BOTANICAL NAMES 139 



Maram (mar-am). Danish. " Marhalm " (sea-haulm). 



Eng. name Psamma group. 

 Marestail. Translation of G. group name Hippuris. 



Marestail, although like in look, are not allied to 



Horsetail. 

 Marigold. " Mari " (after Virgin Mary); gold " (from 



the colour of the flower). 

 Margaritacea (mar-ga-rit-a-se-e). L. " Margarita " (a 



pearl); " aceous " (like). A second bot. name. 

 Marginata (mar-jin-a-ta). L. adj., " having a border " ; 



i.e., broad-brimmed. A second bot. name. 

 Marianus (ma-ri-a-nus). " Mary " in Latin dress; re- 

 fers to Virgin Mary, whose milk, it is said, falling 



on the leaves of a Thistle, caused its white, milk-like 



veins. A second bot. name. 

 Marinum (ma-reen-um). L. adj., " marine." A 



second bot. name. 

 Marifolium (mar-i-fol-i-um). L. " Mari " (the sea); 



'* folium " (leaf). A second bot. name first used 



for Hoary Rockrose. 

 Mariscus (mar-is-kus). L. name for some kind of fig. 



A second bot. name. 

 Marjoram (ma-jo-ram). Said to be a corruption of its 



G. name " amarakos." Eng. name for Origanum 



group. 

 Maritimus (mar-e-tim-us). L. adj., " belonging to the 



sea." A very common second bot. name applied 



to many plants. 

 Marrubium (mar-rub-i-um). From the Hebrew name 



for one of the five bitter herbs ordered to be eaten 



by the Jews at the Feast of the Passover. Bot. 



name for a group. 

 Marsilea (mar-sil-ea). Eng. name for a family. 



