COM PHRE' NA From goinphos, a club; alluding to 

 the shape of the flowers. 



GRA' ci LIS Thin, small, slender. 



OKA' HAM i i. 



GRAN' DK Large, great. 



GRAN DI FLO' RA I^arge-flowered. 



GYM NO CAR' PA Naked-fruited ; fromgymnos, naked, 

 and karpos, a fruit. 



GY NE' KI UM From gyne, a female, and erion, wool ; 

 in reference to the stigmas. 



GYP so' PHI LA From gypsos, chalk, and phileo, to 

 love; in reference to the favorite habitat of the plant. 



HAA GB A' NA (g hard / Referring to Mr. Haage, a 

 celebrated florist and seedsman, of Erfurt, Prussia. 



HA LI CA' CA BUM The capsules or seed-vessels of the 

 Cardiospermum Halicacabum are inflated like the 

 f>ods of Vesicaria; the Greek name of Vesicaria was 

 halicacabus. 



HART WEG' I I Referring to Mr. Theodore Hartweg. 

 who was at one time a botanical collector in South 

 America for the Royal Horticultural Society of Great 

 Britain. 



HED DE WIG' i i In honor of Mr. Heddewig. 



HE DY SA' RUM An old Greek name of uncertain origin. 



HE LI AN' THUS From helios, sun, and anthos, a 

 flower; on account of the brilliant color of the flowers, 

 and from the fanciful idea that the flowers always 

 turned toward the sun. 



HE LI CHRY' SUM From helios, sun, and chrysos, gold ; 

 in allusion to the brilliant colors of the flowers. 



HE LI o TRO' PI UM, (HELIOTROPE,; From helios, the 

 sun, and tropo, to turn ; the flowers are said always to 

 turn to the sun. 



HE LIP* TE RUM The derivation is not apparent. 



HER BER' TI i Referring to the Rev. William Herbert, 

 Dean of Manchester, a scientific horticulturist and 

 botanist. 



Hi BIS' cus Probably derived from ibis, a stork, be- 

 cause that bird is said to eat the plants of some of the 

 species. 



His PA' NI CA Spanish. 



HOOK ER i A' NA In reference to one of the Hookers, 

 father and son, celebrated English botanists. 



HOR' DE UM Latin, hordemn, barley. 



HOR TEN' sis Belonging to a garden ; from hortus, a 

 garden. 



HOY' A In honor of Thomas Hoy, a noted English 

 gardener, and Fellow of the Linnaean Society. 



HUM BOLDT' i i In reference to the celebrated travel- 

 er and naturalist, Baron von Humboldt. 



Hu' ME A In honor of the lady of the late Sir Abraham 

 Hume, Bart., Wormsleybury, Herts., England. 



Hu' MI LIS Humble, small, low. 



HUN NE MANN' i i, HUN NE MANN' i A In honor of 

 John Hunnemann, a zealous botanist, and to whom 

 horticulture is indebted for a great number of plants. 



HY A CIN THI FLO 7 RUM Hyacinth-flowered. 



HY A CIN' THUS In Mythology', Hyacinthus was a boy 

 who was killed by Zephyrus. 



HY A CIN THO i' DES Hyacinth - shaped, resembling 

 the Hyacinth. 



HY' BRI DA Hybrid ; the progeny of the union of two 

 species. 



HY DRAN' GE A From hydor, water, and aggeion, a 

 cup or vessel ; the capsule of some of the species has 

 been compared to a cup. 



HY DRO PHYL LA' CE x. The name of a natural order, 

 commonly called the Water-leaf family ; the applica- 

 tion of the name is obscure. 



HYS so PI FO' LI A Hyssop-leaved. 



I BE RI DI FO' LI A Iberis-leaved ; leaves like the Can- 

 dytuft. 



I BE' KIS From Iberia, the ancient name of Spain. 



IM MU TA' BI LIS Immutable, unchanging. 



IM PE RI A' LIS Imperial. 



IN CA' NA Hoary, mouldy-colored. 



IN CAR NA' TA Flesh-colored. 



IN' DI CA Indian; from the Indies. 



IN DI vi' SA Undivided. 



IN SIG' NIS Distinguished by a mark, remarkable, 

 noted, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary. 



IN TEG RI FO' LI A Whole-leaverl that is, the leaf en- 

 tire, or not divided, cut or lobed. 



IN VOL v CRA' TUM Involucrate, having an involucre. 



I PO MCE' A From ij>s, bindweed, and honioios, simi- 

 lar; alluding to the twining habit of the plant. 



I PO MOP' sis From ipo.\o strike forward, and opsis. 

 sight; alluding to the dazzling color of the flowers. 



I' RIS From iris, the rainbow ; alluding to the variety 

 and beauty of the colors of the flowers. 



I SA BEL LI' NA A peculiar shade of yellow or drab. 



I so' LE PIS From tsas, equal, and lepis, a scale ; al- 

 luding to the regularity of the scales. 



Ix' I A /.r/Vi, bird-lime ; because of the viscid nature 

 of some of the species 



JACK MAN' NI i In reference to George Jackmann, 

 nurseryman, of Surrey, England. 



JA LA' PA From a town of that name. 



JA PO' NI CA Japanese. 



Ju BA' TUM Crested, maned. 



KAUL FUS' si A In honor of Frederick Kaulfu--. M. 

 D., formerly Professor of Botany at Halle. 



KING' i i. 



LA BI A' TJE The name of a natural order, commonly 

 called the Mint family ; the flowers of the plants in 

 this order have always a two-lipped corolla, hence, 

 the name, from labiutn , a lip. 



LAB' LAB Lablab is the Arabic name of Con-'chniius : 

 the idea of twining is probably the import of the term. 



LA' CHRY MA Lachritna, a tear. 



LA ci NI A' TUS Laciniate; slashed, cut into deep, nar- 

 row lobes. 



LA GE NA' RIA From Ingcna, a bottle ; localise of the 

 bottle-shaped fruit of some of the species. 



LA GU' RUS From lagus, a hare, and otira, a tail ; on 

 account of the resemblance of its heads. 



LA MARCK i A' NA In reference to Lamarck, a French 

 naturalist, who wrote largely upon botany about the 

 end of the eighteenth century. 



LA NA' TA Wooly ; clothed with long and soft entangl- 

 ed hairs. 



LAN ci FO' LI UM Lance-leaved. 



LAN TA' NA One of the ancient names of the Viburnum, 

 and applied to this genus by Linnaeus, because of the 

 similarity of the leaves. 



LA NU GI NO' SA Wooly. 



LAS SEAUX' i i. 



LA TE RI' TI A From lateritius, brick-work: hc:ire. 

 brick-color. 



LA' THY RUS From la, augmentative, and tlunirti.<. 

 anything exciting ; in allusion to the medicinal quali- 

 ties of the seeds. 



LA TI FO' LI A Broad-leaved. 

 LA TI PET' A LA Broad-petaled. 



LEG u MI NO' SJE The name of a natural order, com- 

 monly called the Pulse Family, and of which the com- 

 mon Pea and the Bean are familiar representatives. 

 Name from legumen, pulse, leguminous plant, the 

 Bean. 

 LEP TO' si PHON From leptos, slender, and siphon, a 



tube ; alluding to the slender tube of the corolla. 

 LEU CAN' TH A From Iciikos, white, and anthos, a 



flower; white-flowered. 

 LEU co' JUM From leukos, white, and ion, a violet. 



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