90 CONVALLARIA-CORONILLA. 



CONVALLARIA. 6-- 1. (Asparagi.) [From the Latin conval'lis, a valley, from the habit of 

 the plant.] 



bifo'lia, (w. M. J. %..) stem 2-leaved ; leaves oq short petioles, cordate-oblong^ 

 very smooth on both sides ; racemes simple, terminal ; flowers tetrandrous, 

 4-6 i. Dwarf Solomon's-seal. 



stella'to, (w. M. %.) stem with alternate, clasping, oval-lanceolate leaves; ra- 

 ceme simple, terminal. 8-18 i. 



trifo'lia, (w. J. %.) stem about 3-leaved ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 contracted at the base ; raceme simple, terminal, few-flowered. 6-10 i. 



racemo'sa, (y-w. M. 1]..) stem with alternate leaves; sessile, oblong-oval, acu- 

 minate, nerved, pubescent; flowers in a terminal raceme-panicle. 18-24 1. 

 Large Solomon's-seal. 



maja'lis, (lily of the valley, A. w. J. Tj..) scape naked, smooth; leaves oval« 

 ovate. S. 

 CONVOLVULUS. 5—1. (Convolvuli.) [From co7n-oh-o, lo intwine.] 



re'pens, (field bind-weed, w. and r. J. %.) twining ; leaves sagittate, with th« 

 apex acute and the lobes truncate, entire, (.some obtuse ;) bracts acute, longer 

 than the calyx, and shorter than the middle of the corolla ; peduncle ar^ 

 gled, exceeding the petiole. 



fandura'tus, (mechoacan, w. and r. Ju. %.) twining, pubescent; leaves broad- 

 cordate, entire or lobed, guitar-form ; peduncles long; flowers fascicled; 

 calyx glabrous, awnless ; corolla tubular bell-form. Resembles rhubarb in 

 its efiects. 



stans, (w. J. 71.) erect ; leaves oval or oblong, sub-cordate, pubescent ; pedun- 

 cles 1-flowered, generally longer than the leaves. 9-12 i. 



jala'pa, leaves ovate, sub-cordate, obtuse, villose. South America. The root 

 aflbrds the jalap of commerce. 



bata'tus, (sweet potato, Carolina potato, w-r. Ju. %.') creeping, tuberous; leaves 

 cordate, hastate, angular-lobed, 5-nerved, smoothish ; peduncles long ; flow- 

 ers fascicled ; corolla sub-campanulate. Cultivated. 



furpu'reus, (common morning-glory, b. p. J. ©.) pubescent , leaves cordate 

 entire; peduncles 2 to 5-flowered; pedicels nodding, thicktned ; divisions 

 of the calyx lanceolate ; capsules glabrous. Cultivated. 

 COPTIS. 12—13. (Ranunculacea.) 



trifo'lia, (gold thread, w. M. %.) scape 1-flowered; leaves ternate ; roots 

 long, filiform, golden yellow, very bitter. 2-4 i. 

 CORALLORHIZA. 18—1. (OrchidecE.) [From /tomiZzora, coral, and nza, root] 



odontorhi'za, (coral teeth, p. w. Ju. %.) lip entire, oval, obtuse, margin ere* 

 nate; spur obsolete, adnate to the germ ; capsule sub-globose. 12 i. 

 COREOPSIS. 17 — 3. iCorymhiJera,.) [From /coris, insect, o/is/s, resembling.] 



tripte'ris, (tickseed sunflower, y. %.) glabrous ; leaves petioled, lanceolate, 

 entire, radical ones pinnate, cauline ones ternate ; rays entire ; seeds obovate. 



iijicto'ria, (elegant coreopsis, y-p.) radical leaves sub-bipinnate; leafets sub- 

 oval, entire, glabrous, cauline ones sub-pinnate ; leafets linear ; rays 2- 

 coloured, seeds naked. 1-4 f. Missouri. 

 CORIANDRUM. 5—2. (UmbelUfercB.) [From Aoris, a bug, probably from its peculiar smeR' 



sati'vwm, (coriander, w. J. <v).) fruit globose ; calyx and style permanent. Ex 

 CORISPERMUM. 1—2. (Atriplices.) [From koris, bug, sperma, seed.] 



hyssopifo'lium, (Au. li.) spikes terminal, leaves unarmed, nerveless, lineau 

 A variety, aviericanum, has spikes axillary ; leaves nerved, mucronate. 

 CORNUS. 4—1. (.CaprifolicB.) 



canaden"sis, (dogweed, low cornel, w. M. '2J..) herbaceous ; leaves at the ti'p 

 whorled, veiny; involucre ovate, acuminate ; fruit globose. 4-8 i. 



fiori'da, (false-box, w-y. M. T^.) leaves ovate, acuminate; involucre 4, very 

 large, somewhat obcordate; fruit ovate. 15-30 f. 



circina'ta, (w. J. 1^.) branches warty; leaves broad-oval, acuminate, white- 

 downy beneath ; cymes depressed. 6-8 f. 

 CORONILLA. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) 



em'merus, (coronilla, y. T-j ) stem angled, woody; peduncles about 3-flowered I 

 claws of the petals about thrice as long as the calyx. Ex. 



