GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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Iris, rainbow, 

 IxioiDES, Ixia-like. 



Jl'NCEa, rush-like. 



Jcssr.4:A, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



Laeiatje, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatcs, laciniate. 



Lactea, milk-white. 



L^viCAULis, smooth-stemmed. 



Lacunosum, pitted. 



Laxceolatus, lanceolate. 



Latifqlius, broad-leaved. 



Lathyrus, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pediceled. 

 Laxus. loose. 

 LEPiGONu:xr, scaly- joint. 

 Lepidium, scale-pod. 

 Leptophyllus, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotcs, scaly (?) 

 Lepidus, charming. 

 Leptosiphox, slender-tubed. 

 Lemmoni, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Leucodermis, white-skinned. 

 Leucocephalus, white-headed. 

 Leucocrixum, white-lil}'. 

 Leucophyllus, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in IS03-1806. 

 LiGUSTiciFOLius, Lovage-leaved. 

 LiLiACEUS, lily-like. 

 LiMXANTHES, pond-flower. 

 LmoNiUM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name. ) 

 LiMOSELLA, from limus, mud. 

 LiNARiA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiNEARrFOLiUM, narrow-leaved. 



Lrs'iFLORA, flax-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LiTHOSPERMorDES, like Lithospermum. 

 LiTTORALis, sea-beach. 

 LoEATUS, lobed. 

 LoxGEFLORUS, long-flowcrcd. 

 LoxGELOBA, long lobed. 

 LoNGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTEOLUS, yellowish. 

 LuTEus, yellow. 

 Lupixrs, wolf. 

 LupuLiNUS, hop-like. 

 LuciDUS, bright, transparent. 

 Lycopus, wolf-foot. 

 Lycopsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Lythrum, from Greek for blood. 



!^Li.CRANTH^s, large -flowered. 



^Iacrocera, large-horned. 



Macrocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachya, large-spiked. 



Macrothecum, large-anthered. 



;ML^ccxatus, spotted. 



^rATANTHE^njM:, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



]N1alva, from a word meaning soft. 



IklALV^iiFLORUS, Mallows-flowered. 



Malv^^folius, Mallows-leaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



^Maritimtm, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



^Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medicago, from Media, its native country. 



iMEDiL'S, middle. 



Megarrhiza, big-root. 



Melilotus, honey-flower. 



Mentha., from the name of a Nymph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



Menyanthes, month-flower. 



Menziesh, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



