164 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



Saussu'rea. Named in honour of Horace Benedict de 

 Saussure, an eminent naturalist of Geneva, where he 

 was philosophical professor for 25 years. He was 

 born 1740, and died 1799. 



Saxif'eactA, Pliny. L. sax, stone, and /ra^/, break; from its 



reputed medicinal properties, in calculus diseases; 



according to Theis, by analogy, from the species 



rooting into rocks and breaking them up. 



Ge^im, see the genus. The name was applied to this plant 



by Magnol, and by Linneus as a trivial name. 

 Hir' cuius, Clusius. L., a little goat ; name given to this 

 plant by Clusius — " the father of forren simples " as 

 Gerard calls him — in 1611. The French name is 

 (Eil de bouc, or goat's eye. 



ScABio'SA, Brunfels. From L. scabies, for which the plant 

 was a reputed remedy. 

 Columharia, Linneus. From L. columha, a dove. The 

 stem-leaves resemble in their divisions the foot of a 

 pigeon. — Theis. 

 Succi'sa, Fuchs. L., cut off at the lower part, in allusion 

 to the root. This is an old substantive name, which 

 is frequently though incorrectly spelt with a small 

 letter. The plant was once called Succisa Fuchsii. 

 Fuchs does not claim to be the first user of the name, 

 for he says it is to be found in old manuscripts. It 

 is spelt with a capital letter by Linneus. 



Scan'dix, Theophrastus. G. name for some kind of Cher- 

 vil, perhaps for the plant to which we now apply it. 

 Pec'ten, Dodonseus. L., a comb; our English name is 

 Venus' Comb, which is the translation of the old 

 name Pecten Veneris. 



Scheuchze'ria, Linneus. Named in honour of the brothers 

 Scheuchzer, celebrated Swiss botanists (see p. 69). 



Schce'nus, Theophrastus. G. for a rush ; pronounced skeenus. 



