188 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



clava'tum ; from clava, a branch or club. Applied to a 



branching Lycopodium, or Club -moss, 

 clavicula'ta ; clavicula, a tendril ; provided with tendrils, 

 coeno'sus; muddy. 

 coUi'nus ; pertaining to a hill, 

 columbi'nus ; loertaining to or resembling a dove, 

 commu'nis; common, 

 commuta'tus; changed, 

 como'sus ; hairy, 

 compres'sus; compressed, 

 congiomera'tus ; gathered into a ball, 

 con'icus ; cone-shaped. 

 *conop'sea; from conops, a gnat. 

 coralH'na; red coral. I suppose in reference to the colour 



of the seeds, 

 corda'ta ; heart-shaped, 

 cornicula'tus ; bearing little horns, 

 corylifo'lius ; hazel-leaved {Corylus). 

 corymbo'sus ; corymbose, i. e. the kind of inflorescence 



represented in the Pear, where a number of flowers 



form an even head, though the flower-stalks are of 



different lengths, rising from difi'erent parts of the 



stem. 

 Qi'is'pus ; crisped, or curled, 

 crista'tus ; crested. 

 *crithmoi'des; like Crithmum, or Samphire, 

 croca'tus ; saftron- coloured, 

 cur^tus ; shortened. 

 cuspida'tus ; from cuspis, a lance, i. e. pointed in the 



manner of a lance, broad at the base and narrowing 



to the summit. 



D. 



^dasyphyl'lus ; thick-leaved. 



