Species within a genus
sur- = super-;
filum, = thread;
filare, = to thread.
(Surfle, is to embroider; to paint or wash (the face etc.) with a cosmetic = ‘purfle’:-
perfilare, =
(a) to purfle; to border; to decorate with an ornamental border;
(b) to give to leaves, flowers, etc. a border or edge of a particular kind; to ornament with such a border.
phelex,= deceiver, name of a wild-fig, which seems ripe when it is not.
Name origin not clear. (but Le adds description: ‘fruits with thread-like hairs, pappus of ray and disc florets similarly plumose’)
(Possible misspelling of Zephyr**, the mythological god of the West wind and lover of Flora)
(Ox, LS, Le, Cl)
filum, = thread;
filare, = to thread.
(Surfle, is to embroider; to paint or wash (the face etc.) with a cosmetic = ‘purfle’:-
perfilare, =
(a) to purfle; to border; to decorate with an ornamental border;
(b) to give to leaves, flowers, etc. a border or edge of a particular kind; to ornament with such a border.
phelex,= deceiver, name of a wild-fig, which seems ripe when it is not.
Name origin not clear. (but Le adds description: ‘fruits with thread-like hairs, pappus of ray and disc florets similarly plumose’)
(Possible misspelling of Zephyr**, the mythological god of the West wind and lover of Flora)
(Ox, LS, Le, Cl)