114 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



Snakeroot, Wode-whistle, Cashes, Bunk, Poison Parsley, Spot- 

 ted Cowbane (often confounded with Cicuta maeulata); Ger. 

 Gefleckter Schierling; Fr. Cigue officinale, Grande Cigue (Co- 

 dex); Sp. Cicuta mayor. Fruit; Oonium, U. S. P., Conii fruc- 

 tus Br. ; Conium-seed, Hemlock-fruits. Leaves; Conii folia, Br., 

 Herba conii, H. cicutse (majoris). Sedative, anodyne, discu- 

 tient; active principle coniine. 



556. C0N6bEA, Aubl. Conobea. Scrophiilariaceae. 



Vernacular name, Guiana. Syn. Capraria, in part. Herbs. 

 About 8 species, all American; 2 in U. S. 



557. COXOCARPUS, L. Button tree. Combretaceae. 



From Greek, "cone fruited". Trees and shrubs, tropical 

 America; l^in U. S. 



a. C. erectus L. West Indies to Florida. Buttonwood, Button 

 tree, Zaragoza Mangrove. 



558. CONOPHOLIS, Wallr. Squaw-root, etc. Orobanchaceae. 

 From Greek, "scaly cone". Parasitic scaly herbs. Two 



species; U. S. and Mexico. 



a. C. Americana (L. f. )Wallr. (Orobanche Americana L. f. ). 

 Maine to Michigan and south to Florida. Squaw-root, Squaw- 

 drops, Cancer- root. Earth-club, American Broom-rape, Clap- 

 wort. Improperly called Beech-drops, as it grows in Oak 

 woods. Plajit astringent. 



559. CONOPODIUM, Koch. 1824. Earth-nut. llmbelliferae. 



Syn. Bulbocastanum Lag. 1821; Bunium, Carum, in part. 

 Herbs. About 12 species, Spain to Turkestan. 



a. C. deniidatiim ( DC ) Koch. ( B. flexuosum With. , Bulbocastanum 

 majus Lag., Carum flexuosum Fries, Bunium denudatum DC). 

 Western Europe. Earth Chestnut. Tubers edible, called Kip- 

 per-nuts, Earth-nuts, Yer-nuts^, Jur-nutsj, Ar nuts^. Pig- 

 nuts, Hawknuts, Grunnut:}:, Trufflet. See Carum. 



560. COiSRADINA, Gray. Conradina. Labiatae. 

 Named for Solomon W. Conrad, botanist of Philadelphia. 



Canescent herb. One species, Alabama to Florida. 



561. CONRINGIA, Heist. (Gorinkia). Hare's-ear. Cruciferae. 



Named for Prof. H. Conring, of Helmstadt, d. 1681. Syn. 

 Brassica, Erysimum, in part. Herbs. About 7 species, Europe 

 and western Asia. 



a. C. orieiitalis ( L. ) Dumort ( B. orientalis L. , B. perfoliata Lam. , 

 E. orientale R. Br.). Europe, nat. in U. S. Hare's-ear, 

 Treacle Mustard. 



662. CONVALLARIA, L. Lily of the Valley. Convallariaceae. 



From Latin , ' 'valley flower' '. Perennial herb. One species. 



a. C. majalis L. (C. latifolia Lam. ). Northern Europe, Asia and 

 N. America (Allegheny mountains). Lily of the valley, Con- 

 val-lily, May or Park Lily, Wood Lily, May-blossom, Liricon- 



