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GLOSSARY OF GENEFJC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Apaeixe, the Greek name. 



Apoctnum, dog-bane; dog-poison. 



Aquatalis, aquatic; water. 



AQUTFOLicrM, Holly-leaved. 



AQUTLJiGiA, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



Arabis, from Arabia. 



Arenaeia, sand, belonging in sand. 



Aeboeeus, tree-like. 



Aeeutifolia, Arbutus-leaved. 



Aebutus, the ancient name. 



Aectostaphylos, Bearberry. 



AEI.EFOLIA, Aria-leaved. 



Aemeeia, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



Aeomatica, aromatic. 



Aevensis, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



AscLEPiAS, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 



AsPEE, rough. 



AsPEEUM, rough. 



AssuEGENTiFLOEA, flowers bending up- 

 ward, 



Attenuatus, slender. 



Attkntjieolium slender-leaved. 



AuDEBEETiA, !M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



Aueea, golden. 



AuEiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AztJEEUS, blue. 



Baebigeeum, bearded. 



Baetslefolia, Bartsia-leaved. 



Beebeeis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry. 



BicoLOE, two-colored. 



BiEKN'is, biennial {i. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



Beetdum, bifid, divided. 



BiELOEA, two-flowered. 



Blfglium, two-leaved. 



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

 botanist. 



BiLOBA, two-lobed. 



BisCEPTEUM, two-stemmed, i. e., two scapes. 



BiSTORTA, twice-twisted. 



Blephaeophylla, eyelash-leaved. 



Bloomeria, H. G. Bloomer, a pioneer bot- 

 anist. 



Bolaxderi, H. !N". Bolander, a well-known 

 botanist of this coast. 



BoEEALis, northern. 



BoscHNiAKiA, Boschniaki, a Bussian. 



BoYKESiA, Dr. Boy kin, of Georgia. 



Beachycaepa, short-pod. 



Beacteata, bracted. 



Beacteosa, bracted. 



Brassica, old name for cabbage. 



Brevifloea, short-flowered. 



Brevifolium, short -leaved. 



Beeaveri, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



Beunella, fx'om German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



Bdllata, jeweled; blistered, 



BuESA-PASTOEis, shepherd's purse. 



C^euleus, deep blue. 

 C^SPiTOSA, tufted. 

 Califoenica, California. 

 Calochoetus, beautiful grass. 

 Calycanthus, cup-flower. 

 Calycina, cup-like. 

 Campanula, bell. 

 Caimpesteis, field (uncultivated). 

 Canadensis, Canadian. 

 Canescens, white-haired; hoary. 

 Canina, dog. 

 Cannabinum, hemp-like. 

 Capitata, capitate (bearing a head of 

 flowers). 



