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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



EiDiENANTHE, persistent-flower. 



EpiLOBiTii, a violet on a pod. 



EPviANTHrs, "vroolly-flowered. 



Eriodyctyon, a network of wool (on the 

 leaves). 



Eritrichiu^i, -woolly-hair. 



ERODiUii, from Greek for heron (the fruit 

 like the bill of a heron). 



ERYSiiiUM, from a word meaning to blister. 



Erythr^a, from a word meaning red. 



EscHscHOLTZiA, J. F. Esclischoltz, a Ger- 

 man botanist, who visited California 

 early in this century. 



EuBRODiiEA, true Brodisea. 



Ealcifolium, falchion-leaved. 



Farixosa, starchy. 



Fa-SCICULAta, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 

 Faucibarbatus, beard-throat. 

 FiLiFOLiA, thread-leaved. 

 FLAimrLA, a little banner or flame. 

 Flortbuxda, many-flowered. 

 FoLiOLOSA, leafy, 

 Formosa, beautifully formed. 

 Fragaria, fragrance. 

 Fraxinus, from a Latin word meaning 



easily split. 

 Fritillaria, from Latin for checker-board, 



the petals of the first-named species 



being checkered. 

 FucATA, colored, 

 FuLVUM, tawny; yellow. 



Gallica, Gallic (Fren'ch). 



Gacltheria, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec. 



Gentiana, Gentius, king of Illyria. 



GiGANTEA. gigantic; huge. 



GiLEA, Philip Gil. 



GiTHOPSis, resembling Gith (Corn-cockle). 



Glabrus, smooth. 



Glabratus, smooth. 



Glandulosus, glandular. 



Glaucus, bluish-gray, or with a bloom. 



Glaux, from Greek for sea-green. 



Glutinosus, glutinous; sticky. 



Glycy-rrhiza, sweet-root. 



GoDETiA, Dr. Godet. 



GoiiPHOCARPUS, nail-pod. 



Gracile, slender. 



Gracilentus, slender. 



Graciliflorus, slender-flowered. 



Grandiflora, grand-flowered. 



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

 gently explored the Botany of this 

 State. 



Gy3IN0Carpus, naked -fruited; naked-pod. 



Hastatus, spear-bearing. 



Hebecarpus, blunt-pod (?) 



Hederaceus, Ivy-like. 



Heliotropium, from Greek for sun and 

 turn. 



Heteropiiyllus, variously leaved. 



Heuchera, J. H. Heucher, a German bot- 

 anist. 



Hexandra, six-stamened. 



HiRStJTissnrus, bristly, or very hairy. 



Hispidula, bristly; prickly. 



HUMILIS, low; small. 



Hypericum, the Greek name. 



IiiciroLius,. Holly-leaved. 

 Incants, gray; hoary, 

 Icisit:^, incised; cut. 

 Inconspicuus, inconspicuous. 

 In'signis, remarkable; marked. 

 IxTEGERRiMUS, most vigorous. 

 IxTEGRiFOLiA, entire-leaved. 

 Intermedius, intermediate. 

 IxTERTEXTUS, intertwined. 

 Involucratus, involucrate. 



