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b. C. procera DC. (C Touloucouna Guil. & Per.). Senegal. 

 Kundah tree (Touloucouna, Tallicouna). Seeds, Mote nuts, 

 yield Kundah (Tallicouna, Tulucuna, Callicoonah, Coundi, 

 Kounda) oil, which is bitter, cathartic and anthelmintic. 



379. CARDAMINE, L. Bitter Cress. Cruciferae. 



Greek name of a Cress, ''heart-strengthening". Herbs. 

 About 100 species, temperate regions; 29 in U. S. 



a. C. amara L. Europe and northern Asia. Bitter Cress. 



b. C. llirsuta L. Europe and Asia, nat. in U. S. Hairy Bitter- 



cress, Small Bitter-cress, Lamb's Cress, Land Cress. 



c. C. pratensis L. Northern Europe, Asia and N. America (U.S. ). 



Cuckoo-flower (Flos cuculi). Cuckoo-spit, Meadow or Small 

 Bitter-cress, Bonny-bird-een, Headache*, May-flower, Lady's 

 Smock (Shakespere), Smick-smock, Milkmaids, Spink; Ger. 

 Wiesenkresse, Cukukskraut; Fr. Cresson des pres. Herb, 

 Herba nasturtii pratensis. Like the preceding, anti-scorbutic, 

 deobstruent. 



d. C. purpurea (Torr. )Brit. (Arabis rhomboidea var. purpurea 



Torr, ), C. Douglassii (Torr.) Brit.). Canada, south to 

 Maryland and Wisconsin. Purple Cress, Spring Cress, Moun- 

 tain Water-cress. 



e. C. rotundifolia Michx. New Jersey to Ohio and south to N. 



Carolina. American Water-cress, Kound-leared Water-cress, 

 Mountain Water-cress. 



380. CARDIOSPERMUM, L. Heart-seed. Sapindaceae. 



From Greek, "heart seed". Herbaceous vines. About 20 

 species, warm and temperate regions; 3 in U. S. 



a. C. Halicacabum L. South America and cult, in gardens. 

 Balloon- vine. Heart-seed^, Heart Pea, Indian-heart, Winter- 

 cherry* Puff-ball t. Root reputed laxative and diuretic. 



381. CARDUUS, L. Thistle, Tassel-bur. Compositae. 



The ancient Latin name, whence our word "card" (for wool 

 etc. ). Syn. Cnicus, Cirsium, Serratula, in part. Robust 

 prickly herbs. About 250 species, northern hemisphere; 56 in 



U. b. 



a. C. arv^nsis (L.) Robs. (S. arvensis L., Cn. arvensis Hoffm. 



(Kew), Cir. arvensis Scop. ). Europe, nat. in U. S. and else- 

 where. Canada Thistle, Boar-, Corn-, Creeping-, Cursed-, 

 Dog-, Hard-, Prickly- (Pricky-), Sharp- or Way Thistle, 

 Dashel, Dodger. A pernicious weed. 



b. C. lanceoMtum L. (Cn. lanceolatus Willd. (Kew), Cir. lan- 



ceolatum Scop. ). Europe, nat. in U. S. Common Thistle, 

 Bull Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Bur Thistle (Scotland); Bank- 

 Bell-, Bird-, Blue-, Boar-, Buck-, Button-, Horse-, Plume-, 

 Roadside- or Spear Thistle. The emblem of Scotland. 



c. C. nutans L. Asia and Europe, adv. in U. S. Musk Thistle, 



Plumeless Thistle, Queen Ann's Thistle, Bank or Buck This- 

 tle, wrongly called Scotch Thistle. 



