198 BOTANICAL XAMES 



Snake Tongue. Is a translation of " Ophioglossum," 



part of the second hot. name for plant. 

 Snake Weed. Eng. name for Polygonum Bistorta. 

 Snapdragon. Engf. name for Antirrhinum group. 

 Sneeze Wort. Eng. name for Achillea Ptarmica. 

 Snowdrop. Eng. name for Galanthus group. 

 Snowflake. Eng. name for Leucoium group. 

 Soap Wort. Eng. name for a group and translation of 



" Saponaria," its hot. name. 

 Solanaceae (so-la-na-se-e). L. " Solanum " and 



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

 Solanum (so-la-num). L. name for Black Nightshade. 



Now used for Solanum group. 

 Soldanella (sol-da-nel-la). Said to be from " soldo," 



an Italian coin, from the roundness of its leaf. 



Second hot. name. 



Solida (sol-i-da). L. adj., " solid." Second bot. name. 

 Solidago (sol-i-da-go). L. " Solido " (to unite) ; from 



the medical properties of the plant. Bot. name 



Golden-rod group. 

 Solomon-Seal. Eng. name for Polygonatum group. 



Gets its name because on cutting the roots of the 



plant there are marks like a six-pointed star formed 



by the crossing of two triangles over each other, 



and which the Arabs call " Solomon-Seal." 

 Solstitialis (sol-stit-i-al-is). L. adj., " belonging to the 



summer months." Second bot. name. 

 Somniferum (som-nif-er-um). L. " Somnus " (sleep); 



" ferum " (beare). Second bot. name Opium 



Poppy. 

 Sonchus (son-kus). L. name for the plant. Second 



bot. name Sow Thistle group. 

 Sophia (sof-i-a). G. " Sophos " (wisdom); so highly 



