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LIST OF TUK 



SUBSTANTIVE NAMES OF BKITISII PLANTS, 



Including those Specific ones which are old Substantive 

 Names, and are spelt v/ith a Capital Letter ; with 

 their Derivation and Meaning. 



A^CER, Pliny. L. for the maple tree ; meaning sharp or 



hard. Ac, Keltic, in reference to the natm-e of the 



wood. 

 Pseu'do-iolat'anus, Linneus.* G., loseucl, false, and platanos, 



a plane tree. 

 Ac'eras, Pt. Brown. G., a without, and ceras, horn ; because 



it is without nectary. 

 Achille'a, Theophrastus ; after Achilles, who is said to have 



first discovered that it healed wounds. 

 Millefo'lium, Tragus. L., mille, a thousand, and folium, 



a leaf; from the minute divisions of the leaf. 

 Ptar'mica, Fuchs. G., causing to sneeze (sneezewort). 

 Acoxi'tum, Dioscorides ; derivation doubtful. Some suj^pose 



from the town Acone, in Bithynia, near to which it 



was said to grow in great abundance ; others because 



it was said to grow upon naked rocks, called aconce ; 



and others from akon, a dart, because used to poison 



such weapons. 

 KapeVlus, Dodon^eus. Diminutive of L., najnis, a turnip ; 



referring to the form of its roots. 



'■' Tlie sycamore was called Platunus Ly Tragus. 



