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Isonandm, | Wight. . . Sapot. 



Isotoma, Lindl. 

 IXORA, L.f 



Campan, 

 Rubia, 



Derivation and Common Name. 



from hypo oxys ; the base of the 



capsule is sharp, — N. 

 meaning clawed ? 

 a geographical name (Spain) — 



Iberia. Candytuft. 

 from ichnos, a vestige, and karpos,. 

 a fruit ; the follicles are long 

 and slender, 

 from Celtic oc or ac, a term having 

 allusion to the spinulose leaves 

 (Drury) ; a Latin name. — N, 

 Holly, 

 ilys, mud, anthos, flower. 

 in allusion to the fruits bursting 



on the least touch. Balsam. 

 after F. Imperati, a Neopolitan 



botanist, 

 after P. Incarville, a Chinese 

 Jesuit, and a botanist, 174H. — N. 

 . from indigo, and fero. — Indigo- 

 plant. 

 , A south American name. — N, 

 . said to be another form of 



Helenion. — N. 

 , from ion, violet, and eidos, appear- 

 ance. 

 ■ named after Iphigenia, daughter 



of Agamemnon. — N. 

 . from ips, bindweed, and omoios, 

 similar. — N. Moon-Jimver, Morn- 

 ing Glory, etc. 

 . erios, wool ; the plant is woolly. 

 , the Greek name for the rainbow, 

 used as a name of this plant 

 since the time of Hippocrates, 

 — N. 

 . from z.s-os, equal, and acline, a 

 glume ; referring to the equal 

 glumes. — C. and Z. 

 . its old Greek name. — N. 

 . ischaimos, staunching blood. 



, from isos, and lepis, scales equal ;. 



alln. ? 

 . from isos, equal, and andros, male ; 

 there are eight stamens, and 

 eight sepals and petals taken 

 together. 

 1826. . the corolla is equally cut. 

 1735.. Cf. Sanskrit Ishvara, God. — 

 Flame-of-the-iooods. 



1840. 



* Ipomaea in Durancl. 

 I Doubtfully indigenous. 



