Colutea (a pod-bearing tree) - Kol-lew-
tee-uh: Bladder-senna.
Commelina (for Dutch botanist Kaspar
Commelin) - Kom-el-/ye-nuh: Day-
flower.
Comptonia (for English prelate Henry
Compton) - Komp-to/i-nee-uh:
Sweet-fern.
Conandron (for cone-shaped anthers)
-Kon-and-ron.
Conicosia-Kon-ik-ito/i-see-uh.
Coniogramme-Koh-nee-oh-gram-ee.
Conium (from ancient name for Hem-
lock - Koh-nye-um: Poison-hem-
lock.
Conophytum (cone-plant) - Koh-noff-it-
um: Cone-plant.
Convallaria (valley) - Kon-val-/ay-ree-
uh: Lily-oŁ-the-valley.
Convolvulus (rolling-around) - Kon-
volv-yew-lus: Bindweed.
Cooperia (for English gardener Joseph
Cooper) - Koo-peer-ee-uh: Rain-
lily, Prairie-lily.
Copernicia (for the astronomer Coper-
nicus) - Koh-per-niss-ee-uh.
Coprosma (dung-odor)-Kop-row-muh.
Coptis (cut, as to divided leaves) -
Kop-tiss: Gold-thread.
Cordia (for German botanists E. and
V. Cordus)-Kord-ee-uh.
Cordyline (club-like, as to roots) - Kor-
dil-lye-nee: Dracena.
Corema (for broom, as to its bushy as-
pect)-Koh-reem-uh.
Coreopsis (bug-like, as to its fruit) -
Koh-ree-op-siss: Tickseed.
Coriandrum - Koh-ree-and-rum: Co-
riander (C. sativum).
Coriaria (for leather, as to use of its
leaves in tanning) - Koh-ree-ay-ree-
uh.
Cornus-Korn-us: Dogwood.
Coronilla (little-crown, as to flowers) -
Kor-oh-m7-luh.
Coronopus - Koh-ron-oh-puss: Wart-
cress.
Correa (for Portuguese botanist Correa
de Sena)-Kor-ee-uh.
Cortusa (for Cortusus, botanist of
Padua, Italy)-Kor-roo-suh.
Corydalis (named for crested-lark,
or the lark's spur that is suggested
by the flower)-Koh-n'd-al-iss.
Corylopsis (Hazel-like) - Kor-il-/op-
siss: Winter-hazel.
Corylus - Kor-il-us: Hazelnut, Filbert.
Coryphantha (top-flower)-Kor-ii-anth-
uh.
Corytholoma (for helmet shape of
flowers)-Kor-ith-oh-/o/i-muh.
Cosmos- (harmony) -Koz-moss.
Costus-Kost-ns: Spiral-flag.
Cotinus-Kot-in-us.
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Cotoneaster-Kot-toh-nee-a.st-er.
Cotyledon (cup-shaped hollow) - Kot-il-
leed-on.
Crassula (little-thick as to thickish
leaves)-Krass-yew-luh.
Crataegus (flowering-thorn) - Krat-teeg-
us: Hawthorn, Thorn-apple.
Crepis-Kreep-iss: Hawks-beard.
Crinodendron (lily-tree) - Krye-noh-
den-dron.
Crinodonna (hybrid name for a hybrid
plant, a cross between a crinum and
Amaryllis belladonna) - Krye-noh-
don-uh.
Crinum (the Greek word for lily) - Krye-
num.
Crithmum-Krith-mum: Samphire.
Crocosmia (saffron-odor) - Kroh-kos-
mee-uh: Copper-tip.
Crocus (saffron)-Kroh-kus.
Crossandra (fringe-anther) - Kros-sand-
ruh.
Crotalaria (for rattle, as to seeds in
the pod)-Krot-al-lay-ree-uh: Rattle-
box.
Crucianella (little-cross, as to leaf ar-
rangement) - Kroo-see-an-nell-uh:
Crosswort.
Cryophytum (frigid-plant) - Krye-off-it-
um: Ice-plant.
Cryptanthus (hidden-flower) - Kript-
anth-us.
Cryptogramma (hidden-line, for the spore-
cases under the fronds)-Krip-toh-
gram-uh: Rock-brake.
Cryptomeria (hidden-part, probably as to
cone-seeds within bracts) - Krip-toh-
meer-ee-uh.
Cryptostegia (hidden-roof, as to con-
cealed crown in the corolla tube)-
Krip-toh-steej-ee-uh: Rubber-vine.
Cucumis - Kew-kew-miss: Muskmelon
(C. melo), Cucumber (C. sativus).
Cucurbita - Kew - curb - it- uh: This
genus includes several species of
Gourd, Pumpkin and Squash.
Cuminum-Kew-min-um: Cumin.
Cunila - Kew-nye-luh: Maryland dit-
tany, Stone-mint.
Cunninghamia (after R. Cunningham,
English physician and plant collector)
- Kun-ning-ham-ee-uh: China-fir.
Cuphea (hump, as to a protuberance
on calyx-tube)-Kew-fee-uh.
Cupressus-Kew-press-us: Cypress.
Curculigo (for curculio, a snout beetle
or weevil, as to form of ovary) - Kur-
fcew-lig-oh.
Cyanotis (blue, as to petals) - Sye-an-
noh-liss.
Cyathea (cup, for shape of fronds) - Sye-
ath-ee-uh: Tree-fern.
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