200 NAMES OF TLANTS. 



succi'sa. See Scabiosa Succisa. 



succis^efo'lia ; succi&a-leaved. 



sufFoca'tum ; suffocated, applied to a small Trefoil. 



supi'num ; supine, or lying on the back ; a name given to 



the dwarf Cudweed (Gnaphalium) by Linneus. 

 sylvat'icus ; pertaining to a wood, sllva. 

 sylves'tris; living in woods. Silva is accounted more 



correct than sylva, though botanically sylva is the 



more usual form; yet we have Evelyn's "Silva," a 



discourse on Forest trees. 

 *sys'tyla ; styles united ; name given to a kind of Eose : the 



two Greek words are sy(n), together ; and stylos, a 



column. 



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tanacetifo'lia ; tanacetum, or tansy-leaved. 



taraxacifo'lia ; taraxacum, or dandelion-leaved. 



tecto'rum ; of roofs. 



temulen'tum ; drunken, with reference to the effects. 



tenella; rather slender. 



tenuiflo'rus ; slender-flowered. 



tenuifo'lius ; slender-leaved. 



ten'uis ; slender. 



tenuis'simum ; most slender. 

 *tephrosan'thus, from te]phra, ashes (sprinkled over the 

 head and clothes in token of grief) ; and anthos, 

 flower, or ash-besprinkled flower; a name well 

 given to the Monkey Orchis, from the prevailing 

 ash -colour of its flowers. 



teretius'cula ; rather terete, i. e. rounded ; applied to a 

 kind of Carex, of which the straw is roundish, most 

 of the sedges having three-cornered stems. 



terres'tre ; pertaining to the land. 



