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10 Jamaica 1789 

 12 E. Intl. 1822 

 25 India . 1752 

 20 S. Amer. 1820 



CratAva, Linn. After Crateevus, a Greek 

 botanist, who lived in the time of Hippo- 

 crates. Linn. 11, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cappari- 

 dacece. Ornamental stove trees, growing from 

 twelve to twenty feet high ; they prefer a rich 

 strong soil, and may he propagated by out- 

 tings in sand, under a glass, in heat. Syno- 

 nymes : 1, Cdpparis trifoliata ; 2, 0. trifoliata. 

 See Niebtihria, and Richiia. 

 gynahdra . . White . 4, S. By. T. 

 Roxburgh!! 1 . White . 4, S. Bv. T. 

 Tlpia . . White . 3, S. Bv. T. 

 tapioldes 2 . . White . 5, S. Bv. T. 



CratErium, Trentepolil. Derived from krater, 

 a cup ; in reference to the form of the peri- 

 dium. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Lycoper- 

 daceoe. Curious minute species, found growing 

 on mosses in damp places. Synonyme : 1, 

 Cyathus -minutus — leucocephalum, mutabile, 

 pyriforme, vulgare 1. 



Crawfurdia. See Gentiana. 



Cream fruit. See RotipUlia grata. 



Creeping, spread upon the ground, and rooting 

 at the joints. 



Creeping fiorin. See Agristis stolonlfiyra. 



Cremocephalum, De Candolle. From kremao, 

 to suspond, and kephale, a head. Linn. 9, Or. 

 2, Nat. Or. Asteracex. See Senecio. 



Crem<5lobus, De Ccmdolle. From kremao, to 

 suspend, and lobos, a pod ; in allusion to the 

 silicles hanging from the axis. Linn. 15, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Brassicacem. An annual species 

 suited for rock-work, growing freely in any 

 light soil, 

 chilensis . . TeUow . 6, H. A. $ Chili . . 1820 



Crenate, having round notches. 



Crenulate, having small round notches. 



Crepidaria. See Pedildnthus. 



Crepis, Linn. A name given to a plant by 

 Pliny, of which he gave no description. Linn. 

 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Asteracew. Uninteresting 

 species, succeeding in any common border soil, 

 in which they merely require sowing. Syno- 

 nymes : 1, ft Gmellni ; 2, Prendnlh.es hiera- 

 eifblia ; 3, Lagdseris taurinensis ; 4, ft gra- 

 minifdlia. See Andryala, Borkhausia, Mapa- 

 lostephium, Lagdseris, Picridium, Plcris, Ro- 

 digia, and Tblpis — agrestis, bann^tica, biennis, 

 ce"rnua, chondrilloldes, cinerea, corymbosa, 

 croatica, diffusa, Diosc6ridis, heterosperma, 

 liieraeioides, lacera, latifdlia, lodomirie'nsis, 

 macrorhiza, multicaulis, negl^cta, parvinora, 

 pinnatifida, pdntica, pulchra 2, rhagadiololdes, 

 rigens, rigida, scabra, setbsa, segetum, Spren- 

 geriana, taurinensis 3, tect6rum, tenuif61ia 4, 

 virens. 



Crescentia, Limn. In memory of Pietro 

 Crescenti, of Bologna, an agricultural author 

 of the sixteenth century. Limn. 14, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Crescentiacece. A genus of handsome 

 stove trees ; they will thrive in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and cuttings of the ripened 

 wood root freely in sand, in heat. Synonyme : 

 1, Ferdindndea superba. See Tandscium. 

 acuminata . Grn. wht. 5, 8. Bv. T. 15 Cuba . . 1822 

 cucurbitlna. White . . 5, 8. Bv. T. 10 W. Ind. 1783 

 Cujete . . White. 5, 8. Ev. T. 15 Jamaica. 1690 

 raacroph^Ilal Pa. gra. 12, S. Ev. 8. 10 S. Amer. 1852 



Crescentiacble or Crescentiads. Trees of 

 small size, growing only in the tropics. The 

 Calabash tree and some others bear eatable 

 fruit. 



Cress. See Lepldium sativum. 



Cress rocket. See Villa. 



Cressa, Linn. From cressa, a native of Crete ; 

 the plant is plentiful there. Linn. 5, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Convolvulacece. This is a curious 

 annual, growing about six inches high, and 

 should be sown in sandy peat, 

 cretica . . Purple . 7, H. Tr. A. I Levant . 1822 



Crest, applied to some elevated appendage, ter- 

 minating a particular organ; a stamen is 

 crested when the filament projects beyond the 

 anther, and becomes dilated. 



Cretaoeouslt-pruinose, covered with white 

 glittering spots, or pustules. 



Cretan carrot. See Atliamdnta crUica. 



Cretat. See Juslicia paniculala. 



Cribraria, Schroder. From cribrum, a sieve ; 

 in reference to the upper part of the peridium 

 being perforated. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. 

 Lyeoperddcea;. Small species, found on pine 

 bark, &c. — intermedia, micrdpus. 



Cribriform, riddled with holes, like a sieve. 



Crimson-grass. See Ldthyrus Nissolia. 



CRlNrrus, hairy, having long hairs. 



Crinum, Linn. From krinwn, the Greek name 

 of the lily. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Amaryl- 

 lidaceaz. This is a fine genus of bulbous plants ; 

 many of the species are very beautiful. The 

 flowers of most of them are delightfully fra- 

 grant, and are produced freely in large umbels. 

 They prefer a mixture of rich loam, peat, and 

 sand, and are increased by offsets, which, are 

 produced in abundance. Synonymes: 1, ft 

 suptrbwm; 2, campanulatum ; 3, toxichrium; 

 4, brevifdlium; 5, Amaryllis longifbUa; 6, 

 O. capSnse, viridifiorwm : 7, A. ornata; 8, ft 

 rubro-limbo; 9, A. australdsica ; 10, A. gigdn- 

 tev/m; 11, A. revoluta, ft revolutum; 12, A. 

 insignis ; 13, A. rnoluecana ; 14, A. 

 mica. 



