BOTANICAL NAMES 143 



" kalon " (wcK>d). First bot. name of some 

 botanists for the Cicendia group. 



Microcephalum (mi-kro-se-fa-lum). G. " Mikros "" 

 (small); " kephale " (a head). Second bot. name. 



Microphyllum (mik-ro-fil-lum). G. " Mikros " (small) ; 

 " phullon " (leaf). Second bot. name. 



Microspermum (mik-ro-sper-mum). G. "Mikros-" 

 (small); " sperma " (a seed). Second. 



Mid-Summer-Men. Another Eng. name for Roseroot, 

 one of the Stonecrop group. It gets this name 

 from an old English village custom. On Mid- 

 summer Eve the girls each pulled up two plants, 

 one for herself, the other for her " man." Placed 

 side by side, the fidelity of the lovers was proved 

 by the way the plants turned to or from each other. 



Mielchoferi (mil-ko-fer-i). G. " Mielcho " (honey); L. 

 " feri " (bearer). Second bot. name. 



Mignonette (min-yo-net). French diminutive of " mig- 

 non " (darling). Eng. name for Reseda group and 

 family. 



Milfoil (mil-foyl). Eng. rendering of Millefolium (which 

 see). 



Milium (mil-e-um). L. " Millia " (thousands); from 

 its many seeds. Bot. name for a group, Grass 

 family. 



Milkwort. Free translation of its bot. name " Poly- 

 gala " (much milk); because the plant was sup- 

 posed to increase the flow of milk. Eng. name for 

 a group and family. 



Millefolium (mil-fol-i-um). L. " Millia " (thousands) ; 

 '* folia " (leaves) ; because of the many leaflets into 

 which the leaf is divided. A second bot. name. 



Millegrana (mil-gra-na). L. "Millia" (thousands); 



