NAMES OF PLANTS. 193 



given by Linneus to a kind of Milk-vetch. I cannot 

 trace his meaning, 

 hyssopifo'lium ; hyssop-leaved. 



I. 



imbrica'tus ; imbricate, i. e. arranged one over another, like 

 the slates of a house-roof. 



impa'tiens ; impatient. 



inca'nus ; gray, hoary. 



incarna turn ; this name is given to a species of Trefoil, but 

 its meaning is not very apparent : it might mean 

 fleshy, or not fleshy, or reddish coloured, or pro- 

 ducing flesh, being a valuable fodder plant. Trifolium 

 incarnatum is called in English " Crimson Clover," 

 but the flowers are not always crimson ; indeed one 

 of its synonyms is " Trifolium album incarnatum 

 spicatum." It is not an indigenous British plant. 



inci'sum ; cut into. 



incur'va; curved, bent, or bowed. 



infes'ta; troublesome. 



infla'ta; inflated (as the calyx of Bladder-Campion). 



inna'ta ; innate, inborn. I do not trace the exact applica- 

 tion ; the name is given to an orchid called Corallo- 

 rhiza, of which the spur is adnate, or growing to the 

 ovary. 



ino'dora ; not scented. 



interme'dius ; intermediate. 



interrup'ta ; interrupted. 



inunda'tus ; inundated, as growing in a marsh. 



involu'ta; literally, turned inwards or involved, hidden, 

 intricate, obscure. Name given by Smith to a kind 

 of Kose. 



irrig'ua; wet, soaked. 



