58 PLANT NAMES 



grows on stones. Seakale, Crambe mantima, is the 

 Kale or Cabbage that grows by the sea. Nemophila 

 means loving the grove, where it flourishes in its wild 

 state in California. Salix, the Sally, or Willow, is 

 from an old Sanskrit word meaning water. This 

 still survives in Swedish and Irish. Myrica comes 

 from murio, to flow, because it inhabits the banks of 

 rivers. Azalea is from azaleos, dry, because it has 

 the opposite taste. The Bracken, or Brake Fern, is so 

 called because it grows on rough or broken ground. 

 Heath, Heather, is from a Teutonic word meaning 

 waste, because it grows on waste ground (the 

 dwellers on heaths were the last to embrace Chris- 

 tianity, hence " heathen "). 



