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Locust — prob. fr. the L. locusta, the insect-locust. The common name of 

 several of the Leguminosae owing to the character of the flowers. 



lucida — L. (bright or shining) f r. htx, light through lucere, to shine ; refer- 

 ring to the shining leaves of Salix lucida. 



iutea — • L. (pale yellow) fr. lutuni. mud or clay; referring to the color of 

 the bark of Betula hitea. 



Madura — L. L. for the surname Maclure, and named for Wm. Maclure, 

 the American geologist. 



macrocarpa — • L. L. (large-fruit) fr. the Gr. //aA7)oc, large, and /crapTroc, seed, 

 from Kopfu to dry; referring to the large acorns of Qnercus macrocarpa. 



Magnolia — ■ L. for the surname Magnol, and named for Peter Magnol, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany at Montpelier, in the 17th century. 



Mahaleb — ■ direct from the Persian. The fruit of the tree was used in the 

 manufacture of perfumes. This common name became the specific name 

 of Frnnus Mahalel). 



Malus — L. (apple) the common name fr. the Gr. /i>//ov through the Doric 



Maple — fr. the A. S. mapul, perhaps allied to the Ger. masshold. The 



common name of Acer. 

 mariana — ^ the specific name of Picea mariana. (?) 

 marilandica — L. L. (Mars-land) ; referring to the geographical habitat of 



Quercus marilandica. 

 maximum — L. (largest) sup. of magnus, large; referring to the size of 



Rhododendron maxi^nutii. 

 Mazzard — fr. O. H. G. masar, a knot or maple wood, through the Fr. maser 



and the M. E. maser. The common name of Prtmus avium. 

 Michauxii — L. L. for the surname Michaux ; referring to Francois Michaux, 



tlie botanist. Name given to Qnercus and Tilia Michauxii. 

 microcarpa — L. (small seed) fr. the Gr. fjihfx'ic. small, and KapTroc, seed; refer- 



ing to the small seeds of Carya microcarpa. 

 minima — ■ L. (smallest) sup. of minor, small; used as a sjmonym for Carya 



cordiformis. 

 minor — L. (small) referring to the small stature of Quercus minor (stel- 



lata). 

 mitis — • L. (pliant or Aveak) referring to the flexible spines on the cones of 



Finns echinata. (?) 

 monilifera — • L. (necklace bearing) fr. monile, a necklace, and ferre, to bear; 



referring to the pendulus amcnts of Populus monilifera (deltoides) . 

 MocTcer nut — The common name of Carya tomcntosa. (The word mocker 



may refer to a similarity of the fruit to that of Carya ovata.) 

 Moms — • L. (the mulberrs-) fr. the Gr. uopen. 

 Muhlenbergii — L. L. for the surname Miihlenberg, named for G. H. E. Miih- 



lenberg. 

 Mulberry — fr. the L. Morus. which see, through the Fr. mor. and the M. E. 



mool, and berry fr. the Skt. bhas. to eat, through the A S. berge. The 



common name of Morns. 

 multiflora — L. (many-flowered) fr. muUus, many, and flos, flower; referring 



to the flower heads of Nyssa multiilora (sylvatica). 

 Negundo — ■ L. L. from the Malayan common name of Vitex negundo. and 



transferred as a generic name for Acer Negundo, and later as the 



specific name. 

 nigra — L. (black); referring to the color of the wood of Juglans nigra. 



the dark leaves of Picea mariana. and the bark of Quercus marilandicn. 

 Nyssa — L. L. fr. the Gr. waa, a tree named for Bacchus' nurse, and used by 



Linneaus to signify that the tree grew near the water. 

 Oak — fr. the Teut. aik's through the A. S. ac, and the M. E. oke, * the Aryan 



group, i. e., the Gr. aiy-i/.wil\ an oak tree. The common name of Quercus. 

 obtusifoUa — L. (blunt-leaf) fr. ohtundere. to blmit, and folium., leaf; refer- 

 ring to the rounded leaf lobes of Quercus minor. 

 occidentalis — L. (western) fr. occidcre^ to go do^^^l. Name given by Lin- 

 naeus to Thuja — and Celtis occidentalis. 

 odorata — L. (fragrant) fr. the Gr. bc^uAr/; referring to the fragrant foliage 



of Carya microcarpa. 



