GLOSflAKT OP GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES* 



Aparine, the Greek name, 



Apocynum, dog-bane; dog-poiseo*. 



Aquatalis, aquatic; water. 



Aquifolicm, Holly-leaved. 



AQTJiLiiGiA, from Latin for eagW <tbe 



petals like eagles' claws). 

 Arabis, from Arabia. 

 Arenaria, sand, belonging in sand^ 

 Arboreus, tree-like. 

 Arp.utifolia, Arbutus -leaved. 

 Arbutus, the ancient name. 



ARCTOSTAPHyLOS, Bearbeny. 



Ari^folia, Aria-leaved. 



Armeria, the ]Monkish Latin for the Fink. 



Aromatica, aromatic. 



Arvensis, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



AscLEPiAS, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 



AsPER, rough. 



AsPERUM, rough. 



AssuRGENTiFLORA, flowers bending up- 

 ward. 



Attenuatus, slender. 



AttenuifoliuM; slender-leaved. 



AuDiBERTiA, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



Aurea, golden. 



AuRiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



Azureus, blue. 



Barbigerum, bearded. 



BARTSLffiFOLiA, Bartsia-leaved. 



Kerberis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry. 



BicoLoR, two-colored. 



Biennis, biennial {i. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



Bifidum:, bifid, divided. 



BiFLORA, two-flowered. 



DiTOLiUM, two-leaved. 



BiGELOVii, Dr. J. M. BigeloWy a pioneex 



botanist, 



BiLOBA, two-lobed. 



BiscEPTRUM, two-stemmed^i. e.,twoscapea. 



BiSTORTA, twice-twisted. 



Blepharophylla, eyelash-leaved. 



Bloomeria, H. G. Blooniec, a pioneer bot- 

 anist. 



BoLANDERi, H. N. Bolandsr^ a well-known . 

 botanist of this coast. 



BoREALis, northern. 



BoscHNiAKiA, Boschniaki,. a Russian. 



BoYKiNiA, Dr. Boykiu, o£ Georgia. 



Brachycarpa, short-podl 



Bracteata, bracted. 



Bracteosa, bractedi 



Brassica, old name f OP cabbage. 



Breviflora, short-flowered. 



Brevifolium, short-leaved. 



Breweri, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist cfftb** 

 California Geological Survey. 



Brunella, from German name of a \^roafc 

 disease which^tliis p.lant was suggaaedi 

 to cure. 



Bull ATA, jeweled; blistered. 



Bursa-pastorls, shepherd's purse.. 



C^ruleus, dsep blue. 

 C^spitosa, tufted. 

 Califorxica, California. 

 Calochortus, beautiful grass. 

 Calycanthus> cup-flower. 

 Calycina, cup-like. 

 Campa:sula, bell. 

 Ca3ipestris, field (uncuKivated). 

 Canadensis, Canadian. 

 Canescens, white-halved; hoary. 

 Canina, dog. 

 Caxnabinum, hemp-like. 

 Capitata, capitate, ^hearing a head oi 

 flowers). 



