NAMES OF PLANTS. 139 



the name to its property of allaying palpitation of the 

 heart. The G. word cardiacos refers both to the heart 

 and the stomach. The name was an of&cinal one. 



Lepid'ium, Fuchs. G., lejJ, scale ; from the form of the 

 little pouches, or seed-vessels ; or, as Fuchs reports, 

 because it removes scales and spots from the face. 

 Dra'ha. See earlier. 



Leptu'eus, E. Brown. G., lept, slender, and our, tail; 

 referring to the slender spikes. 



Leuco'jum, Dioscorides. G,, leuc, white, and ion, violet. 



Ligus'ticum, Dioscorides. Named from Liguria, where it 

 abounds. 



Ligus'trum, Pliny. L., lig, bind; on account of the branches 

 having been sometimes used for such purposes. 



Lil'ium. L. for Lil}^ in G. leirion ; a very ancient name, of 

 which the origin is unknown. 



Limnanth'emum. G., limn, marshy lake, and anthemum, 

 flower. 



Limosel'la, Linneus. L., Umiis, mud; the plant growing 

 in muddy places. 



Lina'ria, Tournefort. From lin, flax ; from the resemblance 

 of the leaves of some species to those of flax, as 

 Linaria vulgaris, which we call Toad-flax. 

 Cymbala'ria, Matthiolus. From L., cymbalum, a cj^mbal. 

 Dioscorides gives this name to his second species of 

 Cotyledon, which is our London Pride. There was 

 a good deal of confusion in the use of the name 

 " Navel-wort," in various Latin forms : thus Fuchs 

 says it was one name for Sow-bread (Cj^clamen), and 

 Dodonseus as a name of Pennywort (Hydrocotyle). 

 Matthiolus points out that this plant, in his time 

 commonly called Cybalaria, is not the Cymbalaria 

 mentioned by Dioscorides. He gives pictures of the 

 three plants, viz., first and second kinds of Cot3'ledon 

 of Dioscorides, and Cymbalaria. See Cotyledon. 



