140 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Marsilaceae (mar-sil-a-se-e). L. " Marsil " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for a family. 

 Mascula (mas-ku-la). L. adj., "masculine." Second 



hot. name Early Orchis. 

 Master Wort. Translation of its old L. name " Im- 



peratoria." Eng. name for one of the Peucedans. 

 Matgrass. Eng. name for Nardus group. Gets its 



" mat " from the dense tufted way it grows. 

 Matricaria (ma-trik-ar-ia). The old L. name for the 



plant ; from " matrix " (the womb), the plant being 



used for diseases of. Bot. name for a group. 

 Matricary (ma-trik-a-re). Eng. name for above. 

 Matronalis (ma-tron-al-is). L. adj., " belonging to a 



married woman " ; hence the " Dame " in its Eng. 



name. Second bot. name for Dame's Violet. 

 Matteiola (mat-te-o-la). After Mattioli, an Italian 



botanist, died 1577. Bot. name Stock group. 

 Matweed. Eng. name for " Sea Matweed," for 



plant Maram group. Gets " mat " from its dense 



mat-like tufts. 

 May. Common Eng. name for the Hawthorn. Takes 



it from the name of the month in which it blossoms. 

 May Lily. Eng. name for Maianthemum group. 

 May Weed. Eng. name for Matricaria Inodora. Stink 



Mayweed is Eng. name for Anthemis Cotula. 

 May Wort. Eng. name for Crosswort-Galium Cruciata. 



All the above three take " May " from the month 



in which they flower. 

 Meadowsweet. Eng. name for one of the Spireas. 



Gets its " sweet " from its many sweet-scented 



flowers. 

 Meconopsis (me-kon-op-sis). G. " Mecon " (a poppy) ; 



" opsis " (like). Bot. name for a group. 



