1^4 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



strengthening the animal spirits." — Hooker and 

 Arnott. 

 SerpyVlum, Pliny. L. for Wild Thj^me. G. name her- 

 l^yllos, derived from heiyo, I creep ; the L. seiyo, I 

 crawl, and rejyo, having the same meaning, are both 

 from this root. 



Til'ia, Pliny. L. for the Lime-tree. 



Till^'a. Named in honour of Michael Angelo Tilli, an 

 Italian botanist, born 1655. He was Professor of 

 Botany at Pisa, and author of ' Horti Pisani Cata- 

 logus' (Catalogue of the Pisa Garden), with fifty 

 plates. He died at Pisa in 1740. 



Tofield'ia. Named by Hudson in honour of Mr. Tofield, 

 a Yorkshire botanist. 



Tordyl'ium, Dioscorides. G. torclylion. 



Toril'is, Adanson. Meaning of the name not known ; probably, 

 like many of Adanson' s names, it has no meaning. 

 Anthris'cus, Pliny. Has been supposed to have meant 

 cultivated Chervil. 



Teagopo'gon, Dioscorides. From G. trago, goat, and 

 pogon, a beard ; from the bearded fruit. 



Trichom'anes, Dioscorides. G. trichoma, a growth of 

 hair; because it was supposed to restore the hair. 

 *' The lie wherin it hath beene sodden, or laid 

 to infuse, is good to wash the head, causing the 

 scurffe and scales to fall off, and haire to growe in 

 places that are pild and bare." — Gerard. This name 

 was not formerly given to the Bristle Fern, but to 

 the Maidenhairs. Lonicerus tells us that " Tricho- 

 manes is Polytrichum of the apothecaries, which 

 name is common to all species of Adiantum, as 

 Trichomanes is also a species of Adiantum." He 

 applies the name particularly to our common Maiden- 

 hair Spleenwort, and this seems to have been the 



