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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



STATICE, the ancient name. 

 STELLARIA, from stella, a star. 

 STELLATA, starry; star-like. 

 STIPULARIS, stipulate. 

 STIVERI, C. H. Stivers 

 STRICTUM, iipright. 

 STRIGULOSUS, bristly. 

 STROBILACEA, cone-like (a pine cone). 

 STROBILINA, little cone. 

 STROPHOLIRION, twisted-lily. 

 SUBPINKATA, nearly-pinnate. 

 SYMPHORICARPUS, cluster-fruit. 

 SYMPLOCARPUS, united-fruit. 



TAISTACETTFOLIUS. Tansy-leaved. 

 TATULA, an old generic name (?). 

 TELLIMA, anagram of Mitella. 

 TENAX, tough. 

 TENELLA, tender; delicate. 

 TENER, soft, tender. 

 TENUILOBA, slender-lobed. 

 TENUIFOLIUS, thin-leaved. 

 TESSELLATA, checkered (seeds). 

 THYSANOCARPUS, fringe-pod. 

 THYRSIFLORUS, thyrse-flowered. 

 TIARELLA, a little mitre (the pod). 

 TINCTORIA, useful as a dye. 

 TOMENTOSUS, woolly; tomentose. 

 TRACHYANDRA, rough anther. 

 TRIDENTATUS, three -toothed; three- 

 pronged. 



TRICHANTHA, hair-flowered. 

 TRICHOPHYLLUS, hair-leaved. 

 TRICOLOR, three-colored. 

 TRIFIDUM, three-parted. 

 TRIFLORUS, three-flowered. 

 TRIFOLIATA, three-leaved. 

 TRIFOLITJM, three-leaves. 



TRILLIUM, triple (leaves, petals, etc., in 



threes). 



TRUNCATA, truncate. 

 TUBEROSA, tuber-bearing. 



UMBELLATA, umbellate. 

 UMBELLIFERUM, umbel-bearing. 

 UNDULATA, wavy. 

 UNIFLORUS, one -flowering. 

 UNIFOLIATA, one-leaved. 

 URSINUS, bear. 



VACCINNIUM, the ancient name. 

 VAGANS, wandering; spreading. 

 VANCOUVERIA, Capt. George Vancouver, 

 who explored this coast in 1792-1794. 

 VENENOSUS, deadly-poisonous. 

 VENOSUS, veiny. 

 VENUSTUS, beautiful. 

 VESTITA, clothed; covered. 

 VERNICOSA, varnished. 

 VERONICA, for St. Veronica (?). 

 VERTICILLATA, whorled, 

 VILLOSUS, hairy. 

 VISCIDULA, sticky. 

 VIRGINIENSIS, Virginian. 

 VITIS, the ancient name. 

 VULGARIS, common. 



WHIPPLEA, Gen. A. W. Whipple, who 

 visited this coast in 1849, in command 

 of a Government Survey Party. 



XEROPHYLLUM, dry-leaf. 

 YUCCA, the Indian name. 



ZAUSCHNERIA, M. Zauschner, a Bohemian 



botanist. 

 ZYGADENUS, yoked-glands. 



