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Iva. Marsh elder. Name of unknown derivation. 



Ixina. From native Ixine, at Cumana, Venezuela, where Loefling discov- 

 ered the plant in 1754. 



Jaborandi, Native name of a South American rutaceous shrub. 



Jalapa. So called from Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first 

 obtained. 



Jateorrhiza. Calumba. From Gr. IdTEipa, healing, + pi^a, root ; a healing 

 root. 



Jeffersonia. Twinleaf. Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. 



Juglans. Walnut. Name contracted from Jovis glans, nut or acorn of 

 Jupiter. 



Juncus, Rush. Bog rush. Ancient Latin name; from jitngo, to join, the 

 stems being used for bands. 



Juniperus. Juniper. The classical Latin name ; probably from juvenis, 

 young, -|- pario, to produce. Youth-producing ; in allusion to its ever- 

 green appearance. 



Kalmia. Sheep laurel. Named for Peter Kalm, pupil of Linnaeus. 



Kamala. Hindoo name of the dusty hairs of the capsules of Mallotus 

 Philippinensis, used as an orange dye for silks. 



Kino. East Indian name of the dried juice of Pterocarpus Marsupium. 



Krameria. Rhatany. Named for Drs. J. G. H. and W. H. Kramer, Ger- 

 man botanists of the eighteenth century. 



Kuhnia. False boneset. Named for Dr. Adam Kuhn, of Philadelphia, who 

 carried the living plant to Linnaeus. 



Kuhnistera. Prairie clover. Named from its resemblance to Kuhnia. 



Labiatae. Mint family. From Lat. labium, lip; referring to the irregular 

 corolla. 



Lacinaria. Blazing star. From Lat. lacinia, the lappet or flap of a gar- 

 ment ; hence fringed, from the appearance of the flower heads. 



Laciniatus-a-um. Slashed, having a fringed border. Lat. lacinia, flap, 

 lappet. 



Lactuca. Lettuce. The ancient Latin name; from lac, milk; referring to 

 the milky juice. 



Lactucarium. The inspissated juice of the lettuce (lactuca). 



Lamium. Dead nettle. From Gr. Aatfj.6^^ throat; alluding to the ringent 

 corolla, 



Lanceolatus-a-um. Armed with little lance or point, lanceolate. From 

 Lat. lanccola, a small lance. 



Langsdorffii. Named after M. Langsdorff, Russian consul at Rio, 1829, 

 from whom Desfontaines received his specimens. 



Laportea. Wood nettle. Named for Frangois L. de Laporte, Count of 

 Castlenan, an entomologist of the nineteenth century. 



LapT'P.^ Burdock. The ancient Latin word for burr. 



Laterifolius-a-um. Growing by the side of the leaf at its base, as a 

 laterifolius flower. Lat. latus, side, + folium, leaf. 



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