HABITS AND LATIN NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS. 
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Ceratophyllum submersum , Floating Horn wort, or Hornweed.—Mr. Purton 
mentions this plant as having suddenly become very abundant in a pond (after 
the process of mudding), wherein it had been unknown before; and conjectures 
that till then the seeds must have been buried too deep for vegetation; a 
circumstance which, doubtless, in many instances, may account for the fluctuating 
appearance of plants. 
Ckcerophyllum. — Xtzgo(pvX\ov, from to rejoice, and QvXXov, a leaf, so called 
from the abundance of the leaves. 
Ckcerophyllum sylvestre , Wild or Smooth Chervil, Cow Parsley .•—The whole 
having the flavour of carrots, is eaten by domestic cattle, and is reported to be 
very grateful to Rabbits. The snow-white flowers, some of the earliest of their 
tribe, plentifully adorn the hedges and bushy margins of fields, in Spring, and 
announce the approach of Summer. The under sides of the leaves frequently 
exhibit the little Fungus Puccinia Chceropkylli , scattered thickly in small round 
dots of a brown colour. 
Ckcerophyllum sativum , Common Chervil.—It is cultivated in gardens as a 
potherb, and, as Father Gerarde has it, “ the sfeedes eaten as a sallade, whilest 
they are yet greene, with oile, vinegar, and pepper, exceede all other sallads by 
many degrees, both in pleasantnes of taste, sweetnesse of smell, and holsomenesse 
for the cold and feeble stomach. The roots are likewise most excellent in a 
sallade, if they be boiled, and after dressed, as the cunning cooke knoweth how 
better than myself.” 
Ckcerophyllum temulentum , Rough Cicely, or Chervil.—The whole plant is sweetish 
and aromatic, acce^able to cattle. Having a spotted stalk, it is sometimes sub¬ 
stituted for Hemlock; and the extract is sold for that of Conium maculatum. 
Cheiranthus. — XsigocvQos, from ^s/p, the hand, and «v9os-, a flower, from the 
likeness of its blossoms to the fingers of a hand. According to Hooker, named 
from the Arabic Kheyry , not, however, originally applied to this genus. 
Cheiranthus Cheiri , Wild Wall-flower, Wall Gilliflower.—This well-known 
and acceptable flower has produced a considerable number of varieties in the 
garden, as the double, easily propagated by slips; and according to Thomson— 
“ The yellow Wall-flower, stained with iron-brown, 
And lavish stock, that scents the garden round.” 
But none which impart a more delightful fragrance than the wild one, to which 
a highly-gifted Northern bard alludes in describing the early days of the a gran- 
dame’s child”— 
“ And well the lonely infant knew 
Recesses where the Wallflower grew. 
I deem’d such nooks the sweetest shade 
The sun in all his round survey’d.” 
Mavmon . 
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