BOTANICAL NAMES 107 



Gorse (gors). A.S. " Gorst " (waste ground); where 



the plant is usually found. See Furze. 

 Gothica (goth-ik-a). Latinized form " of Goths " ; i.e., 



Sweden. Second hot. name. 

 Gourd. L. " Cucurbita," through Old French " gou- 



hourde." Is Eng. name for Cucurbitaceae 



family. 

 Gout Weed. Evidently from its second bot. name, 



Podagraria, which is G. for gout. 

 Gracilis (gas-il-is). L. adj., " thin or slender." A 



second bot. name. 

 Gracilentem (gras-il-en-tem). L. adj., " graceful 



habit." Second bot. name. 

 Gramineae (gram-in-e-e). L. " Gramin " (grass). 



Bot. name for Grass family. Also used as second 



bot. name. 

 Grammites (gram-mi-tes). G. " Grammi " (a line); 



i.e., marked with lines. Bot. name for a group. 



Only found in Jersey. 

 Grape Hyacinth. Eng. name for Muscari Racemosum ; 



called " grape " because the flowers cluster like a 



bunch of grapes. 

 Grass of Parnassus. Is not a grass. It belongs to 



Saxifrage family. Gets its name from having been 



first found on Mount Parnassus in Greece. 

 Grass- Wrack (rak). This is not a grass in the botanic 



sense, but both leaves and flowers are grass-like. 



Gets " wrack " from French " varech " (seaweed), 



which the plant really is. 

 Greek- Valerian (va-le-ri-an). Eng. name for the only 



Polemonium, but why called Valerian, seeing it 



does not belong to that group, is not clear. Mis- 

 named by someone. 



