srxor.sLs. XV 



the cotyledons. Tlio relutiou^liip of tlio tropiuolums to tlie gerauiam^:; is 

 extremely close, aud we may iinagiue the nectariferous tube of the pelargonium 

 to be a modification of the spur of the Indian cress in a iDosition confluout 

 with the pedicel. p. 133. 



GLOXINIA, named after l\ B. Gloxin, a botanist, of Colmar. 

 N.O., ircsiin-'ii-vr. LiNN,i-;iN": 14, iJidijnaiiiia ; '1^ Auyio.spehnia. — Sec under 

 *' Achimeues."'' j}. 137. 



SAXIF-RAGA, from Lat. m.c/iii/, a stone, a.nd fra//r/o, to brc;ik, in 

 iillasion to certain supposed medical properties. But as these plants often 

 grow aniongst rocks, and their expanding aud ramifying roots tend ti.i rend 

 them asunder, the name may quite as fitly represent their occasional oci;iipa- 

 tion as stone-breakers. N.O. , Sa.il/riif/'fcea'. Ltnnjsa-N : 10, DeaiiHlmi ; 

 "2, I}i(jijiii(i.—1\i\s order comprises herbs, shrubs, and trees. Leaves alternate 

 or ox^posite, somctiines in whorls ; flowers hermaphrodite, regular ; calyx 

 usually with five lobes, which are sometimes xuiited and adherent to the 

 ovary : corolla of five petals ; stamens five or ten, inserted with the petLi.ls on 

 the tube of the calyx; fruit a eap.sule, many-seeded, often terminated with 

 two small hijrns. A small order, comprising the exquisitely beautiful 

 family of saxifrages, the liyLhungea, ehrysosplenium, and heuchera. The 

 very common and much-admired Astilbe Jaiiouica, commonly called '' Spir;.ea 

 Japonica," is a member of the saxifrage family, and is therefore not a 

 jpiriy.i, for all the true spirteas are allied to the family of roses. jj. Ul. 



HAWKWEED, or HIERACIUM. The familiar name is ex- 

 plained in the description at page fi?. The botanical name bears the same 

 mysterious relation to the employment of the plant in aid of the eyesight. — 

 See under " Aster." p. bio. 



ADONIS, named in remembrance of Adonis, son of Cynaras. N.O., 

 Raii'iiu'idacM-. Linnjban ; b3, r<>hiin/<Iria ; 6, Foh/^/i/uai. — See under 

 ''Acouitum," synopsis. /./. 149. 



DOUBLE STOCK.— See under -Wallflower." jk 1o3. 



DAISY", from (Iu'{/t'S-caf/(\ the day's-eyc, or eye of the day. — This 

 etymology is sometimes regarded as fanciful, but it is adopted by all 

 authorities, and is justified by reference to Chaucer and the earlier Saxon 

 vocabularies. Bichardson and Skeat both favour it, the latter remarking, 

 '■from the sun-like ajipearance of the flower." The lines in Chaucer's 

 Prologue to the "Legend of Good "Women" exactly suit for dictionary 

 purposes. He sa^'s : — 



" Well by rcasfin men it call may 

 The dchi,:, or els the eye of the day." 



In the sj'nopsis will be found under '"Aster" the characters of the great 



