442 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Cnicus. Blessed thistle. Latin name of the safflower, from the Gr. kvtjko^. 



Coca, Span, from native name of tree. 



Cocculus. Diminutive of coccus, a berry. 



Cochlearia. Scurvy grass. From Gr. Koxlidpiov^ a spoon ; with reference 



to the shape of the leaves. 

 Coffea. Coffee. From Turk, qahveh, Arab, qahuah, name of a beverage. 

 Colchicum. Meadow saffron. From Gr.KoTix'i^, Colchis, an ancient province 



in Asia Minor, where this plant flourished. 

 Collinsonia. Horsebalm. Named in honor of Peter Collinson, English 



botanist of the eighteenth century. 

 Colocynthis. From Gr. koXokvpO/j, a gourd or pumpkin. 

 Commelina. Day-flower. Named after the Dutch botanists J. and G. 



Commelin, who lived in the seventeenth century. 

 Commiphora. Myrrh. From Gr. KOfi/uL, gum, + (popog, bearing ; in allusion 



to the exudation. 

 Communis-e. Common, general. 



Conifer-a-um. From Lat. conns, a cone, -f fero, to bear, cone-bearing. 

 Conium. Poison hemlock. From Kuveiov^ the Greek word for hemlock. 

 Convallaria. Lily of the valley. From Lat. convallis, a valley. 

 Convolvulus. Bindweed. The ancient Latin name from convolvo, to 



entwine. 

 Copaiba. Span, and Port, from Brazil, ciipauba, the native name of the 



tree and its product. 

 Coptis. Goldthread. From Gr. kotttu, to cut; in allusion to the divided 



leaves. 

 Corallorhiza. Coral root. From Gr. KO/ed/iA^ov, coral, -}- pi^a, root. 

 Cordifolius-a-um, Heart-leafed. From Lat. cor, cordis, heart, -\- folium, 



leaf. 

 Coriandrum. Coriander. The ancient Latin name, from Gr. Kopiawov. 

 Coriarious-a-um. Pertaining to leather. Lat. corium, leather. 

 Cornus. Cornel. Dogwood. From Lat. cornu, a horn ; alluding to the 



hardness of the wood. 

 Coronilla. Axseed. Diminutive of Lat. corona, a crown ; alluding to the 



inflorescence. 

 Corylus. Hazelnut, Filbert. The classical name. Probably from Gr. Kopvg, 



a helmet, from the helmet-like involucre, 

 Cotula. Mayweed. From Gr. kotvXtj^ a hollow. 

 Crataegus. Hawthorn. The Greek name of a kind of flowering thorn. 



Perhaps derived from Kpdrog, strength. 

 Crenulatus-a-um. Notched. From crena, a notch, referring to the leaves. 

 Crispus-a-um. Curled, crisped. 

 Crocus. Saffron. The ancient Greek name. According to mythology, a 



youth, Crocus, was changed into this flower. 

 Crotalaria. Rattle-box. From Gr. Kp6TaAov, a rattle ; from the rattling of 



the loose seeds in the pod. 



