OF BRITISH PLANTS. 37 



CAMPION, CORN-, from its growing among corn, 



Agrostemma Githago, L. 

 MEADOW-, the Ragged Robin, 



Lychnis flos cueulK L. 

 Moss-, from its moss-like tufts, 



Silene acaulis, L. 

 ROSE-, from the colour of the flower, 



Lychnis coronaria, L. 



CANARY-GRASS, from being a grass of the Canary Islands, 

 and used to feed Canary birds, Phalaris canariensis, L. 

 REED-, Digraphis arundinacea, Trin. 



CAN-DOCK, from its broad leaves, and the shape of its 

 seed-vessel, like that of a silver can or flagon, Dan. 

 aa-kande, Nuphar luteum, Sm. 



CANDLE-BERRY, from the fruit of an American species of 

 the genus yielding wax of which candles are made, 



Myrica Gale, L. 



CANDLE-RUSH, from its pith being used for rush-lights, 



Juncus effusus, L. 



CANDY-TUFT, or CANDY-MUSTARD, a tufted flower brought 

 from the Island of Candy, or Crete, Iberis umbellata, L. 



CANKER, a tree-fungus, from its seeming to eat like a 

 cancer into a decaying tree, Boletus, L. 



CANKER- ROSE, from its red colour and its detriment to 

 arable land, the field poppy, Papaver Rhceas, L. 



CANTERBURY BELLS, so named by Gerarde, Ed. em. 

 p. 450, from growing very plentifully in the low woods 

 about Canterbury, Campanula Trachelium, L. 



CAPER-PLANT, or WILD CAPER, from its immature seed 

 vessels being used in sauce for the buds of the real caper, 



Euphorbia Lathyris, L. 



CAPILLAIRE, the maiden-hair fern, from its being used 

 to prevent the hair from falling off, says Matthioli (1. iv. 

 c. 132.), quoting from Theophrastus : "ad defluviuin capil- 

 lorum utile." Adiantum Capillus Veneris, L. 



