184 NAMES OP PLANTS. 



*aloi'cles; aloe-like, 

 alpes'tris ; alpine, growing on lofty mountains, 

 alpi'nus; alpine, 

 alsinifo'lius ; alsine-Ieaved. Alsine was the old name for 



Cliickweed. 

 alterniflo'rus ; alternate-flowered, i.e. arranged at different 



heights on the same stem, — not opposite, 

 alternifolius ; alternate-leaved, see last, 

 ama'rus; bitter, 

 ambig'uus; obscure, 

 amethys'tea; bluish, or amethyst-coloured, amethystina 



would be more correct, 

 amphib'ius ; amphibious, 

 amplexicaul'e ; amplexicaul, i. e. (the leaves) embracing the 



stem ; amplexo, I embrace, and caulis, a stem, 

 ampulla'cea ; bottle-shaped, from ampulla, a vessel swollen 



in the middle and having a narrow neck. 

 * amygdaloi'des ; almond-like, 

 angula'ris ; angular. 



angustifo'lius ; narrow leaved, angustus, narrow, 

 angustis'simus ; narrowest, 

 anno'tinus ; a year old. 

 annuus; annual. 

 *anthropoph'ora; man bearing (the man-orchis), from the 



resemblance of the flower. 

 *apet'ala; without petals, 

 apif'era; bee-bearing (the bee-orchis). From ajns, bee, 



and fero, I bear; from the resemblance of the 



flower, 

 aquat'icus ; aquatic, i. e. growing in or near aqua, water, 

 aquat'ilis : pertaining to water, 

 aquili'na; pertaining to an eagle. Pteris aquilina. Bracken, 



presents in the section of its root a figure which 



Linneus likened to the royal eagles of his native flag. 



