34 BOTANICAL NAMES 



applied from a fancied resemblance in the shape 



of leaf to the ear of animals. 

 Auriculate (awr-ik-u-late). L. " Auriculus " (a little 



ear) ; applied to leaves and stipules having at their 



base two small ear-like lobes. 

 Auriculafolia (awr-i'k-u-la-fol-ia). L. "Auricula " and 



" folia " (a leaf) ; plant having its leaf like that of 



the auricula. 

 Aurita (awr-e-ta). L. " Auris " (the ear); eared. 



Second bot. name for Round Eared Willow. 

 Australis (aws-tra-lis). L. adj., southern. 

 Jlutophyllogeny (aw-to-fil-oj-ni). G. " Auto " (self); 



" phullon " (leaf) ; " geneo " (producing) ; one leaf 



growing out of another, as seen in some of the 



Ferns. 



Autumnalis (aw-tum-na-lis). L. adj., in the autumn. 

 Avellana. L. After Avella, a town of Campania 



abounding in nuts, whence nuts have been called 



" avellinae. " 

 Avena (av-ena). L. name for Oats. Bot. name for 



Oat group of Grasses. 

 Avens (av-enz). Eng. name for Guem group; is from 



Welsh " afans," the name given to the Herb 



Bennet. 



Avenaceum (av-en-a-shum). L. adj., oat-like. 

 Aviculare (a-vik-u-la-re). L. " Aviculus " (a little 



bird) ; because small birds are fond of the seeds of 



this Knotweed. 

 Avignon-Berries. The berries of the Buckthorn 



(Rhamnus). The juices of the different kinds of 



Buckthorn are the raw material from which artists 



and calico printers get yellow and green colours. 



