_,BRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



TORREYA <**»<* 



Vol. 33 July-August, 1933 No. 4 



Some local names of plants V* 

 W. L. McAtee 



Feeling strongly the importance of the subject and the neg- 

 lect which is its ordinary lot, the writer desires to contribute 

 again toward a glossary of plants. The future ideal compilation 

 will tell where the names are used, will explain their origin so 

 far as possible, and in fine record all matters of interest in con- 

 nection with them. The study of vernacular names is a fascinat- 

 ing one that brings to light details of intense and peculiar in- 

 terest not only with respect to the development of our language 

 but also of our people. 



As in preceding contributions, an index is given for con- 

 venience in correlating the list with other glossaries. In a brief 

 bibliography are included references to sources of plant names 

 additional to those presented in my 1926 paper. 



Characeae 



1. Chara sp. — Musk grass, Currituck Sound, N. C. ; lime weed, stonewort; 



I record these bare names in addition to those I have previously pub- 

 lished with localities, because the ordinary plant glossaries pay no at- 

 tention to algae. 



Pinaceae 



2. Taxodium distichum L. — River cypress, Okefinokee Swamp, Ga. (C. C. 



Sperry). 



Potamogetonaceae 



3. Potamogeton natans L. — Brown-leaf pondplant, floating brown leaf (trade 



names). 



4. Potamogeton pectinatus L. — Sago pondplant (trade name). 



5. Ruppia maritima L. — Peter grass, Currituck Sound, N. C; in allusion to 



the Peter, Blue Peter, or coot {Fulica ameri carta) . 



Naiadaceae 



6. Naias flexilis Willd. — Bushy pondweed (trade name). 



* No. 1 of this series was published in Torreya, 13: 225-236, 1913; No. 2 

 in Torreya, 16: 235-242, 1916; No. 3 in Torreya, 20: 17-27, 1920; and No. 4 

 in Torreya, 26: 1-10, 1926. 



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