78 BOTANICAL NAMES 



plant); and " aceous " (like). Bot. name for the 



Sedge family. 

 Cyperus (si-perus). G. " Kupris " (Venus), so called 



from Cyprus, the island where she was born. Bot. 



name for a group. 

 Cypripedium (si-pri-pe-di-um). G. "Kupris" (Venus); 



" podion " (a slipper); from the shape of the 



flower. Eng. name Lady's Slipper. Bot. name 



for a group. 

 Cystopteris (sist-op-ter-is). G. " Kutis " (a bladder); 



" pteris " (a fern). Bot. name for Bladder-Fern 

 ^ group. 

 Cytisus (sit-i-sus). L. name for some plant. Now 



applied as bot. name for Broom group. 

 Cyphel (si-fel). G. " Kuphos " (bent). Eng. name 



for Arenaria Cherleri. 



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Dabeoc (St.) (da-bok). St. Dabeoc's Heath, named 



after the Irish Saint of that name ; found only in 



Ireland, unknown in Great Britain. Dabeocia is a 



synonym for Menziesia. 

 Dactylis (dak-til-is). G. " Daktulos " (a finger); from 



the shape of the panicle. Bot. name for Cock's 



Foot group. 

 Dactylon (dak-til-on). G. " Daktulos " (a finger) ; from 



its singularly finger-like spikes. Is second bot. 



name for the only member of Cynodon group. 

 Daffodil (daf-o-dil). A corruption of G. " asphodel " 



the name for some lily. Is the well-known Eng. 



name for plants of the Narcissus group. 

 Dahlia (da-li-a). Named after Dahl, a Swedish botanist; 



first introduced from Madrid by Lady Bute in 1789. 



