284 pFant bore, bege^/, cm^ bijric/". 



into three portions, of which one was reserved for the Sun, which, 



with glowing rays, quickly came and carried it off. Herodotus 



says, that Cinnamon was gathered from the nest of the Phoenix. 



An old writer affirms that the distilled water of the flowers of 

 the Cinnamon-tree excelled far in sweetness all the waters what- 

 soever. The leaves yield oil of Cloves ; the fruit also yields an oil, 

 which was formerly, in Ceylon, made into candles, for the sole use 

 of the king ; the root exudes an abundance of Camphor ; and the 

 bark of the root affords oil of Camphor, as well as a particularly 

 pure species of Camphor. 



CINQUEFOIL. — In former days, Cinquefoil [Potentilla) 

 much prevailed as an heraldic device ; the number of the leaves 

 answering to the five senses of man. The right to bear Cinquefoil 

 was considered an honourable distin(5tion to him who had worthily 

 conquered his affed^ions and mastered his senses. In wet weather 

 the leaves of the Cinquefoil contrac5t and bend over the flower, 

 forming, as it were, a little tent to cover it — an apt emblem of an 

 affe(5tionate mother protecfting her child. Cinquefoil was formerly 

 believed to be a cure for agues ; four branches being prescribed for 

 a quartan, three for a tertian, and one for a quotidian. Cinque- 

 foil is deemed a herb of Jupiter. 



CISTUS. — The Cistus, according to Cassianus Bassus, derives 

 its name from a Grecian youth named Kistos. Under this title is 

 embraced a most extensive genus of plants celebrated all over the 

 world for their beauty and fragility. Gerarde and Parkinson call 

 them Holly Roses, a name which has become changed into Rock 



Roses. From the Cistus Creticiis (frequently called the Ladaniferous. 



Cistus) is obtained the balsam called Ladanum, a kind of resin, prized 

 for its tonic and stomachic properties, but more highly valued as a 

 perfume, and extensively used in oriental countries in fumigations. 

 This resin, which is secreted from the leaves and other parts of the 

 shrub, is colledted by means of a kind of rake, to which numerous 

 leather thongs are appended instead of teeth. In olden times this 

 resin was believed to have been gathered from the shrubs by goats 

 who rubbed their beards against the leaves, and so colle(5ted the liquid 

 gum; but Gerarde affirms this to have been a monkish tradition — 

 a fable of the " Calohieros, that is to say, Greekish monkes, who, 

 of very mockery, have foisted that fable among others extant in their 

 workes." Be this as it may. Bacon records the fact in his 'Natural 

 History,' remarking: "There are some teares of trees, which are 

 kembed from the beards of goats ; for when the goats bite and crop 

 them, especially in the morning, the dew being on, the teare cometh 

 forth, and hangeth upon their beards: of this sort is some kinde of 

 Ladanum." 



CITRON. — A native of all the warm regions of Asia, the 

 Citron was introduced into Europe from Media, and hence obtained 

 the name of Malus Medica. During the feast of the Tabernacles, 



