BLAKE — GUATEMALAN PLANT NAMES. 91 



Chrysobalanus icaco L. Icaco. Rosaceae. 



A tree with white flowers, roundish veiny leaves, and blue-black plumlike 

 fruits 1.5 to 2 cm. long, their flesh edible, sweetish but without special flavor. 

 Chumpa. See Aristolochia gigas. 

 Ciega vista. See Croton ciliato-glandulosus. 

 Ciruelo. See Astronium (?) sp. 

 Cissus sicyoides L. Bejuco comemano. Vitaceae. 



A vine with inconspicuous greenish flowers. Used for washing clothes. 

 Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle. Lim6n. Rutaceae. 



Clusia utilis Blake. 7 Quiebramuela. Cltjsiaceae. 



A shrub 6 meters high, growing along the shore of Lake Izabal, witb thick 

 obovate leaves and rosy white flowers. The fruit is green, tinged with maroon ; 

 the seeds are surrounded by an orange aril. The buffy yellow juice of the fruit 

 is administered on cotton for toothache. The fruit, cut across, is used by the 

 Indians to stamp clothes, making a 6 or 7-rayed starlike figure of a permanent 

 brown or blackish brown. 

 Cojon de gato. See Tabernaemontana amblyblasta, also Tlievetia plumeriae- 



folia. 

 Cojon de mico. See Tabernaemontana amblyblasta. 

 Cola de marrano. See Pitheoollobium arboreum. 

 Cola de mico. See Pithecollobium arboreum. 



Cola de venado. See Andropogon leucostachys, also Lasiacis procerrima. 

 Comida de paloma. See Lantana camara. 

 Compsoneura sprucei (A. DC.) Warb. Sangre. Myristicaceae. 



A small tree, up to 8 meters high. The bark contains a red sap. 

 Contamal. See Guazuma ulmlfolia, also Luehea seemannii. 

 Contonron. See Luehea seemannii. 



Contrayerba. See Dorstenia contra jerva houstoni, also D. draJcena. 

 Cordia ferruginea Roem. & Schult. Bejuco negro. Boraginaceae. 



Cordia gerascanthus L. Laurel. Boraginaceae. 



A tree up to 25 meters high and 50 cm. in diameter. The wood is used for 

 ties and general construction. 

 Cordon. See Piper rohrii. 



Cordoncillo. See Piper aduncum, P. donnell-smithii, and P. jalapense. 

 Cornizuelo. See Acacia sp. 



Cornutia pyramidata L. Hoja de zope. Verbenaceae. 



Cortez. See Tecoma sp. 

 Costilla de danta. See Acalypha sp. 

 Costus cylindricus Roscoe. Cana de Cristo. Zingiberaceae. 



An herb with broad leaves and a thick spike of orange-red flowers. 

 Crotalaria sagittalis L. CmpiLfN de la Montana. Pabaceae. 



An herb with simple leaves, yellow flowers, and " rattle-box " fruit. 

 Croton ciliato-glandulosus Ort. Chirca. Ciega vesta. Euphorbiaceae. 



The glandular hairs of the leaves and stem of this species adhere to the 

 hands and injure the eyes when introduced. 



Croton draco Schlecht. Sangre de drago. Euphorbiaceae. 



Croton repens Schlecht. Chacotote. Euphorbiaceae. 



The root is used for stomach troubles. 

 Croton xalapensis H. B. K. Chirca. Euphorbiaceae. 



Crusea sp. Canilla de pajuIl. Rubiaceae. 



An herb with violet flowers. Doves are said to eat the fruit. 

 Cuaulote. See Guazuma ulmifolia. 



1 For illustration see Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 24: pi. 4. 1922. 



