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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Emmenanthe, persistent-flower, 



Epiloeium, a violet on a pod. 



Eriahthus, •woolly-flowerecl. 



Eriodyctyon, 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. 



Erythr^a, from a word meaning red. 



EscHSCHOLTZiA, J. F. Esclisclioltz, a Ger- 

 man botanist, who visited Cali^nia 

 early in this century. 



EcERODi^A, true Brodisea. 



Falcifolium, falchion-leaved. 



Farinosa, starchy. 



Fascicdlata, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 

 Faccibarbatus, beard-throat. 

 FiLiFOLiA, thread-leaved. 

 Flammula, a little banner or flame, 

 Floribunda, many-flowered. 

 Foliolosa, leafy. 

 Formosa, beautifully formed, 

 Fragaria, fragrance. 

 Feaxixus, from a Latin word meaning 



easily sjjlit. 

 Fkitillaria, from Latin for checker-board, 



the petals of the first-named species 



being checkered. 

 FucATA, colored, 

 FuLVUM, tawny; yellow. 



Gallica, Gallic (French). 



Gaultheria, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec, 



Gentiana, Gentius, king of Illyria, 



GiGANTEA, gigantic; huge. 



GiLEA, Philip Gib 



GiTHOpsis, resembling Gith (Corn-cockle), 



Glabrus, smooth. 



Glabratus, smooth. 



Glandulosus, glandular. 



frLAucus, bluish-gray, or with a bloom. 



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. 



Grandiflora, grand -flowered. 



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

 gently exjjlored the Botany of this 

 State. 



Gymnocarpus, naked-fruited; naked-pod, 



Hastatus, spear-bearing, 



Hebecarpus, 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. 



HiRSPTissiMus, bristly, or very hairy. 



HisPiDULA, bristly; prickly. 



HuMiLis, low; small. » 



Hypericum, the Greek name. 



Ilicifoltus, 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. 



