122 BOTANICAL XAMES 



Iricum (ir-ik-um). L. " Hiricus " (smell of a goat). 



Second hot. name. 

 Irio (i-ri-o). Was the L. name of the plant which the 



G. called " Erysimum." Now used as second hot. 



name for the London Rocket. 

 Irideae (i-ri-de-e). Bot. name for the Iris family. 

 Iris (i-ris). G. name for the Rainbow; the name is 



given because the flowers are of so many different 



colours. Bot. name for both a family and a group. 

 Irrigua (ir-rig-u-a). L. adj., "swampy"; where the 



plant grows. Second bot. name. 

 Isatis (is-a-tis). G. name for Woad. Bot. name for 



Woad group. 

 Isnardia (is-nard-ia). After the French botanist Isnard, 



who died 1743. Used as bot. name for a group 



by Linneus for what is now Ludwigia. 

 Isoetes (i-so-e-tes). G. " Iso " (the same) ; " etos " (a 



year); i.e., evergreen. Bot. name Quillwort 



group. 

 Isolepis (i-so-le-pes). G. "Iso" (equal); " lepes " 



(scales) ; refers to the size of the scales on the 



flowers. Is the bot. group name of some botanists 



for Scripus group. 

 Italicum (it-al-i-kum). " Italian " in Latin dress. 



Second bot. name for Italian Rye-grass. 



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Jacob's Ladder. Eng. name for Polemomum Caeru- 

 leum. Said to be so called from the ladder-like 

 look the leaves have of growing. 



Jacob aea (jak-o-be-a). L. for James. Second bot. name 

 for Ragwort, which is also called St. James' Wort. 



