GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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POLYGALA, much milk (said to increase 



secretion of milk). 

 POLYSEPALUM, many-sepaled 

 POMERIDIANUM, after-noon. 

 PRENANTHOIDES, Prenanthus-like. 

 PROSARTES, from Greek to hang. 

 PROSTATA, prostrate. 

 PSORALIA, scurf. 

 PTEROSPORA, wing-seed. 

 PTELEA, Greek for elm. 

 PULCHELLA, beautiful. 

 PUMILA, dwarf; little. 

 PUNGENS, pungent; biting. 

 PURPURASCENS, growing purple; purplish. 

 PYCNANTHEMUM, dense-flowers. 

 PYCNANTHA, dense-flowering. 



QUERCIFOLIA, oak-leaved 

 QUADRANGULARIS, four-sided. 



RACEMOSA, racemose; raceme-bearing. 



RADICANS, rooting. 



RAMOSISSIMA, branching; full of branches. 



RANUNCULUS, from Latin for frog (some 

 of the species aquatic). 



RAPHANUS, quick -grower. 



RARIFLORUM, seldom-flowering. 



RECURVA, recurved. 



REDIVIVA, reviving. 



RHOMBOIDEA, rhomboidal. 



RHUS, red (the prevailing color of the 

 plentiful fruit in the genus). 



RIBES, the Arabic name. 



RIGIDUS, stiff; rigid. 



RIVULARIS, river. 



ROMANZOFFIA, Nicholas RomanzofF, a Rus- 

 sian nobleman, who early in this cen- 

 tury sent Kotzebue (accompanied by 

 Chamisso and Eschscholtz) to this 

 coast. 



ROSA, the ancient name. 



ROSEUS, rosy. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA, round-leaved. 

 RUBESCENS, reddening; reddish. 

 RUBUS, red (the color of the fruit). 

 country; rustic. 



SALVIA, from a Latin word meaning to 



save. 

 SAMBUCUS, from the name of an ancient 



musical instrument, said to have been 



made of Elder. 

 SANGUINEA, bloody. 

 SARCODES, from the Greek for flesh. 

 SARMENTOSA, running (as strawberries). 

 SATIVA, cultivated; tame. 

 SAXIFRAGA, rock-breaker. 

 SCOLIOPUS, worm-peduncle. 

 SCROPHULARIA, scrofula cure. 

 SCUTELLARIA, from scutella, a dish (be- 



cause of the calyx). 

 SERPYLLOIDES, Thyme-like. 

 SERRATUM, serrate; toothed 

 SESSILE, sessile; stemless. 

 SESSILIFOLIA, sessile-leaved. 

 SHALLON, the Indian name. 

 SIDALCIA. 



SILENE, from a Greek word meaning saliva. 

 SIMPLEX, simple. ' 

 SITCHENSIS, Sitka. 

 SOLDANELLA, the generic name of another 



plant. 



SOREHLATUS, covered with granules. 

 SPARSIFLORUS, sparse-flowered. 

 SPATHULATA, spatulate. 

 SPECIOSUS, showy. 

 SPECTABILIS, notable; admirable. 

 SPECULARIA, from speculum, a looking- 



glass. 



SPIRAEA, old name of Meadow Sweet. 

 STACHYS, the ancient name. 

 STACHYOIDES, Stachys-like. 



