GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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IRIS, rainbow. 

 IXIOEDES, Ixia-like. 



JUNCEA, rush-like. 



JDSSI^EA, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



LABIATE, from labia, a lip. 



LACINATCTS, laciniate. 



LACTEA, milk-white. 



LJSVICAULIS, smooth-stemmed. 



LACUNOSUM, pitted. 



LANCEOLATUS, lanceolate. 



LATIFOHUS, broad-leaved. 



LATHYRUS, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 



LATIPES, broad-pediceled. 

 LAXUS, loose. 

 LEPIGONUM, scaly- joint. 

 LEPIDIUM, scale-pod. 

 LEPTOPHYLLUS, slender-leaved. 

 LEPIDOTUS, scaly (?) 

 LEPIDUS, charming. 

 LEPTOSIPHON, slender-tubed. 

 LEMMONI, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 LEUCODERMIS, white-skinned. 

 LEUCOCEPHALTIS, white-headed. 

 LEUCOCRINUM, white-lily. 

 LEUCOPHYLLUS, white-leaved. 

 LEWISIA, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 1803-1806. 

 LIGUSTICIFOLIUS, Lovagc-leaved. 

 LILIACEUS, lily-like. 

 LIMNANTHES, pond-flower. 

 LIMONIUM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name. ) 



LIMOSELLA, from limus, mud. 

 LINARIA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LINEARIFOLIUM, narrow-leaved. 



LINIFLORA, flax-flowered j the Latin name 



Linum. 



LITHOSPERMOLDES, like Lithospermum, 

 LITTORALIS, sea-beach. 

 LOBATUS, lobed. 

 LONGIFLORUS, long-flowered. 

 LONGILOBA, long lobed. 

 LONGIPES, long-pediceled. 

 LUTEOLUS, yellowish. 

 LUTEUS, yellow. 

 LUPINUS, wolf. 

 LUPULINUS, hop-lil 

 LUCIDTTS, bright, 

 LYCOPUS, wolf-foot. 

 LYCOPSOIDES, Lyco 

 LYTHRUM, from Greek 



MACRANTHUS, large -flowered. 



MACROCERA, large-horned. 



MACROCARPA, large-fruited. 



MACROSTACHYA, large-spiked. 



MACROTHECUM, large-anthered. 



MACULATUS, spotted. 



MAIANTHEMUM, mountain nymph. 



MAJOR, greater; larger. 



MALVA, from a word meaning soft. 



MALV^EFLORUS, Mallows-flowered. 



MALV^EFOLIUS, Mallows-leaved. 



MARIPOSA, butterfly. 



MARITIMUM, 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 Nymph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



MENYANTHES, month-flower. 



MENZIESII, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



