GLOSSAEY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Iris, rainbow. 

 IxioiDES, Ixia-like. 



JuNCEA, rush-like. 



Jdsslea, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



La£Iat.£, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatus, laciniate. 



Lactea, milk-white. 



Kevicaulis, smooth-stemmed. 



Lacuxosum, pitted. 



Lanceolatus, lanceolate. 



Latifolius, broad-leaved. 



Lathyeus, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pedicelcd. 

 Laxus, loose. 

 Lbpigosum, scaly-joint. 

 LEPipftrM, scale-pod. 

 Leptophyllus, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotcs, scaly (?) 

 Lepidus, charming. 

 Leptosiphon, slender-tubed. 

 Lemmoni, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Leucodermis, white-skinned. 

 LEUCOCEPa<\LUS, white-headed. 

 Leucocrinum, white-lily. 

 Leccophyxlus, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 180^-1806. 

 LiGUSTicrFOLius, Lovage-leaved. 

 LiLiACEUS, lily-like. 

 LiM>fANTHE3, pond-flower. 

 LiMONitrM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name.) 

 LiMOSELLtV, from limus, mud. 

 LiNARiA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiNEARxroLiUM, narrow-leaved. 



LxNiFLORA, flax-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LiTHOSPERMorDES, like Lithospermum. 

 LiTTORALis, sea-beach. 

 LoBATUS, lobed. 

 LoNGiTLORUS, loug-flowercd. 

 LoNGiLOBA, long lobed. 

 LoNGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTEOLUS, yellowish. 

 LuTEUS, yellow. 

 LupiNus, wolf. 

 LupuLiNUS, hop-like. 

 LucTDUS, bright, transparent. 

 Ltcopus, wolf-foot. 

 Lycopsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Lythrum, from Greek for blood. 



IklACRANTHUS, large -flowered. 



Macrocera, large-horned. 



Macrocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachya, large-spiked. 



Maceothecum, large-anthered. 



Maculatus, spotted. 



MATANTHEJvnjM, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



^Ialva, from a word meaning soft. 



Malv^siflorus, Mallows-flowered. 



MALV.EFOLIUS, Mallows-lcaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



MLaritimtjm, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medicago, from Media, its native country. 



Medius, middle. 



Megarrhiza, big-root. 



Melilotus, honey-flower. 



Mentha, from the name of a Njrmph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



Menyanthes, month-flower. 



Menziesh, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com* 

 panion of Vancouver.- 



