GLOSSARY OP GENERIC AND SPECIFIO NAMES. 



Aparine, the Greek name. 



Apocynum, dog-bane; dog-poison. 



Aquatalis, aquatic; water. 



Aqutfolictm, Holly-leaved. 



Aqttilegia, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



Arabis, from Arabia. 



Aeenaria, sand, belonging in eand. 



Arboreus, tree-like. 



Arbutifolia, Arbutus-leaved. 



Arbutus, the ancient name. 



ARCTOSTAPHYfos, Bearberry. 



ARi.ffiFOLiA, Aria-leaved. 



Armeria, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



Aromatica, aromatic. 



Aevensis, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



AscLEPiAS, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 



AsPER, rough. 



AsPERUM, rough. 



AssuRGENTiFLORA, flowers bending up- 

 ward. 



Attekuatus, slender. 



Attenuifolium. slender-leaved. 



Audebertia, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



AuEEA, golden. 



AuRiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AzuREus, blue. 



Barbigeeum, bearded. 



Bartsi^efolia, Bartsia-leaved. 



Berberis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry. 



BicoLOR, two-colored. 



Biennis, biennial (?. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



BiFiDUM, bifid, divided. 



BiFLORA, two-flowered. 



BiroLnjM, two-leaved. 



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

 botanist. 



Biloba, two-lobed. 



•BisCEPTRUM, two-stemmed, i. e., two scapes. 



Bistorta, twice-twisted. 



Blepharophylla, eyelash-leaved. 



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

 anist. 



BoLANDERi, H. N. Bolander, a well-known 

 botanist of this coast. 



BoREALis, northern. 



BoscHNiAKiA, Boschniaki, a Eussian. 



BoYKiNiA, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 



Brachycarpa, short-pod. 



Bracteata, bracted. 



Bracteosa, bracted. 



Brassica, old name for cabbage. 



Breviflora, short-flowered. 



Brevtfolium, short-leaved. 



Breweri, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



Brunella, from German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



BuLLATA, jeweled; blistered. 



BuRSA-PASTORis, shepherd's purse. 



C^RULEUS, deep blue. 

 C^SPiTOSA, tufted. 

 Californica, California. 

 Calochortus, beautiful grass. 

 Calycanthus, cup-flower. 

 Calycina, cup-like. 

 Campanula, bell. 

 Campestris, field (uncultivated). 

 Canadensis, Canadian. 

 Canescens, white-haired; hoary. 

 Canina, dog. 

 Cannabinum, hemp-like. 

 Capitata, capitate (bearing a head of 

 flowers). 



