CAIOPHORA. See [Blumenbachia] and Loasa.
CAJAN. See [Cajanus.]
CAJANUS (Catjang is the Amboyna name). Cajan. ORD. Leguminosæ. A genus of erect stove evergreen shrubs, clothed with velvety pubescence. Flowers yellow, distinctly peduncled, corymbose, racemose; standard sometimes beautifully veined with red. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. A light rich soil suits these plants well. Young cuttings will root in sand, with a hand glass placed over them, in heat; but plants are usually raised from seeds, obtained from the West Indian Islands and India.
C. indicus (Indian).* Pigeon Pea. fl. yellow, or purple-spotted, in axillary racemes. July. l. pinnately trifoliate; leaflets lanceolate. h. 6ft. to 10ft. India. (B. M. 6440.)
C. i. bicolor (two-coloured). fl. yellow. July. h. 4ft. India, 1800. (B. R. 31, 31.)
C. i. flavus (yellow). fl. yellow. July. h. 4ft. India, 1687.
CAJUPUT OIL and CAJUPUT-TREE. See Melaleuca leucadendron minor.
CAKILE (derived from the Arabic). Sea Rocket. ORD. Cruciferæ. A pretty hardy annual, frequently found on sea-shores. It is of easy culture in most sandy soils. Propagated by seed, sown in spring.
C. maritima (sea). fl. lilac, large, densely corymbose. Summer and autumn. fr. a succulent pod, divided, when mature, by a horizontal partition into two cells, the upper containing a single erect seed, the lower a pendulous one. l. oblong, deeply lobed, fleshy. Stem much branched. h. 1ft. Sea-shores of Europe and North America.
CALABASH NUTMEG. See Monodora Myristica.
CALABASH, SWEET. See Passiflora maliformis.
CALABASH-TREE. See Crescentia Cujete.