BOTANICAL NAMES 65 



Claw. The " claw " of a petal is the narrow, 

 lengthened base of a petal. 



Clavatum (kla-va-tum). L. "Clava" (a club;) from 

 the club-like shape of the spores of the plant. A 

 second bot. name. 



Claviculata (kla-vik-u-la-ta). L. name for a " tendril." 

 Second bot. name for Climbing- Corydal. 



Cleavers (klev-ers). The common name for the Goose- 

 grass, which it gets from the way its many seed 

 vessels, each armed with many tiny hooks, 

 " cleave " to one's clothes. 



Clematis (klem-a-tis). G. " Clema " (a vine shoot); 

 from the way the plant grows. Bot. name for a 

 group. 



Clinopodium (klin-o-po-di-um). G. " Cline " (a bed) ; 

 " pous " (a foot). This word was the Greek name 

 for some plant of Umbellate family, and was given 

 because the tufts in which the plant grew were like 

 in shape to the feet of their beds. Second bot. name 

 for Wild Basil. 



Cloudberry. Common Eng. name for one of the Rubus 

 group. Said to get this name from its growing 

 on the tops of mountains up among the clouds. 



Clove Pink. " Clove," from its scent; " pink," short 

 for Pinkstein ; i.e., Penticost, a time when it 

 flowers. Common name for exotic species of the 

 Pink family. 



Clover. A.S. " Claefer " (to cleave). Eng. name for 

 a group. 



Club. Moss. Welsh. " Clob " (a knob); from the 

 club-like shape of the seed vessels. Eng. name for 

 Lycopodium group. 



Cnicus (kni-kus). G. " Cnizo " (to prick). Was the 



