11-0 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



'Synopsis' (1690), as also Keiri, and he gives as 

 Enirlisli names " Wall-flower or Wild Cheir.'' 



Chelido'nium, Dioscorides. From G. chelidon, a swallow. 

 The reason why this name was given to the plant is 

 not very clear. Pliny says, " The brute animals have 

 also been the discoverers of certain plants ; among 

 them we will name Chelidonia first of all. It is by 

 the aid of this plant that the swallow restores the 

 sight of the young birds in the nest, and even, as 

 some people will have it, when the eyes have been 

 plucked out;" and again, "These plants" (the 

 greater and lesser Celandine) " blossom both of 

 them at the arrival of the swallow and wither at the 

 time of its departure." So far as I am aware, no 

 other reason has been suggested for the application 

 of this name. 



Chenopod'ium, or to'diu^i, Pliny. G., from chen, goose, and 

 2Jod, foot — Goosefoot; from the shape of the leaves 

 of some species. 

 Bo'niLS Henricus, Fuchs. L. for good Hemy. It appears 

 to be a translation of the German name giiter Hein- 

 rich. Fuchs includes Good Hemy in his chapter on 

 Lapathum, or Dock, of which he gives four kinds, 

 this being the third. He praises it greatly as a vul- 

 nerary. The Germans have also the name hose 

 Heinrich (wicked Henry) for Dog's Mercury. 



Cherle'ria, Haller. In honour of John Henry Cherler, a 

 friend and coadjutor of John Bauhin. He died at 

 Montbeliard in 1610. 



Chlo'pa. From G. chloros, 3'ellow^ish, or pale green; in 

 reference probably to the flowers, which are yellow, 

 or to \he general appearance of the plant, which is 

 remarkabl}^ glaucous, and produces a curious effect 

 on the eye amongst the more dark green herbage. 



