120 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



Crat^'gus, Theoplirastus. From G., cratos, strengtli ; on 

 account of the hardness of its wood. 

 Oxyacan'tlia, Dioscorides. G. name which has been given 

 to the Barberry, the Sweetbriar, and the Hawthorn 

 by the older writers. The meaning of the word is 

 oxy, sharp, and acantJia, a thorn. 



Cre'pis, Pliny. G., a name given by Pliny to some plant, 

 from crepis, a sandal, which the leaves were supposed 

 to resemble. 



Crith'mum, Dioscorides. G., crithmon, it is said from crithe, 

 barley ; because the fruit of this plant is like a grain 

 of barley. 



Cro'cus, Theoplirastus. From G., croce, a thread or fila- 

 ment ; from the appearance of the saffron of shops, 

 which consists of the dried stigmas of Crocus 

 sativus. 



Crypto gram'ma, R. Brown. From G., crypto, hidden, and 

 gramme, a line ; on account of the lines of fructifi- 

 cation being hidden. 



CucuBAL us, Pliny. The derivation has been given as an 

 altered form of G., cacaholus, from caco, bad, and 

 hole, a shoot, or sprig, meaning a noxious weed. 

 Pliny's plant seems to have been the Black Night- 

 shade. 



Cuscu'ta, Matthiolus. Derived probably from its Arabic 

 name Chasuth., 

 Epili'num. Growing on Flax. Not an old substantive 



name, though having the apj^earance of one. 

 Eplth/mum, Dioscorides. Growing on Thyme. 



Cyc'lamex, Theophrastus. G., cyclamenos, from cyclos, a 

 circle ; probably on account of the spiral turns of the 

 peduncles. 



Cyn'odon. From G., cyn, dog, and odon, tooth. 



Dactylon. G., a finger ; on account of the fingered spikes. 



