BOTANICAL NAMES 73 



Cow Berry. A common name for Red Whortleberry. 

 Cow Slip. A.S. " Cu-slyppe " (cowdung). Common 



name for one of the Primrose group. 

 Cow Wheat. Eng. name for Melapyrum (G. " black 



wheat "). Cows are said to like this fodder ; sheep 



do not. The butter of cows fed upon it is said to 



be very rich and deep yellow colour. 

 Crab Apple. "Crab,." from the Gaelic " craobh " (a 



tree). 

 Crack Willow. One of our most common Willows gets 



this distinguished name because its branches, 



although pliant and tough, readily '* crack " off. 

 Cracca (krak-ka). G. A corruption of " arachon," the 



name for some pea plant, but now used as second 



bot. name for Tufted Vetch. 

 Crambe (kram-be). G. " Crambe " (kale or cabbage). 



Bot. name for Seakale group. 

 Cranberry. Said to be " cranes' berry " because the 



fruit is ripe about the time these birds arrive. Eng. 



name for one of the Vaccinum group. 

 Crane's Bill. A popular name for the Geranium, be- 

 cause Geranium gets its name from G. " geranos " 



(a crane), and the fruit of the plant is like a crane's 



bill. 

 Crassifolius (kras-i-fol-i-us). L. " Crassus " (thick); 



" folius " (leaf); i.e., thick-leaved. A second bot. 



name. 

 Crasulaceae (kras-u-la-se-a). L. " Crassula " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for the Crassula 



family, the whole of which have, more or less, thick 



succulent leaves. 

 Crataegus (kra-te-gus). G. " Kratos " (strength); 



