BOTANICAL NAMES 55 



garden vegetable of Artichoke family, used in 



salads. 

 Carduus (kar-du-us). L. name for thistle. Bot. name 



Thistle group. 

 Carex (ka-rex). L. name for some kind of Sedge. Now 



used as the hot. name for one of the groups of that 



family. 



Caricis (ka-ri-sis). 

 Caricina (ka-ri-sina). Both L. " Carex " (sedge) ; i.e., 



sedge-like. 

 Carinata (kar-e-nata). L. " Carina " (the keel of a 



ship). Second hot. name for Keeled Cornsalad. 

 Carlina (kar-le-na). L. " Carolus " (Charles); named 



after Charlemagne, because the root of the plant 



had been given to him by an angel as a cure for 



the plague which decimated his army. Bot. name 



Carline group. 



Carline (kar-line). See above. 

 Carnation (kar-na-shun). Derivation disputed: (i) "car- 



nis " (flesh), because the colour of the flower is flesh 



coloured; (2) a corruption of " coronation," the 



flower being used for chaplets. 

 Carnea (kar-ne-a). L. adj., " fleshy." Second bot. 



name Mediterranean Heath. From its colour. 

 Caroiinianum (kar-o-lin-i-anum). Second bot. name 



American variety Cut-leaved Geranium. 

 Carolorum (kar-o-lo-rum). See Carlina. This is a more 



Latinized form of that. 

 Carota (kar-o-ta). L. form of the word " carrot," 



supposed to be derived from the Keltic " car," 



meaning red, from the colour of the root of the 



plant. 

 Carpel (kar-pel). G. " Karpos " (fruit) ; a seed-vessel, 



