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look of the fruit. Was once group name for the 

 Hedge Parsley. 



Tormentilla (tor-men-til-a). From the French for 

 " colic," for which the root of the plant was used. 

 Second bot. name. 



Torminalis (tor-men-al-is). L. "Tormina" (colic); 

 the fruit of the tree was used as a remedy. Second 

 bot. name Wild Service Tree. 



Touch-Me-Not. Eng. name for Yellow Balsam and 

 translation of its second bot. name " Noli-me- 

 tangere." 



Tower Cress. Eng. name for one of the Rock Cress 

 group. " Tower " is a translation of its second 

 bot. name Turrita. 



Tower Mustard. Eng. name for Arabis Perfoliata. 

 Although its group name is now Arabis, when 

 named by Linneus its group name was " Turrites," 

 i.e., " Tower," and thus in its Eng. name its old 

 group name still lives. 



Trachelium (tra-ki-li-um). G. " Trachelos " (the 

 throat) ; the plant was used for inflammation of the 

 throat. Second bot. name. 



Trachyodon (tra-ki-o-don). G. " Trachia " (the wind- 

 pipe) ; ' * odon ' ' (a tooth) ; from the tooth-like 

 edging of the sheath. Second bot. name. 



Treacle Mustard. Eng. name for Erysimum Cheiran- 

 thoides. The word Treacle has nothing to do with 

 Molasses or Golden Syrup. There was a sovereign 

 remedy against all poisons, and called G. 

 " theriakos. " This plant was one of the ingre- 

 dients; it also had some "little beasts," G. 

 " theriakel." Treacle is a corruption of that word. 



Tragopogon (trag-o-po-gon). G. " Tragos " (a goat) ; 



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