180 NAMES OP PLANTS. 



Vis'cuM, Pliny. L. for Mistletoe, and also for bird-lime 

 prepared from it; from G. m'os, having the same 

 meaning. It is said to have been originally derived 

 from Keltic givid, the shrub ; on account of the 

 reverence in which it was held by Keltic nations. 



Wahlenbekg'ia. Named in honour of Goran Wahlenberg, 

 M.D., of Upsal, who published in 1813 a * Flora 

 Lapponica,' and other botanical works, including 

 an edition of Linneus' * Flora Suecica.' 



Wolf'fia. Named in honour of J. F. Wolff, who published 

 a work on Lemna in 1801. Wolffia is a separation 

 or split from the genus Lemna. 



WooDs'iA. Named in compliment to Joseph Woods, Esq., 

 author of a ' Monograph of the British Koses,' ' The 

 Tourist's Flora,' &c., who died in 1864. 



Xan'thium, Dioscorides. From G. xanthos, yellow, or fair ; 

 because an infusion of this plant was supposed to 

 improve the colour of the hair. 

 Struma'rmm, An old name for the plant. It is not 

 spelt with a capital letter by Linneus, but by the 

 application of his rules, and his general practice, 

 it should be. " The lesser Burre Docke is called 

 of the Grascians, Xantliion, in Latine Xanthium : in 

 shops, Lapija minor, Lajjpa inuersa, and of diuers, 

 Strumaria." — Gerard. Struma is L. for a scrofulous 

 tumour, and Striimus was a name given by Pliny to a 

 species of Ranunculus used for this complaint. I 

 cannot trace the reason for the application of the 

 name Strumarium to Xanthium. 



Zannichel'lia. Named in honour of John Jerome Zanni- 

 chelli, a Venetian apothecary and botanist. He 



