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GLOSSARY OP GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Aparixe, the Greek name. 



Apocynum, dog-bane; dog-poison. 



Aquatalis, aquatic; water. 



Aquifolicjm, Holly-leaved. 



Aquilegia, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



Arabis, from Arabia. 



Arenaria, sand, belonging in sand. 



Arboreus, tree-like. 



Arrutifolia, Arbutus -leaved. 



Arbutus, the ancient name. 



Arctostaphylos, Bearberry. 



Ari^folia, Aria-leaved. 



Ar:heria, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



Aromatica, aromatic. 



Arvensis, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



Asclepias, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 



AsPER, rough. 



AsPERUM, rough. 



AssuRGENTiFLORA, flowers bending up- 

 ward. 



Attenuatus, slender. 



ATTi:isruiF0LiU3ii slender-lcaved. 



AuDiBERTiA, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



Aurea, golden. 



AuRiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AzuREUs, blue. 



Barbigerum, bearded. 



Bartsi^folia, Bart3ia-leaved. 



B^RBERis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry. 



BicoLOR, two-colored. 



Biennis, biennial {i. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



BiFiDUM, bifid, divided. 



BiFLORA, two-flowered. 



BiFOLiUM, two-leaved. 



BiGELOvn, Dr. J. M. Bigelow, a pioneer 

 botanist. 



BiLOBA, two-lobed. 



BisCEPTRUM, two-stemmed, 2. e. , two scapes. 



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. 



BosCHNiAKiA, Boschniaki, a Russian. 



Boykinia, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 



Brachycarpa, short-pod. 



Bracteata, bracted. 



Bracteosa, bracted. 



Brassica, old name for cabbage. 



Breviflora, short-flowered. 



Brevifolium, short-leaved. 



Breweri, \Vm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



Brunella, from German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



Bcllata, jeweled; blistered. 



BuRSA-PASTORis, shepherd's purse. 



CiERULEUS, deep blue. 

 C^SPiTOSA, 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). 



