32 PLANT NAMES 



Japanese. — Akebia, Aucuba, Fatsia, Gingko, 

 Skimmia, Tsuga. 



Brazilian. — Petunia. 



Peruvian. — Yucca, Mahogany. 



North American Indian. — Catalpa, Hickory^ 

 Sequoia, 



Haytian. — Potato. 



Malayan. — Bamboo, with Latinized form Bam- 

 busa. 



Mexican. — Tecoma, Tomato, Cocoa. 



Chinese. — Loquat. 



Anglo-Saxon. — Apple, Ash, Aspen, Barley, 

 Beech (Skeat thinks that from this word came 

 " book," the original books being writing scratched 

 on a beechen board), Birch, Broom, Briar (the word 

 *' briar pipe " is quite different ; it is from the French 

 Bruyere, Heath, as made from Heather roots found 

 in the Jura mountains). Cress, Fir, Furze, Gorse, 

 Whin (this word was used generally of weeds, 

 showing the dislike of the people to this gorgeously 

 flowering shrub just because it gave itself too 

 generously). Hazel, Hemlock (the "lock" is the 

 A.S. " leek," a general word for a plant, as in Garlic, 

 Charlock), Holly and its cognate word Holm Oak, 

 Ivy, Maple, Oak, Oats, Rye, Ragwort (" wort " 

 meant originally a root; it is allied to the Greek 

 rhiza and Latin radix; we find it in *' Mangel- 

 wurzel," and in " orchard " or " wort-yard "), 

 Willow. 



