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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Aparixe, the Greek name. 



Apocyxum, dog-bane; dog- poison. 



Aqfatalis, aquatic; water. 



Aquifolium, Holly-leaved. 



Aquilegia, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



Arabis, from Arabia. 



Arenaria, sand, belonging in sand. 



Arboreus, tree-like. 



Arbutifolia, Arbutus-leaved. 



Arbutus, the ancient name. 



Arctostaphylos, Bearberry, 



Ari^folia, Aria-leaved. 



Armeria, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



Aromatica, aromatic. 



Arvensis, field (grov/ing 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, goklen. 



AuRiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AzuREUS, blue. 



Barbigerum, bearded. 



BARTSiiEFOLiA, Bartiia-leaved. 



Berberis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry . 



BicoLoR, two-colored. 



Biennis, biennial (/. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



BiFiDUM, bifid, divided. 



BiFLORA, two-flowered. 



BiFOLiUM, two-leaved. 



BiGELOVir, Dr. J. I\L Bigelow, a pioneer 

 botanist. 



BiLOBA, two-lobed. 



BiscEPTRUM, two-stemmed, i. f.,twoscapes. 



BiSTORTA, twice-twisted. 



Blepharophylla, eyelash-leaved. 



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

 anist. 



BoLANDERi, H. N. Bolander, a well-known 

 botanist of this coast. 



BoREALis, northern. 



BoscHNiAKXA, Boschniaki, a Prussian. 



BoYKiNiA, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 



Brachycarpa, short-pod. 



Bracteata, bracted. 



Bracteosa, bracted. 



Brassica, old name for cabbage. 



Breviflora, short-flowered. 



Brevifolium, short-leaved. 



Breweri, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



Brunella, from German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



BuLLATA, jeweled; blistered. 



Bursa-I'ASTORIS, shepherd's j)urse. 



C-«ruleus, deep blue. 

 CiESPiTOSA, tufted. 

 Californica, California. 

 Calochortus, beautiful grass. 

 Calycantiius, cup-flower. 

 Calycina, cup-like. 

 Campanula, bell. 

 Campestris, field (uncultivated). 

 Canadensis, Canadian. 

 Canescens, white-haired; hoary. 

 Canina, dog. 

 Cannabinum, hemp-like. 

 Capitata, capitate (bearing a head of 

 flowers). 



