142 BOTANICAL NAMES 



(thin transparent tissue); " aceous " (like). Second 

 hot. name. 



Mentha (men-tha). G. name of a nymph whom Pros- 

 perine changed into the plant Mint. Bot. name for 

 a group. 



Menyanthes (men-e-an-thes). G. " Men " (a month); 

 " anthos " (a flower) ; because the bloom was sup- 

 posed to last for a month. Bot. name Buckbean 

 group. 



Menziesia (me-ne-se-a). After Menzies, a botanist, died 

 1842. Bot. name for a group. 



Mercurialis (mer-cur-i-al-is). L. After the god Mer- 

 cury. Bot. name for the Mercury group. 



Mertensia (mer-ten-si-a). After Mertens, a German 

 botanist, died 1831. Bot. name for a group. 



Mespilus (mes-pi-lus). G. name for Medlar-tree. Bot. 

 name Medlar group. 



Meu. Looks like a contraction of Meum. 



Meum (me-um). G. name for one of the Umbellate 

 family. Now bot. name for Spignel group. 



Mezereum (mes-er-e-um). One derivation is that the 

 word is a Latinized form of Madzaryoun, the Per- 

 sian name of the plant ; another that it is a cor- 

 ruption of " Missir " (Egypt) and " oon " (a 

 flower); i.e., the Egyptian flower. Second bot. 

 name of Mezereon, a plant of Daphne group. Its 

 red berries are very poisonous. 



Mibora (mi-bo-ra). Bot. name group of Grass family. 



Micani (mi-ka-ni). L. adj., " quivering." Second bot. 

 name. 



Micranthus (mi-kran-thus). G. " Mikros " (small); 

 " anthus " (flower). Second bot. name. 



Microcala (mi-kro-ka-la). G. "Mikros" (small); 



