BOTANICAL NAMES 125 



Lachenalii. After Lachenal. Second hot. name 



Parsley GEnanth. 

 Laciniata (la-sin-e-ata). L. " Lacinia " (the flap of a 



garment) ; i.e., narrow-lobed. A second hot. name. 

 Lactea (lak-te-a). L. adj., " milky-white." Second 



hot. name. 

 Lactuca (la-tu-ka). L. adj., " full of milk " ; from the 



milky juice of the stem. Bot. name for Lettuce 



group. 

 Lacustris (la-kus-tris). L. " Lacus " (a pond); where 



the plant grows. Second bot. name. 

 Ladanum (lad-a-num). G. " Ledon " (name of shrub 



whence resin was got). Second bot. name for Red 



Galeopsis. 

 Lady's. When this word forms part of a plant's name 



it may be assumed that it refers to " Our Lady " 



the Virgin Mary. In days of old monks and nuns 



were fond of dedicating all sorts of flowers to her. 



But how the second part of the name applies is 



not always clear. 

 Ladies' Bedstraw. Eng. name for Galium verum ; gets 



this name from its soft puffy stems having, in 



former days, been used, even by ladies of rank, to 



sleep upon. The phrase " being in straw," when 



a woman is confined, is said to come from straw 



being laid down in front of the house to deaden the 



noises. 



Lady Fern. A translation of second bot. name of plant. 

 Lady's- Fingers. One of the Eng. names for Anthyllis 



Vulneraria ; from its soft inflated calyx. 

 Lady's Mantle. Eng. name for Alchemillia Vulgaris; 



from the shape and vandyked edge of the leaf. 



