170 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



imported into this coimtiy by the paper-makers. 



This is the Stipa tenacissima of Linneus. 

 Specula'eia. L. S2)eculum, a mirror, usually of burnished 



metal ; on account of the shape of the flowers. 

 Sper'gula, Dodonseus. From L. sjxirgo, I scatter; the 



seeds being widely dispersed. Spergula arvensis is 



a troublesome weed of corn-fields. 

 Spergula'eia. Named from resembling Spergula. 

 Spir^'a, Theophrastus. Derivation uncertain. 

 Filipend'tda, Dodonseus. From L. Jili, thread, and peoi- 



clula, hanging; because the knobby roots of the 



Dropwort hang, as it were, by threads. 

 Ulma'ria, Dodonseus. From L. ulmus, an Elm-tree ; the 



leaves being something like those of an Elm. 



Dodonseus gives Ulmaria as a common name for 



our Meadow-sweet, but the name that he uses is 



"Eegina prati," i.e., Queen of the Meadow. 

 SpiPtAN^THES. G. sj^eir, a thing twisted or wound round, and 



anthos, flower ; referring to the twisted inflorescence. 

 Stach'ys, Dioscorides. G. stachys, a spike, or ear of corn ; 



the name given from the general appearance of the 



flower spikes of these plants. 

 Stat'ice, Dalechamps. From G. staticos, causing to stop ; 



having been employed from its astringent qualities to 



check dysentery. 

 Limo'nmm, Dioscorides. G. It was formerly applied to 



the Winter-green, as well as to Sea Lavender. The 



G. word limonios means pertaining to a meadow, or 



any moist grassy place. 

 Stella'kia, Brunfels. From L. Stella, a star ; on account 



of the star-like form of the flowers. 

 Holos'tea. See Holosteum. 

 Stratio'tes, Dioscorides. G. name for a soldier. The 



Stratiotes of Dioscorides is not our Water Soldier, 



