^6 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



a. C. coccinea. (L. ) Spreng. (B. coccineaL. ), Ontario to Texas- 

 Scarlet Painted-cup, Indian Paint-brush, Bloody-warrior, Red- 

 Indians, Election-posies, Prairie-fire, Wickakee. (These 

 names given also to other species having red bracts.) 



404. CASTIlLOA, Cervant. Castilloa. Artocarpaceae. 



From Spanish, "Castilian". Trees. About 3 species, 

 tropical America. 



a. C. elastica Cervantes and (b) C. Markhamiana Collins, both 

 of Mexico, yield India rubber. See Hevea. 



405. CASUARINA, L. Australian Oak, Beefwood. Casuarinaceae. 



From Latin, ' 'cassowary tree", alluding to the plumy foli- 

 age. Leafless trees, looking like arboreous Equiseturas. 

 About 30 species, Australia to East Indies. lu Australia called 

 "oaks", several of the species "she-oaks", one "he-oak". 



a. C. equisetifolia L. (C. Indica Pers. ). Southern Asia to Aus- 

 tralia and Polynesia. Iron-wood (South Sea Islands), Swamp 

 Oak (Australia), Toa (Fiji Islands, where formerly the wood 

 was used for cannibal forks), ^arl- of this and other species 

 astiingent. Wood hard and durable. 



406. CATALPA, Scop. - Catalpa. - Bigiioiiiaceae. 



Vernacular Indian name. Syn. Bignonia, in part. Trees or 



shrubs with showy flowers. About 10 species, 2 in Asia, the 

 rest American; 2 in U. S. 



a. C. Catdlpa (L.) Karst. (C. bignonioide^ Walt. (Kew), B. 



Catalpa L., C. syringrefoliaSims. ). Southeastern U. S. Catal- 

 pa tree, Indian Bean, Bean tree, Smoking-bean, Cigar tree, 

 Indian-cigar, Candle tree, Catawba tree*. Fruit antispasmodic, 

 cardiac; sedative, ^a?'^ anthelmintic, alterative. 



b. C. speciosa Warder (C. cordifolia Duham). Illinois to Arkan- 



sas. Hardy or Western Catalpa, Catawba tree, Larger Indian- 

 bean, Cigar tree, Shawnee-wood. Properties of (a). 



407. CATESBAEA, L. Lily-thorn. Rubiaceae. 

 Named for Mark Catesby, English naturalist, d. 1749. 



Shrubs. About 10 species, mostly of West Indies; 1 in U. S. 



408. CATHA, Forsk. (not G. Don). Khat. Celastraceae. 



From the Arabic name. Syn. Celastrus, in part. A small 

 shrub. One species. 



a. C. edulis Forsk. (Celastrus edulis Vahl. ). Arabia and eastern 

 Africa. Leaves Khat, Kat, Cat, Cafta, Arabian or Abyssinian 

 Tea, used like Chinese tea. 



409. CATHARTOC ARPUS, Pers. 1805. Caosalpinaceae. 



Fiom Greek, "purging fruit". Syu. Bactyrilobium, Fistula, 

 Cassia, in part. Trees with huge legumes, the seeds embedded 

 in pulp. Tropical regions. 



a. C. grandis (L. tils) Pers. (Cassia graudis L. tils (Kew), Cassia 

 Brasiliana Lam., Cassia mollis V^ahl.,). South America. Horee 

 Cassia. Properties of (b). 



