BOTANICAL NAMES 99 



Fragaria (fra-g-a-ri-a). L. " Fragrant " was their 



name for our Strawberry. Is now the bot. name 



for Strawberry group. 

 Fragariastrum (fra-g-a-ri-as-trum). L. " Fragaria ' 



(a strawberry); " astrum," when added to a L. 



word, means " like but not the same thing." A 



second bot. name. 



Fragiferum (fra-gi-fer-um). L. " Fragia " (a straw- 

 berry) ; " ferum " (bearing). A second bot. name. 

 Fragalis (fra=jalis). L. adj., " fragile." A second 



bot. name. 

 Frangula (fran-gu-la). L. "Frango" (to break); 



formerly Frangula was the name for the Alder. It 



is now second bot. name for Alder Buckthorn. 

 Frankenia (frank-en-ia). After Franken, a Swedish 



botanist, who died 1661. Bot. name for a group. 

 Frankeniaceas (frank-en-ia-se-e). L. " Frankenia " 



and ".aceous " (like). Bot. name for the family. 

 Fraxinus (fraks-in-us). L. name for the Ash. Bot. 



name Ash group. 

 Frigida (frij-id-a). L. adj., " cold." A second bot. 



name. 

 Fritillaria (frit-e-la-ri-a). L. " Fritillus " (a dice-box) ; 



because a dice-box often goes with a chequer-board, 



and the blossom is checkered with lines like a 



chequer-board. Bot. name for Fritillary group. 

 Fritillary (frit-e-la-re). Eng. name for above. 

 Frog Bit. A literal translation of second bot. name, 



" morsus-ranae," a plant the only one of 



Hydrocharis group. 

 Frog Orchis. A more popular name for Green Haben- 



aria, Orchid family. 



