212 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Tilia (til-i-a). L. name for the Lime. Bot. name for 

 Lime group. 



Tiliaceae (til-i-a-se-e). L. " Tilia " and " aceous " 

 (like). Bot. name for Lime family. 



Tillaea (til-la-e). After Tilli, Italian botanist, died 1740. 

 Bot. name of a group. 



Timothy Grass. Eng. name for one of the grasses 

 Phleum. Said to have received the name Timothy 

 in America. 



Tinctoria (tingk-tor-ia). L. adj., " used for dyeing." 

 Second bot. name. 



Tinea (tin-e-a). L. "A moth " (see Neo-tinea). Was 

 an old botanical name for some of the Orchids. 



Toadflax. This name is the outcome of two mistakes. 

 The L. name for the plant was " bubonium," but 

 mistakenly was written " bufonium." Now 

 " bufo " is L. for a Toad. The group to which the 

 plant belongs has nothing to do with Flax, but 

 the name " linaria " was given it because the leaves 

 of the plants of this group were like those belong- 

 ing to the " Linum " (flax) group. Eng. name for 

 Linaria Vulgaris. 



Tofielda (to-field-a). After Tofield, a Yorkshire 

 botanist. Bot. name of a group. 



Tomentosa (to-ment-o-sa). L. " Tomentum " (stuffing 

 for cushions); i.e., downy. Second bot. name. 



Tooth Wort. Gets this name from the roots of the 

 plant being thought to be like human teeth. Eng. 

 name for Lathraea group. 



Tordylium (tor-dil-i-um). G. name of plant. Bot. name 

 of a group. 



Torilis (tor-il-is). G. " Toreo " (to emboss); from the 



