GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



EMarrxANTHE, persistent-flower. 



Epilobium, a violet on a pod. 



Eriajnthus, woolly-flowered. 



Eriodyciton, a network of wool (on the 

 leaves). 



Eritrichium, woolly-hair. 



Erodium, from Greek for heron (the fruit 

 like the bill of a heron). 



Erysimum, from a word meaning to blister. 



Erythiuka, from a word meaning red. 



Eschscholtzia, J. F. Eschscholtz, a Ger- 

 man botanist, who visited California 

 early in this century. 



EuBRODi.a:A, true Brodiaea. 



Falcifolium, falchion-leaved. 



Farinosa, starchy. 



Fasciculata, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 

 Fauclbarbatus, beard-throat. 

 FiLiFOLiA, thread-leaved. 

 Flammula, a little banner or flame. 

 'Floribunda, many-flowered. 

 FoLiOLOSA, leafy. 

 Formosa, beautifully formed. 

 Fragaria, fragrance. 

 Fraxincs, from a Latin word meaning 



easily split. 

 FritilXuARIA, from Latin for checker- board, 



the petals of the first-named species 



being checkered. 

 FucATA, colored, 

 FtTLVUM, tawny; yellow. 



Gallica, Gallic (French). 



Gacltheria, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec. 



Gentiana, Gentius, king of Illyria. 



Gigantea, gigantic; huge. 



Gilea, Philip Gih 



GiTHOPSis, resembling Gith (Corn-cockle). 



Glabrus, smooth. 



Glabratus, smooth. 



Glandulosus, glandular. 



Glaucus, bluish-gray, or with a bloonw 



Glaux, from Greek for sea-green. 



Glutinosus, glutinous; sticky. 



Glycyrrhiza, sweet-root. 



GoDETiA, Dr. Godet. 



GoMPHOCARPUS, nail-pod. 



Gracile, slender. 



Gracilentus, slender. 



Graciliflorus, slender-flowered. 



Graxdiflora, grand-flowered. 



Greexei, Rev. E. L. Greene, who has dili- 

 gently explored the Botany of this 

 State. 



Gymnocarpus, naked-fruited; naked-pod. 



Hastatus, spear-bearing. 



Heeecarpus, blunt-pod (?) 



Hederaceus, Ivy-like. 



Heliotropium, from Greek for sun and 

 turn. 



Heterophyllus, variously leaved. 



Heuchera, J. H. Heucher, a German bot- 

 anist. 



Hexandra, six-stamened. 



HiRStJTissiMUS, bristly, or very hairy. 



HiSPiDULA, bristly; prickly. 



HuMiLis, low; small. 



Hypericum, the Greek name. 



Ilicifolius, Holly-leaved. 

 Incanus, gray; hoary. 

 IcisuM, incised; cut. 

 Inconspicuus, inconspicuous. 

 Insignis, remarkable; marked:. 

 Integerrimus, most vigorous. 

 Integrifolia, entire-leaved. 

 Intermedius, intermediate. 

 Intertextus, intertwined. 

 Involucratus, involucrate. 



