1 26 HABITS AND LATIN NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS. 
a field for the inquiries of the plysiologist, as the elegance, wonderful variety, and 
splendid colouring of their forms present to the admiration of the zoologist. 
Nuneham House , Cheltenham :, 
July 8, 1839. 
ON THE HABITS AND PECULIARITIES OF BRITISH PLANTS, 
AND ON THE DERIVATIONS OF THEIR LATIN NAMES. 
By T. B. Hall. 
(Continued from p. 82.) 
Corallorhiza. —From xopoiMuov , coral, and a root, from the curious 
structure of the root. 
Corallorhiza innata , Spurless Coral-root.—The root, when beginning to dry, 
exhales the sweet and powerful scent of Vanilla, which is not entirely lost after 
the specimens have been preserved for twenty years. 
Coriandrum. —K opixvtigov, from a pupil, and omp, a man, because of its 
roundness, like the pupil of a man’s eye. According to Dr. Withering, from 
K opts, a Bug, the leaves when bruised smelling like that insect. 
Coriandrum sativum , Common Coriander.—The leaves have a very strong and 
disagreeable scent, but in some countries they are used in soups and salads. The 
seeds are grateful to the taste, and, incrusted with sugar, are sold by the con¬ 
fectioners under the name of coriander comfits. The seeds are employed by 
rectifiers of spirits for cordial drinks, and by brewers, both in England and 
Holland, to flavour their strongest beer. 
Cornus .—From cornu , a horn; as applicable to the hard compact texture of 
the wood. 
Cornus sanguinea , Dogwood Hound’s-berry (as denoting fruit of an inferior 
quality), Prickwood (from its use in making skewers), Gatten-tree, Bloody-twig, 
Wild Cornel-tree.—The flowers are not very showy; but the variety of red, 
yellow, and umber tints which the foliage affords in the Autumn, and the 
beautiful red colour of the young branches during the Winter months, fully 
compensate for any want of splendour in its blossoms. The berries are bitter 
and styptic; they dye purple; and the fleshy part of them abounds in oil, which 
in many parts of the Continent is extracted by boiling and pressure, both for 
burning and for table use. The wood is hard, and is made use of for cart timber 
and rustic instruments, for mill-cogs, spokes, lace-bobbings, butchers’ skewers, 
