GLOSSARY OF GENERIO AND SPECIFIO NAMES. 
CaPpsELLa, little-pod. 
CaRDAMINE, heart-cure. 
Carpinatis, cardinal; chief, 
Carpvacga, thistle-like. 
CaRoLINENSE, Carolina, 
CaroLinianumM, Carolina. 
CasTILLELA, Castillejo, a Spanish botanist. 
CaSsTILLEIOIDES, Castilleia-like. 
CraNoTuus, old name. 
CENTRANTHIFOLIUS, Centranthus-leaved. 
Crrasirormis, cherry-like. 
Cerastivum, from Greek for a horn (refer- 
ring to the horn-shaped pods). 
Cercocarpus, tailed-fruit. 
Cuammissonis, A. von Chamisso, a poet 
and botanist who visited this coast 
with Eschscholtz early in this century. 
CHEIRANTHIFOLIA, wallflower-leaved. 
CueErrantuus, Arabic name. 
CHILENSIS, Chili. 
CHIMAPHILA, winter-lover. 
CHLOROGALUM, greenish milk. 
CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA, Crysanthemum- 
leaved. 
CurrsantTua, golden-flowered. 
Crurata, hair-fringed. 
Circa, Circe, the enchantress. 
Crrcinata, coiled; crosier-like. 
Ciargkra, General Wm. Clarke, who 
crossed the continent in 1803-1806. 
Cuaytonia, Dr. John Clayton, an early 
botanist of Virginia. . 
CLematis, ancient name of a climbing 
plant. 
Curnton1a, Governor De Witt Clinton, of 
New York. 
Coutitnst4, Zaccheus Collins, of Philadel- 
phia. 
CoLiinsi01DEs, Collinsia-like. 
Coi.omia, from Greek for glue, on account 
of the mucilaginous seeds. 
Comosum, hair-tufted. 
Concrnnum, beautiful 
Coneesta, bunched. 
Corpiro.ivs, heart-leaved. 
CorpyrLaytTuvs, club-flower. 
Corymszosvs, corymbose (flowers in a cor- 
ymb). 
CoTuLaFouia, Cotula-leaved. 
CrassIFoura, thick-leaved. 
CRENATUS, crenate. 
Cressa, Cretan woman. 
Crerica, Cretan. 
Crocea, yellow; saffron-colored. 
CROTELLARLA, rattle-pod. 
CuneEatTus, wedge-shaped. 
CurvirPEs, curved-pedicel. 
CynocLossum, hound’s-tongue. 
CypripeDium, Venus’s slipper. 
Cytisorpes, like snail-clover. 
Dartoura, an altered Arabic name. 
Decorum, comely; pretty. 
DeE.PuHinium, dolphin. 
Demussa, lowly; humble. 
DENDROMECON, tree-poppy. 
DensiFLorvus, dense-flowering. 
Dewsiro.ia, densely-leaved. 
Dentata, dentate; notched. 
Denticunata, denticulate; finely toothed. 
DicenTrRa, twice-spurred; two spurs. 
Dicuotomvus, two-forked. 
Discotor, variable (as to color or form). 
Drvaricata, spreading. 
DopEcaTHEON, twelve gods. 
Dovexasi, David Douglas, a Scottish ex 
plorer of the Botany of this coast. 
Dumosa, bushy. 
EcuINosPERMUM, hedgehog-seed. 
Eecans, elegant; beautiful. 
Evuisza, John Ellis, an English botanist. 
EMARGINATA, emarginate; notched. 
