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marigold, and thence to other ranunculacese. Thus in 

 M.S. Sloane, No. 5, Oculus Christi is explained " calen- 

 dula, solsequium, the Seynt Marie rode;" and again, 

 Gesner explains Caltha, which usually means the marsh 

 marigold, " ringel-bluom, solsia, quod solem sequatur, 

 vulgo calendula, quasi calthula. See MARYBUD. 



Ranunculus, L. 



CRESS, G. kresse, Fr. wesson, It. crescione, M. Lat. cris- 

 sonium, derived by C. Stephans, and by Diez, from L. cres- 

 cere, grow, " a celeritate crescendi." The form of the 

 word now in use has probably been adopted from the 

 Netherlands with the cultivation of the plants. Used abso- 

 lutely, it means the genus Lepidium, L. 

 BELLEISLE-, Barbarea praecox, RB. 

 BITTER-, Cardamine amara, L. 

 ,, GARDEN-, Lepidium sativum, L. 

 ,, LAND-, in distinction from the water-cress, 



Barbarea vulgaris, RB. 

 ,, PENNY-, from its round silicules, 



Thlaspi arvense, L. 



,, SCIATICA-, from its medicinal use, Iberis, L. 

 SWINE'S-, or WART-, Coronopus Ruellii, D.C. 

 ,, TOWN-, from its cultivation in tonnes or gardens, 

 Lepidium sativum, L. 



,, WALL-, from its usual place of growth, Arabis, L. 

 WATER-, Nasturtium officinale, L. 



WINTER-, Barbarea vulgaris, RB. 



CROCUS, Gr. /c/jo/co?, saffron. 



CROSS OF JERUSALEM, from the resemblance of its 

 scarlet flower, both in shape and colour, to a Maltese or 

 Jerusalem cross, Lychnis chalcedonica, L. 



CROSS-FLOWER, from its flowering in Cross-week. See 

 ROGATION FLOWER. Polygala vulgaris, L. 



CROSS-WORT, from its cruciate or cross-placed leaves, 

 Galium cruciatum, Scop, 



