In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| But don't trust them too far - and ESPECIALLY never trust ones that
| indicate a geographic origin. They are more reliable than English
| names, but not wholly reliable, and ones that imply a location are
| misleading as often as not.
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| For example, I'm told that the Cuban Lily, Scilla peruviana, is a
| Mediterranean plant.

Well, that would make it misleading in only one word, rather than both
for the English :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.