GLOSSARY Or GENERIC) AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



CAPSELLA, little-pod. 



CARDAMINE, heart-cure. 



CARDINALIS, cardinal; chief. 



CARDUACEA, thistle-like. 



CAROLINENSE, Carolina. 



CAROLINIANUM, Carolina. 



CASTILLEIA, Castillejo, a Spanish botanist. 



CASTILLEIOIDES, Castilleia-like. 



CEANOTHUS, old name. 



CENTRANTHIFOUUS, Centranthus-leaved 



CERASIFORMIS, cherry-like. 



CERASTIUM, from Greek for a horn (refer- 

 ring to the horn-shaped pods). 



CERCOCARPUS, tailed-fruit. 



CHAMMISSONIS, A. von Chamisso, a poet 

 and botanist who visited this coast 

 with Eschscholtz early in this century. 



CHEIRANTHIFOUA, wallflower-leaved 



CHEIRANTHUS, Arabic name. 



CHILENSIS, Chili. 



CHIMAPHILA, winter-lover. 



CHLOROGALUM, greenish milk. 



CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA, Crysanthemum- 

 leaved. 



CHRYSANTHA, golden-flowered. 



CILIATA, hair-fringed. 



CiRa<EA, Circe, the enchantress. 



CIRCINATA, coiled; crosier-like. 



CLARKIA, General Wm. Clarke, who 

 crossed the continent in 1803-1806. 



CLAYTONIA, Dr. John Clayton, an early 

 botanist of Virginia. 



CLEMATIS, ancient name of a climbing 

 plant. 



CLINTONIA, Governor De Witt Clinton, of 

 New York. 



COLLTNSIA, Zaccheus Collins, of Philadel- 

 phia. 



COLLINSIOIDES, Collinsia-like. 



COLLOMIA, from Greek for glue, on account 

 of the mucilaginous goods. 



COMOSUM, hair- tufted. 

 CONCINNUM, beautiful 

 CONGESTA, bunched. 

 CORDIFOLIUS, heart-leaved. 

 CORDYLANTHUS, club-flower. 

 CORYMBOSUS, corymbose (flowers in a cor 



ymb). 



CoxuLuEFOLiA, Cotula-leaved. 

 CRASSIFOLIA, thick-leaved. 

 CRENATUS, crenate. 

 CRESSA, Cretan woman. 

 CRETICA, Cretan. 

 CROCEA, yellow; saffron-colored. 

 CROTELLARLE, rattle-pod. 

 CUNEATUS, wedge-shaped. 

 CURVTPES, curved-pedicel. 

 CYNOGLOSSUM, hound's-tongue. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM, Venus's slipper. 

 CYTISOIDES, like snail-clover. 



DATURA, an altered Arabic name. 

 DECORUM, comely; pretty. 

 DELPHINIUM, dolphin. 

 DEMISSA, lowly; humble. 

 DENDROMECON, tree-poppy. 

 DENSIFLORUS, dense-flowering. 

 DENSIFOLJA, densely-leaved. 

 DENTATA, dentate; notched. 

 DENTICULATA, denticulate; finely toothed. 

 DiCENTRA, twice-spurred; two spurs. 

 DICHOTOMUS, two-forked. 

 DISCOLOR, variable (as to color or form), 

 DIVARICATA, spreading. 

 DODECATHEON, twelve gods. 

 DOUGLASII, David Douglas, a Scottish ex 



plorer of the Botany. of this coast. 

 DUMOSA, bushy. 



ECHINOSPERMUM, hedgehog-seed. 

 ELEGANS, elegant; beautiful. 

 ELLISIA, John Ellis, an English botanist. 

 EMARGINATA, emar/?*xate; notched 



