ETYMONS OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Leyceater, Eug, judge in 



Bengal. 

 Lieblg, 6r. chemist. 

 Linder, Swed. but. 

 Llndley, Bng. bot. 

 LiNN^us, Swed. bot. 

 Lister, Eng. nat. 

 Lobel, Fr. bot. 

 Lodoicea, after Laodice, 



daughter of Priam and 



Hecuba. 

 Logan, Phila., founder of 



Library. 

 Loiseleur, de Longchamps, 



Pr. bot. 

 Louicer, Ger.- physician. 

 Lopez, Sp. bot. 

 Lowe, Eng. clergyman. 

 Ludwig, Ger. bot. 

 Luxemburg:, Fr. duke. 

 Lydia, country in Aa. Minor. 

 Lyaimachua, aking of Sicily. 



Mackay, Dr., Dublin. 



Maclure, Am. geologiat. 



Magnol, Fr. physician. 



Mahernia, anagram for 

 Herman nia. 



Malcolm, Eug. nurseryman. 



Malesherbes, Fr. author. 



Malpighi, It, microBcopist. 



Mandeville, British minis- 

 ter to B. Ayres. 



Manetti, It. bot. 



Mangles, English but. pa- 

 tron. 



Mantis, name of an Insect. 



Marauti, It. hot, 



Maratti, It. bot. 



Marcgrave, Qer. bot. 



Marchant, Fr. bot. 



Maria, Virgin Mary. 



Marsilea, after Marsigli, It. 

 nat. 



Martyn, Eng. bot. 



Masdevall, Sp. bot. 



Maton (de la Varenne), Fr. 

 author. 



Matthioli, It. bot. 



Maurandy, Sp. scientist. 



Mauritia, after Maurice, 

 prince of Nassau. 



Medic, from Media. 



Medinilla, Gov. of Mari- 

 anne (Ladrone) Islanda. 



Mentzel, Ger. bot. 



Mesua, Arab, 8th cent. 



Metternicb, Prince. 



Michaux, Fr. bot. 



Michel!, hot., Florence, 



Mikan, bot,, Prague. 



Mirbel, Fr. bot. 



Mitchell, Am. bot. 



Mohr, Ger. bot. 



Moltke^ Danish noble. 



Monardez, Sp. phyaician. 



Monaon, Lady Ann. 



Montbret, Fr. scientist. 



Mortea, after Moore, Eng. 

 bot. 



Morin, Fr. hot. 

 Morison, Eng, bot. 

 Musa, ancient Roman phy- 

 sician. 

 Mutis, bot., New Granada. 



Napoleon, Emperor I. 

 Narcissus, Gr. myth, 

 Nepete, a Tuscan town. 

 Neptune, Gr. sea-god. 

 Nereus, (ir. sea-god. 

 Nerine, Gr. myth. 

 Nevius, Am. clergyman. 

 Newberry, Am. scientist. 

 Nicander, Gr. poet, 

 Nicot, Fr. ambassador. 

 Nieremberg, Sp. nat. 

 Noisette, Fr. nurseryman. 

 Nuttall, Am, hot. 

 Nuyts, Dutch navigator. 

 Nyssa, Gr. water-nymph. 



Opus (Opuntia), Gr. tuwn. 



Orontes, river, Asia. 



Osbeck, Swed, trav. 



Osmund, Celt, deity, or per- 

 haps St. 0., Bp. of Salis- 

 bury.' 



Pieon, fabled Gr. physician. 



Paliurus, African town. 



Paphia, Venus. 



Park,Mungo, Eng. traveller. 



Parkinson, Eng. bot. 



Farmeutier, Fr. agricult. 



Parnassus, Gr. mt. 



Paulli, Danish bot. 



Paulownia, Russian prin- 

 cess. 



Pavon, Sp. bot. 



Pereskia, after Pieresk, Fr. 

 scientist. 



Pernetty, traveller, 



Persic, Persia. 



Petiver, Eng, nat, 



Petre, Lord, Eng, 



Phoenix, from Phoenicia ; 

 also, a fabled bird. 



Pinckney, Gen. 



Pison, Dutch nat. 



Pitcairn, Eng, physician. 



Planer, Ger. bot. 



Plumier, Fr. but. 



Poinci, de, Gov. of Antilles, 



Poinsette, Am. minister to 

 Mexico. 



Polemon, Gr. pbilos. 



Pontedera, It. hot. 



Poultney, bot. author. 



Priestley, Dr., Eng, 



Pronay, Fr. nat. 



Proserpine, Gr. myth. 



Proteus, Gr. myth. 



Punic, Carthaginian. 



Quassia, a celebrated negro 

 slave and physician in 

 Surinam, who used as a 

 remedy the drug which 

 beara his name. 



Raffles, Sir W., Eng. 

 Bafinesque, Fr. bot. 

 Raleigh, Sir W. 

 Ramond, Fr. uat. 

 Rand, London bot. 

 Reaumur, Fr. nat. 

 RetziuB, Swed. bot. 

 Rhode, see Rohde. 

 Richard, Fr. bot. 

 Richg, Fr. nnt. 

 Bive, Swiss bot, 

 Rivinus, Ger. bot. 

 Robin, Fr. bot. 

 Robinson, after Robinson 



Crusoe. 

 Roche, de la, Fr. bot. 

 Roell, Dutch anatomist. 

 Rohde, Ger. scientist. 

 Roiidelet, Fr. nut, 

 Roxburgh, E. Ind. bot. 

 Royeii, Leyden bot. 

 Rudbeck, Swed. bot. 

 Rudge, M. F. 

 Ruell, Fr. bot. 

 Russell, Dr. Alex., Scot. 



Sabbati, It. bot. 



Salisbury, Eng. bot, 



Salvador, our Saviour. 



Sanderson, Sec, Hist, Soc, 

 Natal. 



Sansevier, Swed. bot. 



Sarmiento, Sp. bot. 



Sarraain, Dr., Quebec, 



Sauvages, Pr. bot. 



Schlimm, collector. 



SchoUer, Ger. bot. 



Schomburgk, cat. 



Schrank, Ger. bot. 



Schultz, Ger. bot. 



Schweinitz, Am. bot. 



Seaforth, Lord, Eng. 



Senebier, Swiss nat. 



Sequoia, Cherokee noble. 



Sesban, Ar. name. 



Seymer, H. 



Shepherd, Eng. bot. 



Sherard, Eng. bot. 



Short, hot., Ky. 



Sibthorp, Eng. bot. 



Simmonds, Eng. nat. 



Sloane, founder of Brit. Mu- 

 seum. 



Smeathmann, Af. traveller, 



Sobral, Sp, bot. 



Solander, Swedish collector 

 of plants. 



Sole, bot. writer, Eng. 



Solly, phytologiat, F.R.S. 



Sparmaun, Swed. bot. 



Spigelius, It. bot. 



Sprekel, Ger. bot. 



Stackhouse, Eng. author. 



Stadmann, Ger. bot. 



Stapel, Dulch physician. 



Staunton, Sir George. 



Stevia, after Esteve, bot. of 

 Valencia. 



StilUng(fleet}, Eng. collec- 

 tor. 



