PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF BOTANICAL NAMES. 



This Vocabulary contains the Botanical names of the orders, genera and species or sub-species that are men- 

 tioned in the FLORAL GUIDE and FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN. It does not include the names of varieties. 



The accent (') shows the accented syllable. 



The words are divided into syllables, and each syllable should be separately pronounced in the usual manner 

 of such combinations of letters. 



In some cases, the division into syllables has been made to indicate the correct sounds rather than to be critically 

 exact. In names derived from the names of persons, the form of the proper name has been preserved, without 

 reference to the exact division of the syllables, in all cases where it could be done, and at the same time the correct 

 pronunciation indicated. 



The letter a at the end of a word has always the sound of a in papa e final, or preceding a final consonant has 

 its long sound ; i unaccented, if final, sounds as if written eye, but when it ends a syllable, not final, it has the 

 sound of e, as Drummondii, (Drummond e eye.); y is subject to the same rules as i. 



The diphthongs and if have the sound of e ; and ch has the sound of k. 



FORMATION OF SOME BOTANICAL NAMES. Names of genera are sometimes formed from those of persons, to 

 compliment or commemorate them ; in such cases the termination a or ia is added, as Mandevilla from Mandeville, 

 Bouvardia from Bouvard. 



The name of a species is sometimes derived from the name of its discoverer, or of the person who first described 

 it, in which case the name terminates in i or ii, as Sanfordii from Sanford. When commemorative names are 

 given merely in compliment to a person they terminate in ianus, iana. or ianuin, as Hookeriana. Sometimes 

 this termination is also given to the names of countries, as Arkansianum, Africanum, &c. 



A BRO' NI A From the Greek word, abros, delicate; ) A MA RYL' us The name of a Nymph celebrated by 

 referring to the involucre. the poet Virgil. 



A BU' TI LON An ancient name of a plant of the same 



family, now transferred to this one. 



A CAN THA' CE x. A natural order, of which the 

 genus Acanthus is a type ; name derived from akan- 

 thos, a spine, some of the species being spiny. 

 A CAU' LIS Stemless. 



Ac RO CLI' NI UM (i short) Derivation unknown. 

 AD LU' MI A Named in honor of John Adlum. 

 A DO' NIS This plant is fabled to have sprung from 

 the blood of Adonis, when wounded by a wild boar; 

 alluding to the blood-red color of some of the species. 

 JE' GI LOPS A Latin name of a Jdisease of the eye, 



for which this plant has been supposed to be useful, 

 -its TI VA' us, JEs' TI VUM Pertaining to summer. 

 AF FI' NIS Allied or related to. 

 AF RI CA' NUS African. 

 A' GA THA Pleasant, pleasing or pretty. 

 A GE RA' TUM Name a compound of a privative, and 

 geras, old ; as applied to this plant the meaning is 

 not to fade the colors of the flowers remain always 

 clear. 



A GRO STEM' MA From agros, a field, and stetiinia a 

 crown ; literally the crown of the field ; in reference 

 to the beauty of the flowers. 

 A GROS' TIS This is the Greek name for grass. 

 A JA' cis Pertaining to Ajax ; the marks on the front 

 of Delphinium Ajacis were fancied toreadAIAI, in 

 which form the name Ajax was sometimes written. 

 A KE' BI A A latinized form of the Japanese name of 



one of the species of this genus. 

 A LA' TA Furnished with wings ; winged. 

 AL' BUS White. ' 

 AL BI FLO' RUM White-flowered. 



A LON' so A Named after Alonso, a Spanish botanist. 

 AL PES' TRIS Alpine. 

 AL TER NI FO' LI us Alternate-leaved. 

 AL THX' A From altheo, to cure ; from the medicinal 



qualities of some species. 



A I.YS' SUM Compound of a privative, and lyssa, rage ; 

 from a notion of the ancients that the plant had the 

 power of allaying rage. 

 A MA' BI us Lovely. 

 A MA RAN TA' CE x. A natural order of which the 



genus Amaranthus is a type. 



A MA RAN' THUS From the Greek word amarantos, 

 unfading. 



A ME LI o RA'TA Improved. 



A MEL LO i' DES Resembling the Amellus. 



A MER i CA' NA American. 



AM MO' BI I : M From attimos, sand, and bio, to live ; 



in reference to the situation where the plants grow. 

 A MO' MUM From a privative, and mounts, impurity ; 

 in allusion to the supposed qualities of some species 

 as poison antidotes. 



A NA GAL' LIS As the plants of this genus were for- 

 merly supposed to possess the power of removing 

 despondency they were named from the word anagc- 

 lao, to laugh. 



AN DRO' ME DA Named after the virgin, Andromeda. 

 AN DRO po' GON From aner, a man, and pogon, a 

 beard ; the little tufts of hairs on the flowers re- 

 semble a man's beard. 



A NEM' o NE From nin'mos, the wind; many of the 

 species inhabit elevated, windy places. [The 

 common instead of the original and correct pronun- 

 ciation, An e mo' ne.] 



A NEM o NE FLO' RA Anemone-flowered ; flowers re- 

 sembling the Anemone. 



AN GEL' i CA Named after its supposed angelic virtue!.. 

 AN' GLI CA English. 



AN TIR RHI' NUM Froma^/, similar, and rhin, a nose : 

 because the flowers of most of the species bear a re- 

 semblance to the snout of some animal. 

 A PI A' CE . A natural order, of which the genus Apium 

 is the prominent representative; name derived' from 

 the Celtic word apon, water ; in allusion to the place 

 where the plants grow. 

 A PI cu LA' TUM, (i short) Resembling a bee, from 



apicula, a little bee. 



A po CY NA' CE x. A natural order of which the Apo- 

 cynum is a representative ; name derived from apo, 

 away, and kyon, a dog; supposed to.be mortal if 

 eaten by dogs Most plants of this order contain 

 acrid, milky juices, very poisonous. 

 A QUI LE' (,i A From aqiiila, an eagle ; alluding to the 



form of the petal. 

 AR E NA' RI A From arena, sand ; most of the species 



grow in sand or sandy places. 



AR GE MO' NE, i'g hard) Named from argetna, cataract 

 of the eye ; in allusion to its supposed medicinal prop- 

 erties. 

 AR GEX' TT I'M Silvery. 



