166 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



manner of squatting on rocks, walls, or roofs, with 

 scarcely any soil. 

 RhocViola, or Rliodiola, Linneus. The old name was 

 Ehodia radix, Eose-root. " Some haue thought it 

 hath taken the name Rhoclia of the Hand in the 

 Medeterranean sea, called Khodes : hut doubtlesse it 

 tooke his name Rhoclia radix, of the root, which 

 smelleth like a Eose : in English Eose roote, and 

 Eose woort." — Gerard. See Eosa. Rhodi, of a 

 Eose, ola, smelling. 

 Tele'phium, Dioscorides. G. name for the Orpine ; from 

 Telephus, a son of Hercules, and king of Mysia. 



Selaginel'la. Diminutive of Selago, an old name for 

 Lye op odium. 



SemperviVum, Pliny. L., semper, always, and vivum, living. 



Senebie'ra. Named in honour of Jean Senebier, a physio- 

 logist of Geneva, who died there in 1809. 

 Coron'opus, Theophrastus. See under Plantago. 



Senec'io, Pliny. From L. senex, an old man ; on account 

 of the hoary appearance of some of the species. See 

 Erigeron. 

 Jacohcd^a. From L. Jacobus, James ; St James'-wort. 



Serrat'ula, Pliny. From L. serratiis, saw-shaped; alluding 

 to the margins of the leaves. 



Ses'eli, Dioscorides. G. and L. name for Meadow Saxi- 

 frage. 



Sesle'ria. Named after Leonard Sesler, an Italian physi- 

 cian and botanist. 



Seta'ria. From L. seta, a bristle; on account of the 

 involucre of bristles surrounding the sj)ikelets. 



Sherard'ia, Dillenius. Named in honour of William 

 Sherard, D.C.L., F.E.S., who was born 1658, at 

 Bushby, in Leicestershire. He studied Botany under 

 Tournefort, and travelled much on the continent. 



