NAMES OF PLANTS. 195 



loba'tum; lobed. 



lolia'cea ; lolium-like ; Lolium, Darnel. 



longifolia ; long-leaved. 



lu'cens; shining. 



lu'cidum ; shining, bright. 



lupuli'na; i^ertaining to a wolf. The meaning I do not 

 clearly understand. It was applied by Linneus 

 to a species of Medick (Black Medick). The meaning 

 may be like the Lupulus. See Liipulus, under 

 HuMULUs, p. 134. 



lu'teo-arbum ; yellow-white. 



lu'teus; yellow. 



M. 



•macrorrhi'zus ; great-rooted. 



macula'tus ; spotted. 



mag'nus; great. 



maja'lis ; (maialis) belonging to May. May is the month 

 dedicated to Maia, of Greek mythology, who was the 

 daughter of Atlas, and the mother of Mercury. The 

 spelling with i orj is very much according to fancy. 

 Some spell Apuleius, Apulejus; Leucoium,Leucojum; 

 John, lohn— pronounced in the German, by the way, 

 (Johan) Yohan ; and the corresponding Arabic name 

 Ja ja (German fashion) is spelt in England Yah ya. 



ma'jor; greater. 



ma'jus; greater. 



margarita'cea ; pearly, margarita, a pearl. 



mari'nus; marine. 



marit'imus ; belonging to the sea. 



mas'cula; male. 



max'imus; greatest. 



me'dius; middle. 



