NAMES OF PLANTS. 1^3 



Teu'crium, Dioscorides. Named from an ancient king of 

 Troy called Teucer, who is said to have first employed 

 this plant medicinally. 

 Bofrys, Dioscorides. G., a bunch of grapes. 

 Chamce'drys, Dioscorides. G. cliamce^ on the ground, 

 and drySi an Oak. Applied by Dioscorides to 

 Germander. 

 Scor'dium, Dioscorides. G. scorodon, Garlic. 

 Scorodo'nia, Cordus. The same derivation as the last. 

 The former is the Garlic germander, and the latter 

 the Garlic sage, of Gerard. 



Thalic'trum, Dioscorides. From G. thallo, I flourish, or 

 shoot out. 



The'sium, Theophrastus. Named from Theseus, a king of 

 Athens, b.c. 1235, one of the most celebrated heroes 

 of antiquit3\ Festivals and games were instituted to 

 his memory, and these were still celebrated with their 

 original solemnity in the age of Pausanias and Plu- 

 tarch, about 1200 years after his death. Sprengel 

 says that the Thesion of Pliny is the Thesium lino- 

 phyllum of modern Botany, but from Pliny's descrip- 

 tion there seems little ground for this opinion. The 

 G. theseion was some plant used to form the crown 

 competed for at the games (called Theseia) just 

 mentioned. 



Thlas'pi, Dioscorides. From G. thlao, I flatten ; on 

 account probably of its compressed seed-vessels. 



Thrin'cia. From G. thrincos, a battlement; from the 

 resemblance of the seed-crown of the marginal florets 

 to the battlements of a wall. 



Thymus, Theophrastus. G. thymos, perhaps from thyod, I 

 make fragrant, but the most usual derivation is from 

 tliyo, I excite; from its reputed medicinal properties; 

 or from " thymos, the heart, from its balsamic odour 



