BOTANICAL NAMES 97 



out, as the leaf and stem of an onion. A second 



hot. name. 

 Flabellatus (flab-el -la-tus). L. " Flabellum " (a fan); 



i.e., fan-like; from the leaf being- fan or wedge 



shaped. Second bot. name. 

 Flag. Welsh. " Llac." Is the Eng. name for two 



different plants, Yellow Flag (an Iris) and Sweet 



Flag, Acorus group. 

 Flammula (flam-mu-la). L. "A small flame "; refers 



to the redness caused by the leaves on the skin. 



A second bot. name. 

 Flavum (fla-vum). 

 Flavescens (fla-ves-ens). 

 Flavescum (fla-ves-kum). L. adj., all three meaning 



" yellow," but in varying degrees. Second bot. 



names. 

 Flavicornis (fla-vi-cor-nis). L. " Flavus " (yellow); 



" cornis " (horned). Second bot. name for variety 



of Dog Violet. 

 Flax. A.S. " Fleax." Eng. name for Linaceae 



family, and also one of its groups. 

 Flea Bane. "Bane" is A.S. for "killer." There 



are two Flea-banes one belongs to Inula group; 



the other to Erigeron. 

 Flexile (fleks-il). L. adj., "bent." A second bot. 



name. 

 Flexuosa (fleks-u-osa). L. adj., " bending alternate 



ways." Second bot. name. 

 Flixweed. Eng. name for Sisymbrium Sophia. Flix 



means " flux." The seeds were used for dysentry. 



So highly did the herbalists value this plant that 



they called it " The Wisdom (Sophia) of the Sur- 

 geons." Hence its second bot. name. 



