GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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lais, rainbow. 

 IxioiDES, Ixia-like. 



JuNCEA, rush-like. 



Jussi-diA, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



Labiate, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatus, laciniate. 



Lactea, milk-white. 



L^viCAULis, smooth-stemmed, 



Lacunosum, pitted. 



Lanceolatus, lanceolate. 



Latifolius, broad-leaved, 



Lathyrus, the (^reek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pediceled. 

 Laxus, loose. 

 Lepigonum, scaly- joint. 

 Lepidium, scale-pod. 

 Leptophyllus, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotus, scaly (?) 

 Lepldus, charming. 

 Leptosiphox, slender-tubed. 

 Lemmoxi, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Leucodermis, white-skinned. 

 Leucocephalus, wdiite-headed. 

 Leucocrinum, white-lily. 

 Leucophyllus, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt, M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 1803-1806. 

 LiGUSTiciFOLius, Lovage-lcaved. 

 LiLiACEUS, lily-like. 

 Limnanthes, pond-flower. 

 LiMoxiun, mud-plant (an old generic 



name.) 

 LiMOSELLA, from limus, mud. 

 LiNARiA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiNEARiFOLiuM, narrow-lcavcd. 



LixiFLORA, flax-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LiTHOSPERMOiDES, like Lithospermum. 

 LiTTORALis, sea-beach. 

 LoBATUS, lobed. 

 LoxGiFLORUS, long-flowered. 

 LoNGiLOBA, long lobed. 

 LoNGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTEOLUS, yellowish. 

 LuTEUS, yellow. 

 LupiNUS, wolf. 

 LupuLixus, hop-like. 

 LuciDUS, bright, transparent. 

 Lycopus, wolf-foot. 

 Lycopsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Lythrum, from Greek for blood. 



jSLicranthus, large -flowered. 



Macrocera, large-horned. 



Macrocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachya, large-spiked. 



Macrothecum, large-anthered. 



Maculatus, spotted. 



Maianthemum, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



IMalva, from a word meaning soft. 



Malv^iiflorus, Mallows-flowered. 



Malv^folius, Mallows-leaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



MARiToruM, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medicago, from Media, its native countiy. 



Medius, 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. 



Menziesii, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



