BOTANICAL NAMES 79 



Daisy. Corruption of A.S. " daeges eage " (day's 



eye). Eng. name for the only plant Bellis group. 

 Dalechamp (da-le-shamp). A French botanist, who 



died about 1588. 

 Damascena (dam-a-se-na). L. adj., " of Damascus," as 



the Damson tree was called. Second bot. name for 



one of the many varieties of Tea-leaved Willow. 

 Damson. Eng. corruption of Damascus. The 



Damascus plum was called " Damson." 

 Damsonium (dam-son-i-um). L. name for some sort of 



water plant, but now used as the bot. name for a 



group of the Alisma family. 

 Dandelion (dan-di-li-on). Eng. corruption of the French 



rendering of L. " dens-leonis " (lions' teeth), which 



it received from the resemblance of the jagged 



points of its leaf to the teeth of a lion. Eng. name 



of Taraxicum group. 

 Dancwort. Eng. name for Dwarf Elder, said only to 



grow where blood has been shed in battle or in 



murder. It gets " Dane " because wherever the 



Danes fought there the plant grows abundantly. 

 Danicus (dan-i-kus). L. " Danae " was the name of 



a sort of Butchers' Broom. Now used as a second 



bot. name. 

 Daphne (daf-ne). G. name of a Nymph, who was 



changed into a laurel to escape from Apollo. Bot. 



name for the only group in Daphne family. 

 Daphnoides (daf-noi-des). G. " Daphne " (see above) ; 



" oides " (like); i.e., laurel-like. A second bot. 



name. 

 Darnel (dar-nel). Eng. name for a grass of Lolium 



group; gets its name "Darnel" from an old 



