INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF GENERIC NAMES. 211 



Corydalis, the old Greek name 84 



Cotton 27 



Cottonwood v 71 



Cotyledon, the old Greek name 123 



Crab-apple (Pirus) 118 



Cranesbill (Geranium) 28, 101 



CRASSULACE^E 38, 122 



Crataegus, strength 118 



Cream-cups (Platystemon) 19 (figure), 20, 83 



Cranberry (Vaccinium, 9) 137 



Cressa, Cretan woman 156 



CRUCIFER.E 21, 84 



Cryptanthe, hidden flower , . . . . 59 



CUCURBITACE^:, Cucurbita, Latin for gourd, the type of the order . .43, 129 



Currant (smooth-stemmed species of Ribes) 37, 122 



Cuscuta, the Arabic name changed 156 



Cypridium, Venus' Slipper '. 177 



Cycladenia, circle gland (a ring of glands around the pistil) 142 



Cynoglossum, dog's tongue 155 



Damasonium 175 



Darlingtonia, Dr. Win. Darlington, a noted botanist of Pennsylvania 83 



DATISCACE^, Datisca 43, 129 



Datura, the Arabic name modified , 157 



Death-Camass (Zygadenus, 2) , 188 



Delphinium, dolphin (shape of flower) 17, 18, 81 



Dendromecon, tree-poppy 84 



Dentaria, tooth (the tubers toothed) 86 



Dicentra, two spurs 20, 84 



Dichelostemma 74 



Dichondra, double mass (fruit double) 64 



Digitalis, from the Latin for a thimble (the corolla fits the finger) 166 



DIPSACACE.E, Dipsacus 46, 134 



Dirca (in the Key) 16 



Disporum 45 



Distigia (Lonicera) two cloaks (the pair of bracts) 75 



Dodecatheon, twelve gods 50, 141 



Dodder (Cuscuta) 156 



Dogwood (Cornus, 1) 131 



Downingia, A. J. Downing, author of several works on horticulture 47, 135 



Draba, acrid (leaves) 86 



Draperia, John W. Draper, historian '. 150 



DROSER ACE^E, Drosera, dewy (the leaves exude liquid) 38, 123 



Echinocactus, hedge-hog cactus 1-jO 



Echinospermum, hedge-hog seed 58, 155 



ELATINACE.E, Elatine, Greek name of the fir tree ". 26, 98 



Elderberry (Sambucus) 45, 132 



Ellisia, John Ellis, an English botanist 54, 150 



Emmenanthe, persistent flower 152 



