The Names of Plants

Glossary Synsepalum, synsepalus -a -um United-sepals, sun-skeph (the tubular lower half of the calyx) Synthyris Collected-little-doors, sun-(qurij, quridoj) (the capsule valves) syphiliticus -a -um of syphilis, first named as a character in Girolamo Fracastoro’s poem Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus (1530) or ‘Syphilis, the French disease’ (Lobelia syphilitica was used to treat the disease) syriacus -a -um from Syria, Syrian Syringa Pipe, surigc, suriggoj (formerly for Philadelphus but re-applied by Dodoens use of the hollow stems to make flutes) (the nymph Syringa was changed into a reed) syringanthus -a -um lilac-flowered, Syringa-flowered, suriggoj-anqoj syringiflorus -a -um lilac-flowered, Syringa-flora Syringodea Pipe-like, suriggoj-wdhj (the tubular part of the perianth) syrticolus -a -um of sand banks, living on sand banks, syrtis-colo systylius -a -um calyptrate, with a lid or cap, sun-stuloj (on moss capsules) systylus -a -um with the styles joined together, sun-stuloj (Rosa systyla) syzigachne with scissor-like glumes, su-zugoj-axnh Syzygium Paired, su-zugoj (from the form of branching and opposite leaves; formerly applied to Calyptranthus) szechuanicus -a -um, szetschuanicus -a -um, szechwanensis -is -e from Szechwan, W China szovitsianus -a -um, szovitsii for Jihann Nepomuk Szovitz (d. 1830), Hungarian collector in the Caucasus and Armenia tabacicomus -a -um with a tobacco-coloured head or hair, tabacum-(coma, comae) tabacinus -a -um tobacco-coloured, pale-brown, (Nicotiana tabacum) tabacinus tabacum (tabaccum) from the Mexican-Spanish, Carib vernacular name, tabaco, for the pipe used for smoking the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum Tabebuia from a Brazilian vernacular name Tabernaemontana, tabernaemontanus -a -um, tabernaemontani for Jacob Theodore Mueller von Bergzabern of Heidelberg (1520–90), physician and herbalist (his Latinization of Bergzabern) tabescens decaying, melting, wasting away, tabesco, tabescere, tabescui tabidus -a -um wasting away, melting or decaying, tabeo, tabere tabulaeformis -is -e, tabuliformis -is -e flat and circular, plate-like, tabulae-forma tabulaemontanus -a -um, tabulamontanus -a -um from Table Mountain, S Africa, or from Tafelberg, Surinam tabulae-montanus tabularis -is -e, tabuli- table-flat, flattened, tabula, tabulae tabulatus -a -um layer upon layer, storied, tabulatum, tabulati tacamahaca from an Aztec vernacular name for the resin from Populus tacamahaca, and Calophyllum inophyllum Tacazzea from the environs of the Takazze river, Ethiopia tacazzeanus -a -um from the Takazze river, Ethiopia Tacca from a Malayan vernacular name, taka, for arrowroot (Taccaceae) Taccarum Tacca-arum (implies intermediate looks but not hybridity) taccifolius -a -um with leaves like Tacca, Tacca-folium Tachia etymology uncertain (Speed, taxoj) Tachiadenus Tachia-glanded, botanical Latin from Tachia and adhnoj (the circle of glands around the ovary) Tacinga an anagram of Catinga, the Brazilian semi-arid scrubland vegetation type tactilis -is -e sensitive to touch, tango, tangere, tetigi, tactum tacubayensis -is -e from Tacubaya, south of Mexico City, Mexico taediger -era -erum, taedifer -era -erum torch-bearing, taeda, taedae, taedifer taediosus -a -um loathsome, taedet, taedere, taeduit, taesum taedus -a -um an ancient name, taeda, for resinous pine cones used for torches taegetus -a -um from Mount Taygetos, Greece 369