LATIN AND ENGLISH PLANT NAMES 



Nepeta Mussini — Cat-mint. 

 Nicotiana affinis — Sweet White Tobacco. 

 Nierembergia rivularis — Cup-flower, White Cup. 



Nigella damascena — Love-in-a-mist, Devil-in-a-bush, St. Katherine's Wheel, Fennel- 

 flower, Jack-in-prison, Lady-in-a-bower, Ragged Lady, Bishop's-wort, 

 Love-in-a-puzzle, Prick-my-nose. 

 " sativa — Black Cumin, Roman Coriander, Nutmeg-flower, Fitch. 

 Nolana — Chilian Bellflower. 

 Notospartium — New Zealand Pine Broom. 

 Nymphaea alba — Water Lily, Pond Lily. 



Nyssa sylvatica — Pepperidge, Sour-gum, Tupelo, Hornpipe, Swamp Hornbeam. ' 

 Ocimum Basilicum — Basil. 

 Oenothera biennis — Common Evening primrose, Sun-cups. 



" Youngii — California Primrose. 



Omphalodes verna — Spring, Navelwort, Creeping Forget-me-not. 



" linifolia — Venus' Navelwort. 



Ononis arvensis — Rest-harrow, Cammock-whin, Ground-furze, Steadfast, Sit-fast, 



Stay-plow. 

 Onopordon — Cotton Thistle. 

 Onosma taurica — Golden-drop. 



Opuntia vulgaris — Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Barbary Fig. 



Orchis mascula — Adam-and-Eve, Male-orchis, Bloody-butcher, Dead-men's-fingers, 

 Kettle-case, Dog-stones, Gander-goose, Gramfer-gray-legs, Soldier's 

 Jacket, Spree-springle. 

 " mono — Goose-and Goslins, Meadow Orchis. 

 Origanum vulgare — Sweet Marjoram, Mountain Mint, Wind Marjoram. 

 Ornithogalum umbellatum — Star-of-Bethlehem, Eleven-o'clock-lady, Ten-o'clock, 



Sleepy Dick, Nap-at-noon, John-go-to-bed-at-noon. 

 Orontium aquaticum — Golden Club, Tuckahoe, Water-dock. 

 Orobus vernus — Spring Bitter-veitch. 

 Osmunda regalis — Royal Fern, Ditch Fern, Regal Fern. 



" cinnamomea — Cinnamon Fern, Fiddle-heads, Swamp-brake, Bread-root. 

 Oxalis — Wood Sorrel, Sleeping Clover, Cuckoo-sour, Alleluia, Wood-sour, Gowk's 



Clover, Green-sauce, Sleeping-beauty. 

 Pachysandra terminalis — Mountain Spurge. 

 Paeonia — Peony, Piny, Cheeses, Vinegar Rose. 

 Papaver alpinum — Alpine Poppy. 

 " glaucum — Tulip Poppy. 

 " nudicaule — Iceland Poppy. 

 " orientale — Oriental Poppy. 

 " pavonia — Peacock Poppy. 

 " Rhoeas — Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Corn or Copper Rose, Cheese-bowl, 



Headaches, Thunder-flower. 

 " rupifragum — Apricot Poppy, Spanish Poppy.* 

 " somniferum — Opium Poppy, Joan-silver-pin, Marble-flower. 

 Parnassia palustris — Grass of Parnassus, White Butter-cup. 

 Parthenacissus (See Ampelopsis). 

 Passiflora — Passion Flower. 



Pedicularis — Lousewort, Beafsteak Plant, Wood Betony. 

 Pentstemon barbatus — Scarlet Beard-tongue, Scarlet Bugler. 



" digitalis — False Fox-glove. 



Periploca — Silk-vine, Climbing Dogbane. 

 Perovskia atriplicifolia — Silver Sage. 

 Persica — Peach. 

 Petasites fragrans — Winter Heliotrope, Butterfly-dock, Pestilence Weed, Oxwort, 



Butter-burr. 

 Petrocallis pyrenaica — Rock Beauty. 



Phalaris arundinacea — Ribbon Grass, Gardener's Garters, Striped Grass, Daggers, 

 Ladies' Laces, Brides'-laces, London Lace. 



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