GLOSSAEY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIO NAMES. 



Emmenanthe, persistent-flower. 



Epilobium, a violet on a pod. 



Erianthus, woolly-flowered. 



Eriodtctyon, a network of wool (on*the 

 leaves). 



Eritrichium, woolly-hair. 



Erodittm, from Greek for heron (the fruit 

 like the bill of a heron). 



Erysimum, from a word meaning to blister. 



Ertthrjsa, from a word meaning red. 



Eschscholtzia, J. F. Eschscholtz, a Ger- 

 man botanist, who visited California 

 early in this century. 



EuBRODiaiA, true Brodisea. 



FALcrFOLiTJM, falchion-leaved. 



Farinosa, starchy. 



Fasciculata, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 

 Fauciearbatus, beard-throat. 

 FiLiFOLiA, thread-leaved. 

 Flammula, a little banner or flame. 

 Floribunda, many-flowered. 

 FoLiOLOSA, leafy. 

 Formosa, beautifully formed. 

 Fragaria, fragrance. 

 Fraxinus, from a Latin word meaning 



easily split. 

 Fritillaria, from Latin for checker-board, 



the petals of the first-named species 



being checkered. 

 FuoATA, colored, 

 FuLVUM, tawny; yellow. 



Gallica, Gallic (French). 



Gaultheria, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec. 



Gentiaka, Gentius, king of Ulyria. 



GiGANTEA, gigantic; huge. 



GiLEA, Philip GiL 



GiTHOPSis, resembling Gith (Corn-cockle). 



Glabrcs, smooth. 



Glabratus, smooth. 



Glandulosus, glandular. 



Glatjcus, bluish-gray, or with a bloom. 



Glaux, from Greek for sea-green. 



Glutinosus, glutinous; sticky. 



Gltcyrrhiza, sweet-root. 



GoDETiA, Dr. Godet. 



GoMPHOCARPUs, nail-pod. 



Gracile, slender. 



Gracilentus, slender. 



Graoiliflorus, slender-flowered. 



Grakdiflora, grand-flowered. 



Greenei, Rev. E. L. Greene, who has dili- 

 gently explored the Botany of this 

 State. • 



Gymnocaepus, naked-fruited; naked-pod. 



Hastatus, spear-bearing. 



Hebecarpus, blunt-pod (?) 



Hedeeaceus, Ivy-like. * 



Helioteopium, from Greek for sun and 

 turn. 



Heterophyllus, variously leaved. 



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

 anist. 



Hexandra, six-stamened. 



Hirscttissimus, bristly, or very hairy. 



HiSPiDULA, bristly; prickly. 



HuMiLis, low; small. 



Hypericum, the Greek name. 



iLicrFOLiirs, Holly-leaved. 

 Incaitus, gray; hoary. 

 ICISUM, incised; cut. 

 Inconspicuus, inconspicuous. 

 Insignis, remarkable; marked. 

 Integerrimus, most vigorous. 

 Integrifolia, entire-leaved. 

 Intermedius, intermediate. 

 Intertextus, intertwined. 

 Involucratus, involucrate. 



