90 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Caoba. See Swietenia macrophylla. 



Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze. Pelo de macho. Poaceae. 



A small widely distributed grass. 

 Carbon Colorado. See Cupania macrophylla. 

 Carboncillo. See Matayoa (?) sp. 

 Caricillo. See Ischaemum latifolium. 

 Carizo. See Lasiacis sorghoidea. 

 Casearia corymbosa H. B. K. Vara blanca. Flacourtiaceae. 



A small tree with close clusters of white flowers. 

 Cassia alata L. Barajo. (Plate 30.) Fabaceae. 



A shrub with yellow flowers, forming a cluster of radiating pods in fruit. An 

 infusion of the root is used for rheumatism, and is also a powerful drastic. 



Explanation of Plate 30. — Cassia alata, from Palmer 201 (leaves), Mexico, and Cook 

 & Boyle 48 (fruit), Costa Rica. Natural size. 



Cassia fistula L. CANAFfsTOLA. Fabaceae. 



A tree with simply pinnate leaves and drooping racemes of large yellow 

 flowers. An infusion of the beans is used as a medicine for fevers. 

 Cassia laevigata Willd. Frijolillo. Fabaceae. 



An herb with yellow flowers. The seeds are used for coffee. The plant is 

 steamed and applied to the body for sickness, especially in women. 

 Cassia tora L. Ejotil. Fabaceae. 



Castilla fallax Cook. Hule chirrio. Ttjno. Moraceae. 



Caulote. See Guazuma ulmifolia. 



Cecropia sp. Gttartjmo. Moraceae. 



Cedrela longipes Blake. Cedro. Meliaceae. 



A tree up to nearly 30 meters high and 0.8 meter in diameter. The wood is 

 used for furniture and for house building. 

 Cedro. See Cedrela longipes. 

 Ceibillo. See Zanthoxylum sp. 

 Cenicero. See Iresine arbuscula. 



Cerezo. See Miconia schlimii, also Neea psychotrioides. 

 Chacotote. See Croton repens. 



Chamaedorea concolor Mart. Pacaya. Phoentcaceae. 



Chamaedorea ernsti-augusti Wendl. Pacaya guarita. Phoenicaceae. 



Chaparro. See Curatella americana. 

 Chaperno. See Andira inermis. 

 Chaptalia nutans (L.) Polak. Valeriana. Asteraceae. 



A composite with a tuft of basal leaves, green above and white-woolly beneath, 

 and one or two long-stalked heads with reddish-purple rays and creamy center. 

 The root is used medicinally. 

 Chapupo. See Tabernaemontana amblyMasta. 

 Chelonan thus acutangulus (Ruiz & Pa v.) Gilg. Tabaquillo. Gentian aceae. 



A tall herb with green tubular flowers, found only in the mountains. 

 Chichipate. See Sweetia panamensis. 

 Chichipln. See Hamelia erecta. 

 Chile del monte. See Stenorrhynchus sp. 

 Chilillo. See Polygonum punetatum. 

 Chipilin de la montana. See Crotalaria sagittalis. 

 Chirca. See Croton ciliato-glandulosus, also C. xalapensis. 

 Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaud. Mora. Moraceae. 



A sparsely spiny tree up to 20 meters high, used as a dyewood. 

 Chozo. See Licania hypoleuca. 



