210 INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF GENERIC NAMES. 



Catchfly (Sileue) 92 



Caulanthus, stem-flower (petals stem-like) '.*.".' "23 88 



Ceauotlius, old Latin name ' 102 



CELASTRACE^E ;....- 29 102 



Centunculus, unknown meaning J42 



Cephalanthera (the single anther, like a head, surpasses the stigma) '.'. 177 



Cephalanthus, head-flower , '.'.'.'.'. 133 



Cerastium, horn plant (the pods like horns) ........ 94 



Cerasus, name of the city in Western Asia from which cultivated varieties of 



cherries were first sent to Europe 35 



Cercis, shuttle (the pods like a weaver's shuttle) 35, 1 13 



Cercocarpus, tail-pod (see Fig. 79 in Exercises) 115 



Cereus, wax or wax-like 130 



Chamaebatia, Chamaebatiaria, from the Greek signifying near or on the 



ground (low or dwarf plants) 115 



Ckamisal, Chamise ( Adenostoma) 117 



Cheiranthus, hand-flower (?) 23, 88 



Chelone, a tortoise or turtle (the flower resembling a turtle's head) 161 



Cherry (Cerasus, p. 35, Prunus, 2, 3, 4, 5) 114 



Chia ('Salvia, 2) '"" 173 



Chickweed (Stellaria, 7) 94 



Chimaphila, wiuter-lover 139 



Chlorogalum, green milk (greenish white juice) 183 



Chorizanthe 70 



Chrysosplenium, golden spleen 121 



Circaea, Circe the enchantress 128 



CISTACE^E. 23, 91 



Cladothamnus, branching-bush 139 



Clarkia, Gen. Wm. Clarke, who crossed the Rocky Mts. in 1803 with Meri wether 



Lewis, 39 (figured) 42, 128 



Claytonia, Dr. John Clayton, an early botanist of Virginia. (In the figure, p. 



26, a is O. exigua; b, C. perfoliata) , 26, 97 



Cleavers (Galium) 46, 133 



Clematis, vine 79 



Cleome 90 



Clintonia, Gov. De Witt Clinton of New York 188 



Clover (Trifolium) v 31, 33, 107 



Cneoridium 101 



Coffee Tree (Rhamnus) . : 29 



Colliusia, Zaccheus Collins, a botanist of Philadelphia 62, 160 



Colloxnia, glue or gluten (seeds mucilaginous) 53 



Columbine ( Aquilegia) 81 



Comandra, hairy stamens (in the key) 15 



COMPOSITE 46 



CONVOLVULACE^, Convolvulus, the old Latin name meaning a twiner. 64, 156 



Coptis, from a Greek word meaning cut (leaves finely cut) 18, 81 



Corallorhiza, coral-root > 176 



Cordylanthus, club-flower 168 



CORNACE.E, Cornus, horn (wood horn-like) 44, 131 



Corn-spurry (Spergula) 95 



