io 4 BOTANICAL XAMES 



Glabrum (gla-brum). L. adj., "without hairs"; i.e., 

 smooth. A second hot. name. In its English (?) 

 form the adj. " glabrous " is often used in 

 description of plants where " smooth " would be 

 more understandable of the people. 



Gladdon (glad-don). A corruption evidently of 

 " gladyne," as it was called in i4th century. Is 

 another name for Roastbeef plant one of the Iris 

 family. 



Gladiolus (glad-i-o-lus). L. name for a short sword ; 

 refers to the shape of the leaf. Bot. name for a 

 group. 



Glandulosus (glan-du-lo-sus). L. adj., " full of ker- 

 nals." Second bot. name. 



Glass- Wort. The common name for Marsh Samphire. 

 It grows in salt marshes, and contains a large 

 quantity of an impure soda, which was extracted 

 and used in making glass, hence its name. 



Glaucium (glaw-se-um). G. adj., " bluish-grey." Bot. 

 name for a group of Poppy family, and of which 

 Sea Poppy is the only member. The colour of the 

 leaves accounts for the name given to the group. 



Glaucus (glavv-kus). G. adj., " bluish-grey." A 

 second bot. name for many plants. In describing 

 plants having this colour, some writers use 

 " glaucous " when bluish-grey would be better in 

 every way. 



Glaucophyllia (glaw-ko-fil-lia). G. " Glaukos " 

 (bluish grey) ; " phyllia " (leaves) ; from the colour 

 of the leaf. Second bot. name. 



Glaux (glawks). This is the same as " glaucium," but 

 being used as a group name, is spelt differently. 



Glechoma (glek-oma). G. name for someone of the 



