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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



EiDiENANTHE, persistent-flower. 



Epilobium, a violet on a pod. 



Eriajs'thus, woolly-flowered. 



Eriodycttox, a network of wool (on the 

 leaves). 



Eritrichium, woolly-hair. 



Erodium, from Greek for heron (the fruit 

 like the bill of a heron). 



Erysimum, 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. 



EuERODi^EA, true Brodiaea. 



FALCiroLitTM, falchion-leaved. 



Farixosa, starchy. 



Fasciculata, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 

 Faucibarbatus, beard-throat. 

 FiLiroLiA, thread-leaved. 

 FLA^iOiULA, a little banner or flame. 

 Floribunda, many-flowered. 

 FoLiOLOSA, leafy. 

 Formosa, beautifully formed. 

 Fragaria, fragrance. 

 Fraxixds, 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 (French). 



Gaultheria, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec. 



-Gentiana, Gentius, king of lUyria. 



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. 



Glutixosus, glutinous; sticky. 



Glycyrrhiza, sweet-root. 



GoDETiA, Dr. Godet. 



GoiiPHOCARPUS, nail-pod. 



Gracile, slender. 



Gracilextus, slender. 



Gracilielorus, slender-flowered. 



Graxdielora, grand-flowered. 



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

 gently explored the Botany of this 

 State. 



Gymxocarpus, naked-fruited; naked-pod. 



Hastatus, spear-bearing. 



Hebecarpus, blunt-pod (?) 



Hederaceus, Ivy-like. 



Heliotropium, from Greek for sun and 

 turn. 



Heterophyllus, variously leaved. 



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

 anist. 



Hexaxdra, six-stamened. 



HiRSUTissiiMTJS, bristly, or very hairy. 



HiSPiDULA, bristly; prickly. 



Humilis, low; small. 



Hypericum, the Greek name. 



Ilicifoltus, Holly-leaved. 

 IxCAXUS, gray; hoary. 

 IcisuM, incised; cut. 

 Ixcoxspicuus, inconspicuous. 

 IxsiGXis, remarkable; marked. 

 IxTEGERRiMUS, most vigorous. 

 IxTEGRiFOLiA, entire-leavcd. 

 IxTERMEDius, intermediate. 

 IxTERTEXTUS, intertwined. 

 IxvoLUCRATUS, involucratc. 



