ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF LATIN NAMES OF SPECIES 



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nigra tus: blackish. 



nigres cens: blackish, becoming black. 



nig ricans: black. 



nigricor nis: black-horned. 



nig ripes: black-footed or -stalked. 



nilot ica: of the Nile. 



ni tens: shining. 



nit idus: shining. 



niva lis: snowy, pertaining to snow. 



niv eus: snowy. 



nivd sus: snowy, full of snow. 



nobil ior: more noble. 



nob ilis: noble, famous, renowned. 



nobilis simus: most or very noble. 



nodiflo rus: with flowers at nodes. 



node sus: with nodes, jointed. 



nonscrip tus: undescribed. 



nootkaten sis: of Nootka (Nootka 



Sound is by Vancouver Island), 

 nota tus: marked, 

 nd vse-an glise: of New England. 

 n6 vse-caesare ae: of New Jersey, 

 nd Ve-zealand ias: of New Zealand, 

 aoveboracen sis: of New York, 

 nd vi-bSl gii: of New Belgium or New 



Netherlands (i. e., New York), 

 nubfc olus: dwelling among clouds, 

 nucif era: nut-bearing, 

 nudi tus: nude, stripped, 

 nudicau lis: naked-stemmed, 

 nudifld rus: naked-flowered. 

 nil dus: nude, naked. 

 numisma tus: pertaining to money, 



coin-like. 



nu tans: nodding, 

 nyctfc alus: night-blooming. 



obcon icus: inversely conical. 



obcorda tus : obcordate, inversely 

 cordate. 



bbe sus: obese, fat. 



obfusca tus: clouded, confused. 



obi! quus: oblique, unequal and 

 slanting. 



oblitera tus: obliterated, erased, not 

 apparent. 



oblonga tus: oblong. 



oblongifo lius: oblong-leaved. 



oblon gus: oblong. 



obo va tus : obovate, inverted ovate. 



obscu rus: obscure, hidden. 



obsole tus : obsolete, rudimentary. 



obtusa tus: obtuse, blunt. 



obtusifd lius: blunt-leaved. 



obtusil obus: blunt-lobed. 



obtu sus: obtuse, blunt, rounded. 



occidenta lis: occidental, western. 



ocean icus : oceanic ; perhaps of 

 Oceanica. 



ocelli tus: eyeleted, with small eyes. 



ochrea tus: with an ochrea or boot- 

 sheath. 



ochroleii cus: yellowish white. 



octan drus: with eight anthers. 



octopet alus: eight-petaled. 



octophyl lus: eight-leaved. 



ocula tus: eyed, with eye-like marks. 



odonti tes: tooth. 



odontochi lus: with toothed Up or 

 margin. 



odoratis simus: most or very odor- 

 ous, very fragrant. 



odors tus: odorous, fragrant. 



odd rus: odorous, fragrant. 



officina lis: officinal, medicinal, recog- 

 nized in the pharmacopea. 



officina rum: of the apothecaries. 



oleaefo lius: Olea- or olive-leaved. 



oleif era: oil-bearing. 



olera ceus: oleraceous, vegetable- 

 garden herb used in cooking. 



oligan thus: few-flowered. 



oligocar pus: few-fruited. 



oligosper mus: few-seeded. 



olitd rius: pertaining to vegetable- 

 ganleus or -gardeners. 



olivil ceus: olive-like, olive-colored. 



olivsef6r mis: olive-shaped. 



olym picus : of Olympus or Mt. Olym- 

 pus (in Greece). 



omniv orus: omnivorous, of all kinds 

 of food. 



opS cus: opaque, shaded. 



opercula tus : with a lid. 



opposition rus: opposite-flowered. 



oppositifd lius: opposite-leaved. 



opulirlo rus: flowers of Opulus 

 (a Viburnum). 



orbicula ris: round. 



orbicula tus: round. 



orchid eus: orchid-like. 



orchioi des: orchid-like. 



oregS nus: of Oregon. 



orgya lis: length of the arms ex- 

 tended, about 6 feet. 



orienta lis: oriental, eastern. 



ornatis simus: most showy or ornate. 



orna tus: ornate, adorned. 



ornithoceph alus : like a bird's head. 



ornithop odus: like a bird's foot. 



ornithorhyn chus: shaped like a 

 bird's beak. 



orthocar pus: straight-fruited. 



orthochl lus': straight-lipped. 



orth6p terus: straight- winged. 



ovalifd lius: oval-leaved. 



ova lis: oval. 



ovatifd lius: ovate-leaved. 



ova tus: ovate. 



ovif era: egg-bearing. 



ovig era: egg-bearing. 



ovi nus: pertaining to sheep. 



oxyacan thus: sharp-thorned or 

 -spined. 



oxygo nus: sharp-angled. 



oxyphyl lus : sharp-leaved. 



oxysep alus: with sharp sepals. 



pachyan thus: thick-flowered, 

 pachyneu rus: thick-nerved. 

 pachyp terus: thick-winged. 

 pacif icus: of the Pacific, of regions 



bordering the Pacific Ocean, 

 palaesti nus : of Palestine. 

 pale a ceus: with palea (bracts in 



grass flowers), or palea-like, chaffy, 

 pal lens: pale. 



palles cens: palish, becoming pale, 

 pallia tus: palliated, cloaked, 

 pallidiflo rus: pale-flowered. 

 pallidifo lius: pale-leaved, 

 pallidispl nus: pale-spined. 

 pal lidus: pale, 

 pallifla Tens: pale yellow, 

 palmatif idus : palmately cut. 

 palma tus: palmate, divided or lobed 



like the hand. 



paludo sus : of marshes, marsh-loving, 

 palus tris: marsh-loving, 

 pandura tus: fiddle-shaped, 

 panicula tus: paniculate, 

 paniculfg era: panicle-bearing. 



pannon icus: of Panuonia (Roman 

 province on the Danube, now west- 

 ern Hungary). 



pannd sus: ragged, tattered. 



papavera ceus: Papaver-like, poppy- 

 like. 



papilionj ceus: butterfly-like, the 

 form of the pea flower. 



papillo sus: papillate, with minute 

 nipple -like projections or pro- 

 tuberances. 



papyri ceus: papery. 



papyrif era: paper-bearing. 



paradisi acus : of parks or gardens. 



paradox us: paradoxical, strange. 



parasit icus : parasitical, of a parasite. 



pardal! nus: leopard-like, spotted. 



pardi nus: leopard-spotted. 



parti tus: parted. 



parviflo rus: small-flowered. 



parvifd lius: small-leaved. 



parvis simus: smallest, very small. 



par vulus: very small, very slight. 



par vus: small. 



patagon icus : of Patagonia. 



patella ris: circular, disk-shaped, like 

 a knee-pan. 



pa tens: spreading. 



pat ulus: spreading. 



pauciflo rus: few-flowered. 



paucifo lius: few-leaved. 



pauper culus: poor. 



pavon! nus: peacock-like. 



pectina ceus: pectinate. 



pectina tus: pectinate, comb-like, pin- 

 natifid with very narrow close 

 divisions or parts. 



pectinif era: comb-bearing. 



pectora lis : shaped like a breast-bone 



peda tus: footed, of the foot or feet; 

 also pedate, like a bird's foot, 

 being palmately divided and the 

 side parts 2-cleft. 



pedemonta nus : of Piedmont (north- 

 ern Italy). 



peduncula ris: peduncled, stalked. 



peduncula tus: peduncled. 



pedunculo sus: with many peduncles. 



pellu cidus: pellucid, with translu- 

 cent dots. 



pelta tus: peltate. 



peltifolius: peltate-leaved. 



pelvifor mis: pelvis-shaped. 



penduliflo rus: pendulous-flowered. 



penduli nus : somewhat pendulous. 



pen dulus: pendulous, hanging. 



penicilla tus: hair penciled, like a 

 little brush; pinnate. 



penna tus: feathered, as the veins or 

 lobes standing off at right angles 

 from a midrib; pinnate. 



penniner vis: feather-veined. 



pennsylvan icus: of Pennsylvania. 



pentago nus: five-angled. 



pentag ynus : of five pistils. 



pen tan drus: of five stamens. 



pentan thus: five-flowered. 



pentaphyl lus : five-leaved. 



perbel lus: very beautiful. 



peregr! nus: exotic, foreign, from a 

 strange country. 



peren nans: perennial. 



peren nis: perennial, living three or 

 more years. 



perfolia tus: perfoliate, with leaf sur- 

 rounding the stem. 



