118 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



the Mandrake, which has long had such vh'tues 

 attributed to it as those just alluded to, and the 

 Circsea is said to have been formerly used in the 

 compounding of love philters. Gerard remarks of 

 Circsea lutetiana : " There is no use of this herbe 

 either in phisicke or chirurgerie that I can read of, 

 which hath happened by the corruption of time, and 

 the errour of some who have taken Mandragoras for 

 Circea, in w^hich errour they have still persisted unto 

 this dale, attributing unto Circea the vertues of 

 Mandragoras." 



Cla'dium. From G., dados, a branch; perhaps from its 

 many branches bearing spikelets. 

 Maris'cus. A name that has been given to different plants. 

 Marisca, L. for a kind of Fig : a kind of Onion has 

 also been called by this name, and Haller used it for 

 the genus Schoenus. 



Clayto'nia, Linneus. Named in honour of John Clayton, 

 one of the earliest American botanists, and a corre- 

 spondent of Gronovius, to w^iom he contributed the 

 specimens for the 'Flora Virginica,' which are now 

 in the British Museum. He died in 1773. 



Cle'iniatis, or Clem'atis, Dioscorides. From G. clema, a 

 shoot of a vine ; from its manner of growth. 

 VitaVba, Dodonseus. From L. vit, vine, and alba, white. 

 The name Yitis alba was formerly also used for 

 Bryony (Bryonia dioica), hence called white or wild 

 vine in some places. 



Cni'cus, Tournefort. From G., cnizo, I prick or 

 wound. 



Cochlea'ria, Gesner. From L., cochlear, a spoon ; on 

 account of the shape of the leaves; in German, 

 Loffelkraut. One of its old English names was 

 Spoonwort. 



