NAMES OF PLANTS. 



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and agrostis, which see. Smith speaks of this as a 

 " very faulty appellation," compounded as it is of two 

 established names, contrary to Linnean rule (see. 

 canon 11, p. 64). 

 Calamix'tha, Dioscorides. G., calaminthe ; from cala, 

 beautiful, or useful, and minthe, mint ; on account of 

 the great repute in which it was held as a remedy for 

 many diseases. 

 Ac'inos, Dioscorides. G. name for Basil. 

 Clinopod 'ium, or po'dium, Dioscorides. G., meaning bed- 

 foot ; " the tufts of which are like the knobs at the 

 feet of a bed." 

 Nep'eta, Ne'peta, or Nepe'ta, Pliny. L., cat-mint ; used for 

 this species of Calamint by Linneus. 

 Callit'eiche, Pliny. G., cali, beautiful, and trlche, hair; 



its stems being very long and slender, like hairs. 

 Callu'na. From G., calluno, I cleanse or adorn. Smith 

 says that "this name is doubly suitable, whether we 

 take it to express a cleansing property, brooms being 

 made of Ling, or whether we adopt the more common 

 sense of the word, to ornament or adorn, which is 

 very applicable to the flowers." Bentham does not 

 separate this genus from Erica. 

 Cal'tha, Pliny. From G., calathos, a cup, which its flowers 



resemble. 

 Calyste'gia, K. Brown. Calos, beautiful, and stege, a 

 covering ; referring to the bracteas. 

 Soldanel'la, Dodonseus. Gerard called this plant Sol- 

 danella marina. Soldana and Soldanella were both 

 common names for it with the apothecaries; but 

 some writers called it Brassica marina, though, as 

 Gerard remarks, "what reason hath mooued them 

 so to do I cannot conceiue ; * * * of this I am 

 sure, that this plant and Brassica are no more alike 



