210 BOTANICAL NAMES 



11 andros " (a man); i.e., plant has four male 



flowers. Second hot. name. 

 Tetragonum (tet-ra-go-num). G. " Tetra " (four); 



" gonum " (angles); i.e., four-sided. Second bot. 



name. 

 Tetrahit (tet-ra-hit). G. "Tetra" (four); "hit" 



(sided). Second bot. name. 

 Tetralix (tet-ra-liks). G. " Tetra " (four) ; " lix " 



(crossways). Second bot. name. 

 Tetraphyllum (tet-ra-fil-um). G. "Tetra" (four); 



" phyllum " (a leaf). Second bot. name. 

 Tetrapla (tet-ra-pla). G. " Fourfold." Second bot. 



name. 

 Tetrapteron (tet-ra-ter-on). G. "Tetra" (four); 



" pteron " (wings). Second bot. name. 

 Tetrasperma (tet-ra-sper-ma). G. " Four-seeded." 

 Teucrium (tew-kri-um). After Teucer, King of Troy, 



who first used the plant in medicine. Bot. name of 



a group. / 



Thalecress (tha-le-cress). Eng. name for Wall Cress 



(see Thaliana). 

 Thaliana (tha-li-a-na). After Thalia, one of the Muses, 



who presided over festivals. Second bot. name 



Wall Cress. 

 Thalictnim (tha-lik-trum). G. " Thallo " (to flourish). 



Bot. name of a group. 

 Thapsiforma (thap-si-for-ma). L. " Thapsus " and 



" forma " (shaped). Second bot. name. 

 Thapsus (thap-sus). L. After the name of a place in 



Africa, where the plant grew abundantly. Her- 

 balists' old name for the Mullein. Second bot. 



name Great Mullein. 



