BOTANICAL NAMES 123 



Jasione (jas-i-on-e). G. name of some similar plant. 



Now hot. name for a group. 

 Jasminaceae (jas-min-a-se-e). Was the hot. name in the. 



first edition of Bentham and Hooker " British 



Flora " for Olive family. 



Jasmine or Jessamine. Eng. name for Jasminum. 

 Jasminum (jas-min-um). Arabic. " Yasmin " (name 



of the plant). 

 Juncaceae (jung-a-se-e). L. "Juncus " and " aceous " 



(like). Bot. name Rush family. 

 Jungus (jung-kus). L. " Jungo " (to bind); because 



the plants were used for tying- up things. Bot. 



name for Rush group. 

 Junceum (jung-se-um). L. adj., " made of rushes." 



Second bot. name. 

 Juncifolia (jung-se-fol-ia). L. adj., " rush-leaved " ; the 



leaves of the plant being like the rush. A second 



bot. name. 



Juranum. Second bot. synonym for Prenanth Hawk- 

 weed. 

 Juniperus (jew-ne-per-us). L. name of plant. Bot. 



name for Juniper group. 

 Jerusalem-Artichoke. " Jerusalem " is a corruption of 



Italian *' girasole," a flower that turns towards 



the sun. 



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Kale or Kail. A.S. " Cawl," the common name for 

 one of the cultivated cabbag-es Brassica oleracea. 



Kidney Vetch. Called "kidney" because the plant 

 was in the days of old thought good for diseases 

 of that organ. 



