BOTANICAL NAMES 59 



work); i.e., "a little patch." Bot. name for a 

 group. 



Cephal anther a (sef-al-an-thera). G. " Cephale " (a 

 head); " anthos " (a flower). Bot. name for a 

 group of Orchid family. 



Cerast (ser-ast). Eng. name for Cerastium. 



Cerastium (ser-ast-i-um). G. " Ceras " (a horn) ; from 

 the horn-like shape of some of the seed pods. Bot. 

 name for a group. 



Cerasus (ser-a-sus). G. " Kerasos," as the Cherry 

 tree was called, having ^been introduced from 

 Cerasus in Pontus. 



Cerastoides. G. "Ceras" and " oides " (like); i.e., 

 in some respect resembling the Cherry tree. 



Ceratophyllum (ser-at-o-fil-lum). G. " Cerat " (a horn) ; 

 " phyllom " (a leaf) ; from the horn-like look of the 

 forked leaves. Bot. name for Hornwort group. 



Cerefolium (se-re-fol-i-um). A Latinized form of 

 Chaerophyllum, an old name for Chervil (which 

 see). 



Cerinthoides (se-rin-tho-i-des). G. " Kerinthos " (bee- 

 bread ; "oides" (like). Second bot. name for 

 Honeywort Hawkweed. 



Cernus (ser-nus). L. adj., " with face hanging down- 

 wards looking to earth." Applied as second bot. 

 name to Bur-Marigold. 



Ceterach (set-er-ak). The Arabic name of some plant 

 now used as bot. name for a group of the Fern 

 family. 



Chaerophyllum (ker-o-fil-lum). G. "Chairo" (to re- 

 joice); " phyllon " (a leaf); from the sweet smell 

 of the leaf. Bot. name for the Chervil group. 



