GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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Iris, rainbow. 

 IxioiDES, Ixia-like. 



JuNCE.i, rush-like. 



Jdssi-'K^v, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 



the Natural System. 



L.\BIAT.*E, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatus, laciniate. 



Lactea, milk-white. 



L.BV'iCAULis, smooth-stemmed. 



Lacunosum, pitted. 



Laxceolatus, lanceolate. 



Latifolius, broad-leaved. 



Lathyrcs, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pediceled. 

 Laxus, loose. 

 Lepigonum, scaly-joint. 

 Lepidium, scale-pod. 

 Leptophyllus, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotcs, scaly (?) 

 Lepidus, charming. 

 Leptosipiiox, slender-tubed. 

 Lemmoni, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Leucodermis, white-skinned. 

 LECCOCEPnALUS, white-headed. 

 Leucocrinum, white-lily. 

 Leucophyllxts, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 1803-1S06. 

 LiGUSTiciFOLius, Lovagc-leavcd. 

 Liliaceus, lily-like. 

 LiJiNANTHES, pond-flower. 

 LiMONiuM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name.) 

 LiMOSELLA, from limus, mud. 

 LiNARiA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiNEARiFOLiuM, narrow-leaved. 



Lixiflora, fla5c-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LiTHOSPERMOiDES, like Lithospermum. 

 Littoralis, sea-beach. 

 LoBATUS, lobed. 

 LoNGiFLORUs, long-flowered. 

 LoNGiLOBA, long lobed. 

 LoNGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTEOLUs, yellowish. 

 LuTEUS, yellow. 

 LUPINUS, wolf. 

 LupuLiNUS, hop-like. 

 LuciDus, bright, transparent. 

 Lycopus, wolf-foot. 

 Ly'copsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Lythrum, from Greek for blood. 



Macranthus, large -flowered. 



Macrocera, large-horned. 



Macrocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachy'a, large-spiked. 



Macrothecum, large-anthered. 



Maculatus, spotted. 



Maianthemum, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



Malva, from a word meaning soft. 



Malv^florus, Mallows-flowered. 



Malv^folius, Mallows-leaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



Maritimum, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medicago, from Media, its native country. 



Medius, middle. 



Meoarrhiza, big-root. 



Melilotits, honey-flower. 



Mentha, frona the name of a Nymph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



Menyanthes, month-flower. 



Menziesii, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



