GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECTFIO NAMES. 



liiia, rainbow. 

 IlioiDES, Ixia-like. 



JuNCEA, rush-like. 



JDSSL4LA, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



LABiATiE, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatus, laciniate. 



Lactea, milk-white. 



LiEViCAULis, smooth-stemmed. 



Lacunostjm, pitted. 



LuVNCEOLATUS, lanceolate. 



Latifolius, broad-leaved. 



Lathtrus, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pediceled. 

 Laxus, loose. 

 Lepigonum, scaly- joint. 

 Lepidium, scale-pod. 

 Leptophyllus, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotus, scaly (?) 

 Lepidus, charming. 

 Leptosiphon, slender-tubed. 

 LE3IM0NI, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Leucodermis, white-skinned. 

 LEUCOCEPnALUS, white-headed. 

 Leucocrinum, white-lily. 

 Leccophyllus, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 1S03-1806. 

 LiGUSTicrFOLius, Lovage-leaved. 

 LiLiACEUS, lily-like. 

 LiMXANTHES, pond-flowcr. 

 LiMONiUM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name. ) 

 LiMOSELLA, from limus, mud. 

 Linaria, from Llnum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiNEAUironcM, narrow-leaved. 



LiNiFLORA, flax-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LrrnosPERMorDES, like Lithospermum. 

 LiTTORALis, sea-beach. 

 LoBATUS, lobed. 

 LoNGirLORDs, long-flowered. 

 LoNGiLOBA, long lobed- 

 LoNGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTEOLUS, yellowish. 

 LuTEUS, yellow. 

 LupiNUS, wolf. 

 LuPULiNUS, hop-like. 

 Lucrous, bright, transparent. 

 Lycopus, wolf-foot. 

 Lycopsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Lythrum, from Greek for blood. 



MacPwANTHUS, large -flowered. 



Macrocera, large-horned, 



Macrocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachya, large-spiked. 



Macrothecum, large-anthered. 



M^culatus, spotted. 



Malanthemum, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



I^Lalva, from a word meaning soft. 



MALV^aTLGRUS, Mallows-flowered. 



Malv^efolius, Mallows-leaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



Maritimum, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medicago, from Media, its native country. 



Medius, middle. 



Megarkhiza, big-root. 



Melilotus, honey-flower. 



Mentha, from the name of a Nymph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



Menyanthes, month-flower. 



Menziesii, Dr. Archibald Menziea, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



