BOTANICAL NAMES 187 



St. Patrick's Cabbage. Another Eng. name for Lon- 

 don Pride. Gets its " Patrick " from growing in 

 Ireland, for while found growing along Spain and 

 Portugal, it also appears in W. and S.W. of Ire- 

 land. 



Salad Burnet. Eng. name for Poterium Sanguis Orba. 

 Called " salad " because its leaves have taste and 

 smell of cucumber, and are therefore used in salads. 



Salicaria (sal-i-ka-ria). L. " Willow-like "; the plant 

 was formerly classed with the Willow-herbs. 

 Second bot. name. 



Salicifolia (sal-i-si-fol-ia). L. " Salix " (a willow); 

 " folia (leaves). Second bot. name. 



Salidna (sal-i-si-na). L. " Willowy." Second bot. 

 name. 



Salicornia (sal-i-kor-ni-a). L. " Sal " (salt) ; " cornu " 

 (a horn) ; from horn-like stem and large amount of 

 soda it extracts from the soil. Bot. name Marsh 

 Samphire group. 



Saligna (sal-ig-na). L. " Willowy." Second bot. 

 name. 



Salina (sal-i-na). L. " Saltish." Second bot. name. 



Salisburgensis (sal-is-bur-gen-sis). Salisbury in Latin 

 dress. Second bot. name. 



Salix (sa-liks). L. name for Willow. Bot. name for 

 Willow group. 



Sallow (sal-o). A.S. " Sealh." Eng. name for Salix 

 Caprea. 



Salsify (sal-si-fi). A corruption of Italian " sasefrica " 

 (goat's beard), which in its turn is but a translation 

 of the G. name for the plant. Eng. name for 

 Tragopogon group. 



