Cassia

(kash'e-a.) (Bot.) Agen. of plants, Ó. Fabaceæ, including many species, which grow mostly in Arabia and Africa, and yield several products used in medicine, the most important of which is the drug Senna, which consists of the leaflets of C. officinal is, var. lanceolata(Fig. 146). They have rather a disagreeable Caste, smell, and a sub-acrid, bitter ish, nauseous taste. They are in common use as a purgative; and are Fig.146.- CASSIA LANCEOLATA. given as an infusion, or tincture, or made into an electuary.- Ca ia bark, or Cu ia buds. See CINNAMOMUM. | Ca ideous, (kās-sid'yŭs.) [From L. ca is, a helmet.] (Bot.) Having the form of a helmet; as the upper sepal in the flower of an aconite. Ca ini, (kās-se'ne,) JEAN DOMINIQUE, astronomer, B. 1635. He became first principal of the Royal Observatory of France, instituted by Colbert, and held that position for 40 years with honor to his country and distinction to himself. He discovered 4 satellites of Saturn, and was s. in his official capacity by his son, grandson, and great-grandson succe ively, the last of whom D. in 1845. Ca ino, (kas-se'no.) [It. casino, a gaming - house.] (Games.) Awell-known game at cards, played by 2, 3, or4persons. Ca iodorus, MAGNUS AURELIUS, (kas-se-o-do'rŭs,) a Latin grammarian, chronologist, and historian, B. in Calabria, about 468 A. D., and D. at about the age of one hundred years. Ca iopeia, (kas-se-o-pe'ah.) (Ast.) A constellation in the N. hemisphere, situated opposite the Great Bear, on the other side of the Pole, and figured in the maps as a lady sitting in a chair. It is marked by 5 stars of the 3d magnitude, forming a figure like the letter M. It contains 55 small stars. Ca ins, (kāsh'üs,) LONG IN US CATUS, aRoman general, and an adherent of Pompey during the civil war, was made prætor peregrin us by Cæsar, 44B. c. He afterwards joined with Brutus and others in the a a ination ofhis patron, and killed himself after the battle of Philippi, B c. 42. Ca ock, (kās'sök.) [Fr. casa que, an overcoat.] (Eccl.) A vestment worn by clergymen under their gowns. In the Roman Catholic Church, the C. of a priest is black, ofa bishop purple, of a cardinal scarlet, of the Pope white. [s. 151] IMG:p0180_0.jpg:Gravür IMG:p0180_1.jpg:Gravür