16.i. Dry sand, &c. 
19—12. CASTANEA. (From Castana, name of an ancient City.) 
America’na, (chestnut. O. g. J. kh) leaves lance-oblong, sinuate serrate, 
with the serratures mucronate, glabrous both sides. Large tree. 
2—1. CATALPA. (An Indian name.) 
Cordifo'lia, (M. w. & y. ) leaves simple, cordate, entire, by threes; 
flowers in panicles. 40—50. f. Grows wild in the Southern States, 
but with us is an exotic. 
5—1. CELASTRUS. 
Scan’’dens, (false bittersweet, staff tree. O. y. w. J. h) stem twining; 
leaves oblong, acuminate, serrate; racemes terminal. Retains its 
scarlet berries through the winter. 
