BOTANICAL NAMES 35 



Avium (a-vi-um). L. " Avis " (a bird). Second bot. 



name of Birdcherry. 

 Awl-Shaped. Leaves thick at the base, tapering to a 



point like the shoemaker's tool, an awl, are said 



to be " awl-shaped." 

 Awl- Wort. Eng. translation of bot. name " subu- 



laria " for a group. 

 Awn. Swedish. " Agn " (a stiffish bristle); like that 



at the end of barley. 

 Axil (aks-il). L. "Axilla" (the armpit); the angle, 



on the upper side, formed by a leaf or stalk with 



the stem. 

 Axillaris (aks-il-a-ris). A bot. term, growing in the 



" axil." 

 Azalea (a-za-le-a). G. " Azo " (dry); refers to plant 



liking a dry soil. 



B 

 Baccata (bak-ka-ta). L. adj., having berries from 



" bacca " (a berry). 



Badius (bad-i-us). L. for a bay-brown colour. 

 Baldmoney (bawld-mun-i). Eng. name for Meum. 



Said to be a corruption of L. " valde bona," i.e., 



good money. 

 Ballota (ball-ot-a). G. " Ballote " (to reject); on 



account of the disagreeable smell of the plant. 



Name for one of the groups. 

 Balm (bam). Eng. name for Melittis. 

 Balsam (bawl-sam). G. " Balsamon " (name for the 



plant). Eng. name for Impatiens group. 

 Bane Berry (ban-ber-i). Eng. name for Actaea group. 



Gets its name bane from A.S. " bana " (murder), 



because of the deadly poison of the plant. 



