and Maria Luisa)-Kar-lew-doh-vye-
kuh Carmichaelia (for Scottish
botanist
Dougald Carmwhael) - Kar-mik-
keel-ee-uh
Carpanthea-Karp-anth-ee-uh
Carpenteria (for Dr William Carpen-
ter ) -Kar-pen-teer-ee-uh Carpinus-
Kar-pye nus Hornbeam Carpobrotus-
Kar-poh-broh-tus Carthamus-Karth-am-
us Carum (classical name for
caraway)-
Kay-rum Carya (classical name for
walnut tree)
Kay-ree-uh Hickory Caryopteris (nut-
wing, as to fruit calyx ) -Kay-ree-op-
ter-iss Blue-beard Caryota (nut, as to
fruit) - Kay-ree-
oh-tuh Fish-tail palm Cassia-Kass-
ee-uh Senna. Cassinia-Kass-sm-ee-uh
Cassiope (for mythical Cassiopeia) -
Kass-sye-oh-pee. Castanea (the
classical name) - Kast-
tav-nee-uh Chestnut Castanopsis
(chestnut-like) - Kast-an-
nop-siss Castilleja (for Spanish
botanist Castil-
lejo) - Kast-il-lee-yuh Painted-cup
Casuarina (for supposed resemblance
of its twigs to cassowary feathers)-
Kass - yew - uh - rye - nuh Beefwood,
She-oak, Australian-pine Catalpa-
Kat-tal-puh Catananche - Kat-an-wan-
kee. Cupids-
dart Catesbaea (for English naturalist
Mark
Catesby) - Kat-es-bee-uh or Kayts-
bee-uh- Lily-thorn Catha-Kayth-uh
Cattleya (for English botanist William
Cat t ley) -Kat-lee-uh Caulophyllum
(stem-leaf) - Kaw-loh-
fill-um Blue cohosh Ceanothus
(classical name for a
thistle) -See-an-nohth -us Cecropia-
Sek-kroh-pee-uh Cedrela (from cedrus,
the cedar, whose
wood it resembles)-Sed-rel-uh
Cedronella (diminutive of cedrus, the
cedar, which it resembles as to odor)
-Sed-ron-nell-uh Canary-balm
Cedrus-Sed-rus Cedar. Celastrus-Sel-
last-rus Celmisia-Sel-miz-ee-uh Celosia
(burning, as to fiery color or
dry, as to lasting flowers)-Sel-loh-
see-uh Coxcomb
Celsia (for Swedish botanist Olaf Cel-
sius ) -Sell-see-uh Celtis-Sell-tiss
Hackberry Centaurea - Sen-taw-ree-
uh (This
large genus includes the basket-
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flower, dusty-miller, and cornflower
or bachelors-button, and knapweed )
Centaurium - Sen-taw-ree-um Cen-
taury Centradenia (spur-gland, as of
anthers)
-Sen-trad-dee-nee-uh Centranthus
(spur-flower)-Sen-tranth-
us Centropogon (spur-beard, as to
fringed
stigma)-Sen-troh-poh-gon
Cephalanthus (spur-head hence flowers
in heads) - Sef-al-anth-us Button-
bush Cephalaria (head, as to flower
clusters)
-Sef-al-lay-ree-uh Cephalocereus
(head-cereus, for woolly
top)-Sef-al-oh-seer-ee-us
Cephalotaxus (for taxus- or yew-like
appearance and flowers in heads)-
Sef-al-oh-tax-us Plum-yew
Cerastium (horned, as to shape of pod)
-Ser-rass-tee-um Ceratopteris
(horned-fern) - Ser-at-
top-ter-iss Water-fern, Floating-fern.
Ceratostigma (horned-stigma) - Ser-
at-oh-stig-muh Ceratozamia (horned,
as to scales, see
Zamia)-Ser-at-oh-zay mee-uh
Cercidiphyllum (cercis-hke leaf)-Ser-
sid-if-fill-um Katsura-tree
Cercidium-Ser-iirf-ee-um Cercis-Ser-
siss Redbud, Judas-tree. Cercocarpus
(for its long-tailed fruit)
-Ser-koh-karp-us Mountain-mahog-
any
Cereus-Seer-ee-us Cerinthe (beeswax,
as in the flower)-
Ser-rinth-ee Honeywort Ceropegia
(wax-fountain, as to flower
appearance)-Ser-oh-peej-ee-uh.
Cestrum-Sest-rum Chaenomeles (split-
apple) - Kee-noh-
meel-tez Flowering-quince
Chaenostoma (gaping-mouth, as to coral
la)-Kee noss-tom-uh Chaerophyllum
(scented-leaf) - Kee-
roh-^//-um Chervil (one of two
kinds) Chamaecyparis (dwarf-cypress,
as to
resemblance) - Kam-ee-sip-ar-iss.
False cypress Chamaedaphne (ground-
laurel, for its
habit and evergreen leaves) - Kam-
ee-daf-nee Leather-leaf Chamaedorea
(dwarf-gift) - Kam-ee-
doli ree-uh Chamaelirum (dwarf-lily)
- Kam-ee-
lihr-ee-um Blazing-star, Fairy-wand.
Chamaerops (dnarf-shrub) - Kam-
mee-rops
Charieis (elegant) - Kay-ree-iss.
Cheilanthes (lip-flower) - Kye-lanth-
eez Lip-fern
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