142 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



bird-lime (made from it). Lobel calls this plant 

 Viscaria, and Gerard calls it in English " Catch-fly, 

 or Bird-lime-wort." 



Lycopod'ium, or po'dium, Clusius. G., lycOy wolf, snidpodion, 

 little foot ; alluding to the appearance of the branches 

 of some of the species. 

 SeWgo, Dillenius. G., sela, shining. 



Lycop'sis, Dioscorides. G., lye, wolf, and ojms, a face; 

 because of some fancied resemblance of the flowers 

 to a wolfs face. 



Ly'copus, Fuchs. G., lyco, wolf, and 2^ous, foot ; from the 

 shape of the leaves. 



Lysima'chia, Dioscorides. Lysi, dissolving, and mache, 

 battle. Loose-strife ; because it was said to appease 

 the strife of oxen at the i^lough if put about their yokes; 

 or others say that it is named in honour of Lysima- 

 chus, a king of Macedonia, who was killed in battle 

 281 years before Christ, in the 80th year of his age. 

 He is said to have discovered the virtues of the plant. 

 Nummula'ria, Dodonseus. From L., nummus, coin; 

 Moneywort or Herb Twopence; from the shape of the 

 leaves. Fuchs mentions the name, but himself calls 

 the plant Centum morbia (a hundred diseases), on 

 account of its great medicinal repute. 



Lyth'rum, Linneus. G., lythron, blood ; it is said from the 

 colour of the flowers. 

 Salica'ria, Tournefort. Like a Willow, L., salix. Willow- 

 herb. This plant was formerly classed along with 

 the Willow-herbs, which were then called Lysi- 

 machia, and this particular one Lysimachia purpurea 

 spicata. 



Maianth'emum, Moench. G., mai, May, and anthemon, a 

 flower. 



