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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



APARIXE, the Greek name. 



APOCYNUM, dog-bane; dog-poison. 



AQUATALIS, aquatic; water. 



AQUIFOLIUM, Holly -leaved. 



AQUILEGIA, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



ARABIS, from Arabia. 



ARENARIA, sand, belonging in sand. 



ARBOREUS, tree-like. 



ARBUTIFOLIA, Arbutus-leaved. 



ARBUTUS, the ancient name. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Bearberry. 



ARI^FOLIA, Aria-leaved. 



ARMERIA, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



AROMATICA, aromatic. 



ARVENSIS, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



ASCLEPIAS, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 



ASPER, rough. 



ASPERUM, rough. 



ASSURGENTIFLORA, flowers bending up- 

 ward. 



ATTENUATUS, slender. 



ATTENUIFOLIUM slender-leaved. 



AUDIBERTIA, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



AUREA, golden. 



AURITA, little- eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AZUREUS, blue. 



BARBIGERUM, bearded. 



BARTSLEFOLIA, Bart.iia-leaved. 



BERBERIS, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry. 



BICOLOR, two-colored. 



BIENNIS, biennial (i. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



BIFIDUM, bifid, divided. 



BIFLORA, two-flowered. 



BIFOLIUM, two-leaved. 



BIGELOVII, Dr. J. M. Bigelow, a pioneer 

 botanist. 



BILOBA, two-lobed. 



BISCEPTRUM, two-stemmed, i. e., two scapes. 



BISTORTA, twice-twisted. 



BLEPHAROPHYLLA, eyelash-leaved. 



BLOOMERIA, H. G. Bloomer, a pioneer bot- 

 anist. 



BOLANDERI, H. N. Bolander, a well-known 

 botanist of this coast. 



BOREALIS, northern. 



BOSCHNIAKIA, Boschniaki, a Russian. 



BOYKINIA, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 



BRACHYCARPA, short-pod. 



BRACTEATA, bracted. 



BRACTEOSA, bracted. 



BRASSICA, old name for cabbage. 



BREVIFLORA, short-flowered. 



BREVIFOLIUM, short -leaved. 



BREWERI, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



BRUNELLA, from German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



BULLATA, jeweled; blistered. 



BURSA-PASTORIS, shepherd's purse. 



CLERULEUS, deep blue. 

 (LESPITOSA, tufted. 

 CALIFORNICA, California. 

 CALOCHORTUS, beautiful grass. 

 CALYCANTIIUS, cup-flower. 

 CALYCINA, cup-like. 

 CAMPANULA, bell. 

 CAMPESTRIS, field (uncultivated). 

 CANADENSIS, Canadian. 

 CANESCENS, white-haired; hoary. 

 CANINA, dog. 

 CANNABINUM, hemp-like. 

 CAPITATA, capitate (bearing a head of 

 flowers). 



