SILER, osier (G. ii. 12): Salix vitellina. SISER, skirret, a medicinal plant with edible root (M. 73): Sium sisa rum. SORBUS, service-tree, a large tree bearing a fruit like a small, inferior pear (G. iii. 379). Its English name comes from beer (cervisia) being made of its berries: Sorbus domestica. SPINUS, sloe, a thorny shrub bearing a harsh, astringent berry (G. iv. 145): Prunus insititia. STYRAX (STORAX), a fragrant, aromatic gum (C. 168). TADA, pitch-pine (G. ii. 431): Pinus mugho (Mill). TAXUS, yew (E. ix. 30; G. ii. 113, 257): Taxus baccata. TEREBINTHUS, turpentine, an evergreen mountain-tree (Æn. x. 136): Pistachia terebinthus. THYMBRA, savory (G. iv. 31): Satureia thymbra. THYMUS, thyme, a low, aromatic herb (E. vii. 37; G. iv. 112, 270): Satureia capitata. TILIA, lime-tree, or linden (G. i. 173, ii. 449): T. Europaea. TRIBULUS, caltrop, a plant with thorny seed-vessels (G. i. 153): Tribulus terrestris. TRITICUM, wheat (G. i. 219): Triticum hibernum. TUS (THUS), frankincense, a fragrant Arabian gum (E. viii. 65; G. i. 57) : Juniperus Lycia. ULMUS, elm (E. ii. 70): Ulmus campestris. ULVA, sedge, coarse water-grass (E. viii. 87; G. iii. 174): Festuca fluitans. UVA, grape, especially the cluster (G. ii. 60). VACCINIUM, whortleberry or bilberry (perhaps, also, hyacinth): Vaccinium myrtillus (E. ii. 18, 50, x. 39). VERBENA, vervain, a flowering shrub, with pale lilac blossoms: the word is used generally of boughs of myrtle, &c., used in religious or magic rites (E. viii. 65; G. iv. 131; Æn. xii. 120). VIBURNUM, briony (?) or wayfaring tree, a shrub, so called because it is "always on the road" (E. i. 26): Viburnum lantana. VICIA, vetch, a kind of pulse, with larger plant and smaller fruit than lentils (G. i. 75, 227). VIOLA, violet (E. v. 38), Viola odorata; pallens, a pale marsh violet (E. ii. 38): Viola palustris. VIOLARIUM, violet-bed (G. iv. 32). VISCUM, mistletoe, a parasite growing chiefly on oaks, having yellowishgreen leaves, and berries with glutinous juice: used in magic rites (Æn. vi. 205); bird-lime (G. i. 139, iv. 41). VITIS, vine, especially the grape (E. ii. 70, iii. 38): Vitis vinifera. |