168 C Y P 



Exotic. 



Purpu'reus, (common morning glory, b. p. J. <v)) pubescent ; leaves 

 cordate, entire ; peduncles 2 to 5 flowered ; pedicels nodding, thick- 

 ened ; divisions of the calyx lanceolate; capsules glabrous. Culti- 

 vated. 



41. CORNUS. (From Cornu, horn.) 



Canaden'sis, (dogweed, low-cornel. O. w. M. ^herbaceous; leaves 

 at the top, whorled, veiny, involucres ovate, acuminate ; fruit glo- 

 bose. 48. i. 



Flo'rida, (false box, dogwood tree, w. y. M. T?) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; involucres 4, very large, somewhat obcordate ; fruit ovate 

 1530. f. 



115. CRAT^EGUS. (From kratos, tough.) 



Cocd'nea, (thorn-bush. O. \v. M. T?) thorny; leaves long petioled, 

 ovate, acutely-lobed, serrate, glabrous ; pe'tioles and pubescent ca- 

 lyx glandular ; flowers pentagynous. Var. mridis, has lance ovate 

 leaves, sub-trilobate ; stem unarmed. 



31. CROCUS. 



Officina'iis, (saffron, y. 7J.) leaves linear, with revolute margins ; stig- 

 ma exsert, with long-linear segments. Var. sativus, having violet 

 corolla,s. 



19 1G. CUCUMIS. 



Exotic. 



Sati'vus, (cucumber, y. Ju. {?)) angles of the leaves straight ; pomace- 

 ous berry oblong, scabrous. Brought from Asia. 



1916. CUCURBIT A. (Latin word for gourd.) 



Exotic. 

 Pep"o, (pumpkin, y. Ju. <v>) leaves cordate obtuse, sub 5-lobed, denti 



culate ; pomaceous berry roundish or oblong, smooth. Var. patiro, 



has the fruit more or less flattened. From Asia. 

 Citrul"lus, (watermelon, y. Au. >) leaves 6-lobed; the lobes sinuate 



pinnatifid, obtuse ; pomaceous berry oval, smooth. Fruit watery 



often striped. From Africa and the south of Asia. 



171. CYNARA. 



Exotic. 



Scol'ymus, (garden artichoke. O. p. Ju. cf) very soft-pubescent ; leaves 

 broad lanceolate, sessile ; panicled racemes. 



CYNOGLOSSUM. (From fawn, a dog, and glossa, tongue.) 



Offici'nale, (hound's-tongue. O. p. Ju. J) very soft-pubescent ; leaves 

 broad, lanceolate, sessile; panicled racemes. 



182. CYPRIPED1UM. (From Kupris, name of Venus, and po- 



dion, a slipper.) 



Pubes"ccns t (yellow lady's slipper, y. M. 1].) stem leafy; lobe of the 



