68 BOTANICAL NAMES 



form a flower in a dense head, such as the Daisy 



Thistle, &c. It is the hot. name for the largest 



family, having- in all 41 groups. 



Composite (kom-poz-it). Eng. name for above family. 

 Compressus (kom-pres-sus). L. adj., " pressed." A 



second hot. name. 

 Concinus (kon-sin-us). L. adj., " pretty," " neat." A 



second hot. name. 

 Condensata (kon-den-sa-ta). L. adj., " thick, dense." 



Second hot. name. 

 Conferta (kon-fer-ta). L. adj., " pressed together." A 



second hot. name. 

 Confervoides (kon-fer-voi-des). L. "Conferva " (name 



for some sort of Water Plant) ; G. " oides " (like). 



Second hot. name applied to one of the many 



varieties of the Water Ranunculus. 

 Confusa (kon-fu-sa). L. adj., " perplexing "; probably 



as under which group it should be placed. A 



second bot. name. 

 Congest a (kon-jest-a). L. adj., " thick." Second bot. 



name. 

 Cengiomeratus (kon-glom-er-a-tus). L. adj., " crowded 



together " ; i.e., flowers close clustered into a ball. 



A second bot. name. 

 Conica (kon-i-ka). L. adj., " cone-shaped." A second 



bot. name. 

 Coniferae (kon-if-er-a). L. "Conus " (a cone) ; " fero " 



(to bear). Bot. name for the Pine family. 

 Conium (kon-i-um). G. "A top." The spinning 



motion of which is like that caused from eating of 



the plant. Bot. name for the Hemlock group. 

 Conjnngens (kon-jung-ens). L. adj., " united." A 



second bot. name. 



