6o BOTANICAL NAMES 



Chamaedrys (kam-a-drys). G. " Chamae " (on the 

 ground) ; " drys " (an oak). This is the name that 

 a Greek physician, Dioscorides, who lived in the 

 beginning of the Christian era, and wrote of plants, 

 gave to the plants now known as Germander. 

 Second hot. name for Wall Germander. 



Chamaemorus (kam-a-mor-us). G. " Chamae " 

 (ground); " morus " (mulberry). Second bot. 

 name for Cloudberry. 



Chamaepitys (kam-a-pit-is). G. " Chamae " (ground) ; 

 " pitys " (pine). Second bot. name for Yellow 

 Bugle ; also called Ground Pine. 



Chamaegrostis (kam-ag-ros-tis). G. " Chamae " 

 (ground); " agrostis " (the country); a synonym 

 for ist bot. name Mibora group. 



Chamomilla (kam-o-mil-la). G. " Chamo " (earth); 

 " melon " (an apple) ; from the smell of the flower 

 being like that of an apple. Second bot. name for 

 Wild Chamomile. 



Chamomile (kam-a-mil). See above. Eng. name for 

 Anthemis group. 



Chara (ka-ra). 



Characeae (ka-ra-se-a). Or Stonewort. Are a small 

 group of water plants growing at the bottom of 

 ponds or shallow lakes. It looks as if they are a 

 degenerate offspring of gigantic ancestors, who 

 helped to make the coal we now burn. A most 

 interesting family on account of its peculiar char- 

 acteristic method of reproduction. 



Charlock (char-lok). A modern rendering of A.S. 

 " cerlice " (wild mustard). Bot. name Brassica 

 Sinapis. 



Cheiri (ki-ri). 



