COLUMBINE. 
AQUILEGIA, 
Class 13.—PoLYANDRIA. Order.—PENTAGYNIA. 
Juss. 
Widely di 
well conceive that to sitive h would 
br rit ng with it, ma ny associations, ae absent friends, toy im- 
the Jews, who “gee it a good emollient, pectoral, etc. The 
flowers are small 
a reddish yellow. 
dis; me va as is that agsreeng nation, the Jews, Ican 
toa sen: littl 
at. Ord. Lin at. 8 
See OR CORNICULAT. RANUNCULACER, 
Aquilegia, from vila, an E 
to mi an eae s ta 
5 tumbi ine, from Columba, be a Pigeon—from a peegeaes resem- 
g o this sp lant, because the leave Ss, when not aly ex- 
panded, collect — o ather a a great deal ¢ of rain wi ater 
+h 
8 imagined to cto like the neck and body of a bird, and the two 
otis standing upon e wings, whence its 
name of Columbine, as ifs rese mbling a nest of young pigeons 
~— whilst their parent feeds them [See his note upon 
nicera. 
s are perennial. Flowers of various colors, purple, 
e-flowered, A. vulgaris, common Co- 
wth. 
— _— ery feet sect is of E Suropean gro 
A, Cana -flowering Columbine, is a native of 
an 
aed Fe 
in that land of promise—yet to be blessed—when 
From the: four winds, the Jews, eased of the curse, 
Return, Jacob’s land— 
And drink of Sharon and of Carmel’s vine. 
anuel’s cross—her sceptre, 
Pollok. 
And her ho 
COREOPSIS, ARKANSAS. 
COREOPSIS TINCTORIA. 
Class 19.—sYNGENESIA. Order.—POLYGAMIA FRUSTANEA, 
Nat. Ord. Linn, Nat. Ord. Juss 
COMPOSIT OPPOSITIFOLIE. CORYMBIFERZ, 
peg a from the Greek KORIS, & bug, : and opsis, appear 
ge oe from the Latin tinctura, a color 
vee “% prea a, m Cana es Carolina or dye. 
rom Virginia to Europe by Trade: t. Itis a more graceful Arkansas ‘indicates the situation from whence it was taken 
and delicate plant than the purpl ae very slender stems are y Professor 
reddish. Corollas, yellow within, and red without. Lawes Mr. Pasti, of the Ro yal Acade emy of Sciences of Paris, 
leaves biternate, irregularly ai ided, “the extreme lobes 5 bln vances the new hypothesis, that it. is of more con! sap mo (in 
the upper lobes simply terna y view) to know tion of 
He observes, that, al plants 
uppermost, simple, VI peter tng 
CONVOLVULUS; 
OR, BIND WEED. 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
CAMPANACEZ. CONVOLVULI. 
pimcecrscicgy arsine oe aoa Convolvo, to warp or wind about, 
to envelo —_— as many 4 
Indigenou rope, yf preven — mea Indies. 
The Conrelvas opens and closes Ss monopet talous flower 
atn 
may . eatin from the dakoords of the air. 
Convolvulus, expand thy cup-like flower, 
Graceful in form, and beautiful in hue. 
Flowers, which shrinking from the chilly plight, 
Droop and shut up; but, with fair on iery uch 
Rise on their stems, et and upright 
Barton. 
lyr , bell, or fun- 
nelhaped poet hewte = Sate spreading, 
less five lobed. Leaves, heart-shaped. 
CORCHORUS. 
Class 13.—POLYANDBRIA.. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. . Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
COLUMNIFERE. TILIACE. 
This generic name, is from the ger oy and is 
defined, the herb pimpernel, or Jews ‘Mal. - 
Asia, Africa, and America. 
natives of 
The flowers ‘are re chiefly yellow, 
ubus Hovey ae and 
double, like it. Itis much esteemed, atin gaol neral cultiva 
e species C. olitorious, bristly-leaved, or common Tout 
a potherb, in the east, ly by 
Mating is cultivated a8 
5 
a plant than knowing the genus. 
hinh 
which 
h Vie 
are natives of x psy ete Se or hk (See Maxs’s ‘Botany. ) 
eee: are m 
f this elegant genera, all peculiar 
to Am 
The . precorn Coreopsis, is a very pretty slender agnone 
annual, “a from two to three feet high. Flowers terminal. Pi 
wee “8 wapehs gengealiy er eee at the point, the came 
1 ith 
ie . Florets of the disk black- 
urple; but the styles and stigma being yellow, occasion the 
outer rim, when the florets are expanded, to appear yellow. 
COWSLIP. 
PRIMULA VERIS. 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order.—_MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. hi 
PRECIE. LYSIMACHIE, 
x oe Exsenene:). 
Primula veri 
Called Cowalip, as some think k, from their odor resembling 
the breath of a cow jor, perbape,f from Se mack 
¥ 
The hi. cs 
ine 
made wines ich th } 
wines of the South of France. 
Philips. 
e flowers of the Cowslip are frequently mixed with tea, 
+n dis Wa abe The leaves citanae: Lng" omg 
lora Historica. 
