442 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



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



Coca. Span, from native name of tree. 



Cocculus. Diminutive of coccus, a berry. 



Cochlearia. Scurvy grass. From Gr. jco^m/o/ov, a spoon ; with reference 



to the shape of th'e leaves. 



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

 Colchicum. Meadow saffron. From Gr. Ko%x<( , 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. Ko%oKvv6q y 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. KO^I, gum, -j- ^JOf , bearing ; in allusion 



to the exudation. 

 Communis-e. Common, general. 



Conifer-a-um. From Lat. conus, a cone, -|- few, to bear, cone-bearing. 

 Conium. Poison hemlock. From KUVSIOV, 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, cupauba, the native name of the 



tree and its product. 

 Coptis. Goldthread. From Gr. /C^TT-W, to cut; in allusion to the divided 



leaves. 



Corallorhiza. Coral root. From Gr. /co/ed/U<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. nopiawov. 

 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. topvc, 



a helmet, from the helmet-like involucre. 

 Cotula. Mayweed. From Gr. KOTV&TJ, a hollow. 

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



Perhaps derived from Kpdroc, 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. /c/adraAov, a rattle ; from the rattling of 



the loose seeds in the pod. 



