GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMEb. 



POLTGALA, much milk (said to increase 



secretion of milk). 

 PoLYSEPALUM, many-sepaled 

 PoMERiDiANUM, after- noon. 

 rRENAXTiioiDES, Prenanthus-like. 

 Prosartes, from Greek to hang. 

 Prostata, prostrate. 

 PsoRALiA, scurf. 

 Pterospora, wing-seed. 

 Ptelea, Greek for elm. 

 Pulchella, beautiful. 

 PuMii^, dwarf; little. 

 PuNGENS, pungent; biting. 

 PcRPURASCENS, growing purple; purplish. 

 Pycnanthemum, dense-flowers, 

 Pycnantha, dense-flowering. 



QuERCiEOLiA, oak-leaved 

 Qcadrangularis, four-sided. 



Racemosa, racemose; raceme-bearing. 



Pcadicans, rooting. 



IIamosissima, branching; full of branches. 



Ranunculus, from Latin for frog (some 

 of the species aquatic). 



Rapiianus, quick-grower. 



Rariflorum, seldom-flowering. 



Recurva, recurved. 



Rediviva, reviving. 



Rhomboidea, rhomboidal. 



Rhus, red (the prevailing color of the 

 plentiful fruit in the genus). 



Ribes, the Arabic name. 



RiGiDUS, stifT; rigid. 



RrvuLARis, river, 



RoMANZOFFiA, Nicholas Romanzoflf, a Rus- 

 sian nobleman, who early in this cen- 

 tury sent Kotzebue (accompanied by 

 Chamisso and Eschscholtz) to this 

 coast. 



KosA, the ancient name. 



RosEUs, rosy. 



RoTUNDiFOLiA, round-leavcd. 

 Rubescens, reddening; reddish. 

 RuBUS, red (the color of the fruit). 

 RusTiCA, country; rustic. 



Salvia, from a Latin word meaning to" 

 save. 



Sambucus, from the name of an ancient 

 musical instrument, said to liave been, 

 made of Elder. 



Sanguinea, bloody. 



Sarcodes, from the Greek for flesh. 



Sarmentosa, running (as strawberries). 



Satfva, cultivated; tame. 



Saxifraga, rock-breaker. 



ScoLiopus, worm-peduncle. 



Scrophularia, scrofula cure. 



Scutellaria, from scutella, a dish (be- 

 cause of the calj'x). 



Serpylloides, Thyme-like. 



S erratum, serrate; toothed 



Sessile, sessile; stemless. 



Sessilifolia, sessile-leaved. 



Shallon, the Indian name. 



SiDALCIA. 



Silene, from a Greek word meaning saliva. 



Simplex, simple. 



SiTCHENSis, Sitka. 



SoLDANELLA, the generic name of anothei 

 plant. 



SoREDiATUS, covered with granules. 



Sparsiflorus, sparse-flowered. 



Spatuulata, spatulate. 



Speciosus, showy. 



Spectabilis, notable; admirable. 



Specularia, from speculum, a looking- 

 glass. 



Spiraea, old name of Meadow Sweet. 



Stacuys, the ancient nanie. 



SrAcnYOiDES, Stachys-like. 



