GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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Capsella, little-pod. 



Cardamine, heart-cure. 



Cakdixalis, cardinal; chief. 



Carduacea, thistle-like. 



Carolinense, Carolina. 



Carolixianum, Carolina. 



Castilleia, Castillejo, a Spanish botanist. 



Castilleioides, Castilleia-like. 



Ce^vnothus, old name. 



Centranthifolius, Centranthus-leavcd. 



Cerasiformis, cherry-like. 



Cerastium, from Greek for a horn (refer- 

 ring to the horn-shaped pods). 



Cercocarpus, tailed-fruit. 



CiiAMMissONis, A. von Chamisso, a poet 

 and botanist who visited this coast 

 with Eschscholtz early in this century. 



Cheirantiiifolia, wallflower- leaved. 



Cheirantiius, Arabic name. 



Chilexsis, Chili. 



Chimaphila, winter-lover. 



Chlorogalum, greenish milk. 



Chrysanthemifolia, Crysanthemum- 

 leaved. 



Chrysaxtha, golden-flowered. 



CiLiATA, hair-fringed. 



CirCjEA, Circe, the enchantress. 



CiRClXATA, coiled; crosier-like. 



Clarkia, General Wm. Clarke, who 

 crossed the continent in 1803-1806. 



Claytoxia, Dr. John Clayton, an early 

 botanist of Virginia. 



Clematis, ancient name of a climbing 

 plant. 



Clixtoxia, Governor De Witt Clinton, of 

 New York. 



Collinsia, Zaccheus Collins, of Philadel- 

 phia. 



Collinsioides, CoUinsia-like. 



CoLLOMiA, from Greek for glue, on account 

 of the mucilaginous seeds. 



CoMOSUM, hair-tufted. 

 CoxciNNUM, beautiful. 

 Coxgesta, bunched. 

 CoRDiFOLius, heart-leaved. 

 CoRDYLAXTHua, club-flowcr. 

 CoRYMBOsus, corymbose (flowers in a cor- 

 ymb). 

 CoTUL^FOLiA, Cotula-lcaved. 

 Crassifolia, thick-leaved. 

 Crexatus, crenate. 

 Cressa, Cretan woman. 

 Cretica, Cretan. 

 Crocea, yellow; safi'ron-colorcd. 

 Crotellari^, rattle-pod. 

 CuXEATDS, wedge-sliaped. 

 CuRViPES, curved-pedicel. 

 Cynoglossum, hound's-tongue. 

 Cypripedium, Venus's slipper. 

 Cytisoides, like snail-clover. 



Datura, an altered Arabic name. 

 Decorum, comely; pretty. 

 Delphinium, dolj^hin. 

 Demissa, lowly; humble. 

 Dendromecon, tree-jioppy. 

 Dexsiflorus, dense-flowering. 

 Dexsifolia, densely-leaved. 

 Dextata, dentate; notched. 

 Dexticulata, denticulate; finely toothed. 

 DiCEXTRA, twice-spurred; two spurs. 

 DiCHOTOMUS, two-forked. 

 Discolor, variable (as to color or form). 

 DiVARiCATA, spreading. 

 DoDECATiiEOX, twelvc gods. 

 DouGLASii, David Douglas, a Scottish ex- 

 plorer of the Botany of this coast. 

 DuMOSA, bushy. 



Echinospermum, hedgehog-seed. 

 Elegans, elegant; beautiful. 

 Ellisia, John Ellis, an English botanist. 

 Emargixata, cmarginate; notched. 



