192 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



grandiflo'ra ; large-flowered. 



grandifo'lia ; large-leaved. 



gramin'eus : grassy. 



granulatus; granulated, having granules. In Saxifraga 



granulata the reference is to the roots, 

 grav'eolens ; heavy- smelling, 

 gutta'tus ; spotted. From gutta, a drop. 



H. 



hasta'tus ; from hasta, a spear, hastate, L e. spear-headed, 

 hedera'ceus ; ivy-like, 

 hedersefo'lius ; ivy-leaved. 



herba'ceus; herbaceous. Salix herbacea, the herb-like 

 Willow ; from its small size, 

 ^heterophyllus ; differently-leaved, as a species of Potamo- 



geton (Pondweed). 

 *hexan'dra; hexandrous, i.e. six-stamened. 

 hirci'na; goat's. 



hirsu'tus; hirsute, i. e. covered with long stiff hairs, 

 hir'tus ; rough, hairy. 



his'pida ; hispid, i. e. covered with long, very harsh hairs. 

 *holoseri'cea ; entirely silken. Name given to a Willow, with 

 reference to the flower, 

 hordeifor'mis ; barley-shaped, 

 humifu'sa ; ground- sprawling, 

 hu milis ; lowly, 

 hy'bridus ; hybrid. 



hyema'lis ; belonging to hyems, winter. 

 *hyperbo'rea ; arctic, literally beyond Boreas, or the north, 

 that is the extreme north. The Hj-^perboreans were 

 a supposed people in the extreme north. 

 *hypnoi'des ; like hypnum, or moss. 

 *hypoglot'tis ; hypo, under, and glotta, tongue. A name 



