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HABITS AND LATIN NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS. 
it creeps about and scatters itself in the fields. Some derive it from yuxw, 
invenio ; on account of its being so readily found, or so common. 
Cichorium Intybus , Wild Succory, Cichory, or Endive.—The root roasted is a 
substitute for coffee in some parts of Germany, and is said, when simply dried, 
to have served to make bread. The herb, in a luxuriant cultivated state, is an 
excellent early fodder for Horses and Cows. It belongs to the same family as 
the Garden Endive, and by some botanists has been supposed to be the same 
plant in an uncultivated state; but the Endive commonly used as a salad, is an 
annual, or at most a biennial plant, and its parent is now known to be Cichorium 
endivia. 
Cicuta. — Cicuta was a term given by the Latins to those spaces between the 
joints of a Reed of which their pipes were made; and the stem of this plant is 
similarly marked by hollow articulations. Some old authors state it to be derived 
44 quasi ccecutaf blind, because it destroy s the sight of those who use it. 
Cicuta virosa , Water Cowbane, Long-leaved Water Hemlock.'— Pulteney 
describes it as 44 the most virulent of all our English productions.” It has been 
generally considered destructive to Man and beast; but Goats have long been 
known to devour it with impunity. Early in the Spring, w r hen it grows in 
water, Cows often eat it, and are killed by it; but as the Summer advances, and 
its scent becomes stronger, they carefully avoid it. 
Cineraria. —From cineres , ashes; from the grey or ashen colour of the downy 
or woolly leaves and stem in some species. 
Circcea. —Named after Circe, the enchantress; either from the prettiness of 
its flowers, or probably because it was used in magical incantations during the 
darker ages. According to Boerhaave, the name originated from the fruit, 
which is clothed with hooked bristles, laying hold on the clothes of passengers, 
and drawing them to it, as Circe was fabled to do by her enchantments. 
Cistopteris. —Name compounded of xt<flos y a bladder, n reps, a Fern ; the indu- 
siums being like bladders. 
Cladium .—Named from a branch; probably from the many branches 
bearing spikelets. 
Cladium mariscus , Prickly Twig-rush, or Bog-rush.—-Mr. Crowe observes 
that it is so plentiful on the moors near Cambridge, that it is commonly used 
in that town for lighting fires. It serves for thatching instead of straw, and often 
grows in such quantities in pools as to form floating islands. 
Clematis. —From kA^to*-, a Vine-twig, or tendril; from its climbing 
or clasping propensity. 
Clematis vitalba , Traveller’s-joy, Virgin’s-bower. Wild Clematis.—Thus named 
by Gerarde in 1597 :— 44 Traueilers Joie, as decking and adorning waies and 
hedges, where people travell; Virgin’s Bower, by reason of the goodly shadowe 
