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CORYDALIS. 16—5. (Conjdales.) [From /wrus, a helmet, alluding to the form of its flowers.] 

 cucuUai'ra, (colic-weed, y. &, w. M. J*.) corolla 2-spurred ; scape naked ; ra- 

 ceme simple, 1-sided ; nectaries divaricate, of the length of the corolla ; 

 style enclosed. 8-12 i. 



■ ORYLUS. 19—12. (A?nentacea.) [From karua, a nut.] 

 america'na, (hazle-nut, Ap. T^.) leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate ; calyx 

 roundish-campanulate, larger than the sub-globose nut ; border dilated, 

 coarsely serrate. 3-5 f. 



CRAMBE. 14—1. iCrucifera.') [A name given by Bioscorides to cabbage.] 

 mara'tima, (sea kale, w. T^.) stem foliaceous, smooth; leaf sinuate, glaucous, 

 flowers corymbed, panicled. 

 CRANICHIS. 18-1. (OrchidecB.) 

 muUifio'ra, root fascicled, villose ; leaves oval-lanceolate, sub-sessile ; scape 

 man3'^-flo\vered, pubescent towards the summit; inner petals connivent; 

 lip vaulted, acuminate. 



CRAT^GUS. 11 — 5. {Rosacea.) [From kratus, strength, from the toughness of its wood.] 



coccin'ca, (thorn-bush, w. M. Yi) thorny; leaves long-petioled, ovate, acutely 

 lobed, serrate, glabrous ; petioles and pubescent calyx glandular ; flowers 

 pentagynous. Var. viridis, has lance-ovate leaves, sub-trilobate ; stem un- 

 armed. 



pimcia'ta, (common thorn-tree, w. M. Tj.) thorny or unarmed ; leaves wedge- 

 obovate, sub-plicate, glabrous, serrate; calyx villose; divisions subulate, 

 entire. 



oxycan' tha, (quickset, w. M. T2.) leaves obtuse, somewhat 3-cleft, serrate, gla- 

 brous ; peduncles and calyx somewhat glabrous ; segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate, acute ; styles 2. Naturalized. 

 CRINUM. G— 1. (Narcissi.) [From Armora, a lily.] 



avierica'num, leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous at the margin ; flowers pedi- 

 celled, tube shorter than the limb. (S. 

 CRITHMUM. 5—2. iUmbcUifercB.) 



viariti'mu7n, (sea samphire, w. %.. Au.) leafets lanceolate ; leaves twice-ter- 

 nal, glaucous, smooth, with a salt aromatic flavour. This is the true 

 samphire of English botanists. 



CROCUS. 3—1. (IridcB.) [The ancients fabled lliat a youth, Crocus, was changed into this 

 flower. Crocus also signifies saffron colour.] 

 qfficina'lis, (saffron crocus, y.%.) leaves linear, with revolute margins; stigma 

 exsert, with long linear segments. Var. sativus, having violet corollas. 

 The stigma is of a deep orange colour, and affords the saflTron of com- 

 merce. Blossoms in September. Ex. 

 ver"nus, (spring-crocus,) stigma not exsert, with three short, wedge-shaped 

 .segments, tube hairy at the mouth. Colour of the flower various, purple, 

 yellow, &c. Blossoms in March. Ex. 

 CROTALLARIA. 16—10. (.Leguminosa..) [From iro/aZow, a rattle.] 

 sagitta'lis, (rattle-box, y. Ju. ©.) hairy, erect, branching ; leaves .simple, ovate- 

 lanceolate; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, decurreni; racemes opposite, 

 the leaves about 3-flowered : corolla smaller than the calyx. 12 i. 

 raoTON. 19—5. (EuphorbicB.) [From kroteo, a tick, from the form of its seed.] 

 marati'mum, leaves oval, sub-cordate, obtuse, pale above, hoary beneath; 



branches tomentose ; pistillate spikes few-flowered. 

 laccif'erum, is the species from which the gum-lac is obtained ; it is a south- 

 ern plant. 

 tigii'um, leaves oval, acuminate, serrate ; stem arborescent ; this species af- 

 fords a celebrated medicinal substance, called croton oi], an extract from the 

 seeds. Ex. 

 ti.Twto'rinm, leaves rhomboid, stem herbaceous; from this plant is obtained 

 the litmus, considered as one of the most delicate tests of the chemist. Ex. 

 CCCUBULUS. 10—3. {Caryophyllem.) 

 When, (campion, w. Ju./ZJ..) glabrous, decumbent; leaves ob.'ong-oval, acute, 

 neivele-;s; calyx inflated, veiny. 

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