22 BOTANICAL NAMES 



vessel); '* sperma " (seeds); plants having their 



seeds enclosed in a pod. 



Angularis (ang-gu-la-ris). L. adj., having corners. 

 Angustifolium (an-gust-i-fol-ium). L. " Angustus " 



(narrow); " folium " (leaf); narrow-leafed; a very 



common second hot. name. 

 Angustissimus (an-gust-is-si-mus). L. adj., superlative 



of " angustus "; narrowest. 

 Anisomerous (an-i-som-er-us). G. "An" (not); "isos" 



(equal); " meros " (parts); unsymmetrical ; when 



some of the flowers in a whorl have some parts 



different from the others. 

 Aniseed (an-i-seed). The seed of the " anisum," the 



G. name for plant. 

 Annotium (an-not-i-num). L. adj., a year old, of last 



year. 

 Annual (an-nu-al). L. " Annualis " (lasting a year); 



a plant that comes up, blooms, and dies all in the 



year. 

 Annular (an-nu-ler). L. " Annulus " (a ring) ; applied 



to any parts of a plant disposed in a circle. 

 Anserina (an-ser-ina). L. " Anser " (a goose, that 



bird being fond of the plant). 



Antennaria (an-ten-nar-ia). L. " Antenna " (a sail- 

 yard) ; so named because the hairs attached to the 



seeds of the plant are like the feelers (called 



" antenna " from their sail-yard-like look) of 



insects. Bot. name of a group. 

 Anterior (an-te-ri-or). L. The front or outside. 

 Anthemis (an-them-is). G. "Anthos " (a flower). The 



flower of flowers, because of its great medicinal 



properties. Bot. name for Chamomile group. 



