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ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF LATIN NAMES OF SPECIES 



cal Tus: bald, hnirlt'ss. 



calyc inus: ral.\x-liko. • 



calycula tus: ralyx-likc. caljTt-bear- 



ini:, fruit iuclostHl in a calyx. 

 cam bricus: Camlirian. W'el.-^h. 

 campanula tus: cainpanulate, bell- 



sliai«l. 

 campes tris: of the fields oi plains, 

 canaden sis: Canadian, 

 canalicula tus: ilianiuled. Krooved. 

 canarien sis: of tlic Canary IsU. 

 can dicans: white, hoary, particularly 



\N hiti'-hairy or white-woolly, 

 candidis simus: verj' white-hairy or 



lH)ar\'. 

 cantab ricus: from Cantabria (in 



Spain). 

 candidus: white, white-hairy, shining, 

 canes cens: gra.\'-pvil)i'.scent. 

 ca nus: ash-colored, hoaiy. 

 capen sis; of the Cape (of Good Hope), 

 capilla ris: hair-like. 

 capreola tus: winding, twining. 

 capsula ris: capsular, 

 cardina lis: cardinal, 

 carina tus: keeled, 

 car neus: flesh-colored, 

 carno sus: fleshy, 

 carolinia nus: Carolinian, pertaining 



to North or South Carolina, or in- 



dchnitely to the Carolinas. 

 carpath icus: of the Carpathian region 



KuropeK 

 cartilagin eus: like cartilage, 

 caryophylla ceus: clove-like; perhaps 



also piTtaining to the pink family, 

 cashmeria nus: of Cashmere (Asia). 

 cathar ticus; cathartic. 

 cathaya nus; of Cathay (China), 

 caucas icus: belonging to the Cau- 

 casus 'mountain region between 



the Black and Caspian Seas). 

 Cauda tus: caudate, tailed, 

 caules cens: caulescent, having a 



stem or stems. 

 cauliflo rus: stem-fJowered. 

 cent's ius: of Mt. Cenis (between 



IVance and Italy). 

 cephalS tus: headed, bearing heads, 

 cerasifor mis: cherry-formed, 

 cerefo lius; wax-leaved, 

 cerif era: wax-bearing. 

 cer nuus: landing forward, inclined, 



(lrr>oi!ing. nodding, 

 ceylan icus: of Ceylon; same as zey- 



lan icus. 

 chalcedon icus: of Chalcedon (on the 



Hos[>horus). 

 chilen sis: belonging to Chile, 

 chinen sis; belonging to China, 

 chloran thus: green-flowered, 

 chrysan thus : golden-flowered, 

 chrysocar pus: golden-fruited, 

 chrysophyl Ius: goldeii-lcaved. 

 chrysos tomus: golden-mouthed, 



golden-throated. 

 cihi ris: ciliate, fringed with hairs on 



the margin, 

 cilid tus : ciliate, hairy fringed. 

 cilic icus: of Cilicia (in S. £. Asia 



Minor) 

 cine tus: girded, girdled. 

 cini reus; a.sh-colored. 

 cinnabari nus: cinnabar-red. 

 cinnamd meus; cinnamon-brn^— .. 

 circinil tus: circinate ■ 



cirrho sus: tendrilUd. 



citra tus: citnis-like. 



citri nus; citron-colored or -like. 



clandesti nus: concealed. 



clava tus; clavate, club-shaped. 



clematid eus: pertaining to or like 

 clematis. 



clypea tus: with a shield. 



coccff era: berry-bearing. 



coccin eus: scarlet. 



cochlea ris: spoon-like. 



cochlea tus: spoon-like. 



coelesti nus: sky-l>lue. 



cceles tis: celestial, sky-blue. 



colli nus: pertaining to a hill. 



colora tus: colored (other than green). 



coma tus: with coma or hair. 



commu nis: common, general, gre- 

 garious. 



commuta tus: changed or changing. 



como sus; with long h.air. 



compac tus; compact, dense. 



complex us: circled, embraced. 



complica tus: complicate; page 162. 



compres sus: compressed. 



comp tus: adorned, ornamented. 



con cavus: concave, hollowed out. 



concin nus: neat, w<-ll made. 



con color: colored similarly. 



conden sus: condensed, crowded. 



confer tus: crowded. 



confor mis: similar, like to. 



confu sus: confused, imcertain (as to 

 characteristics). 



conges tus: congested, brought to- 

 gether. 



conglomerfi tus: conglomerate, 

 crowded together. 



conlf era: cone-bearing. 



conjuga tus: connected, joined to- 

 gether. 



conoid eus: conoid, cone-like. 



consol idus: consolidated, solid, sta- 

 ble. 



conspic uus: conspicuous, marked. 



constric tus: constricted. 



contig uus: contiguous, near together. 



contor tus: contorted, twisted. 



contrac tus: contracted. 



corallifld rus: coral-flowered. 



coral linus: coral-red. 



corda tus: cordate, heart-shaped. 



cordifo lius: cordate-leaved, heart- 

 leaved. 



coria ceus: leathery. 



cornicula tus: iiorned. 



cornig era: horn-bearing. 



cornu tus: horned. 



corona rius: used for or belonging to 

 garland.s. 



corona tus: crowned. 



corruga tus: corrugated, wiinkled. 



cor sicus: Corsican (island in the 

 Mediterranean). 



cortico sus: heavily furnished with bark. 



corfls cans: vibrating, glittering. 



corymbif era: cor>Tnb-bearing. 



corymbd sus; coryinbo.se. 



cost4 tus: costate, ribbed. 



crassicau lis: thick-stenmied. 



crassiffi lius: thick-leaved. 



eras sipes: thick-footed or -stalked 



eras sus: thick, fleshy. 



cren^ tus: crenate, scalloped. 



crenula tus: creuulate, somewhat 

 scaIloi.»ed. 



crepida tus: sandaled, slippered. 



crepitans: rattling, rustling. 



creta ceus: cretaceous, pertaining to 



chalk. 

 cret icus: of Crete (island in East ere 



Mediterranean). 

 crini tus: hairy, provided with hair, 

 cris pus: ciLjiJcd, curled. 

 crista tus: cristate, crested, 

 croca tus: saffron-yello%v. 

 cro ceus; saffron-colored, yellow. 

 crucia tus: cruciate, cioss-like. 

 crucif era: cross-bearing. 

 cruen tus: bloody. 

 crystal Unus: ci.vstalline. 

 cuben sis; Cuban. 

 cuculla tus: hooded, 

 cultra tus: cultrate, knife-shaped, 

 cunea tus: cuneate, wedge-shaped. 

 cuneifo lius: wedge-leaved. 

 cuneifor mis: wedge-formed. 

 cCi preus: copper-like or -colored, 

 curva tus: curved, 

 cuspida tus: cuspidate, with a cusp 



or sharp stiff point, 

 cya neus: blue. 

 cyUndra ceus: cyUndrical. 

 cylin dricus: cylindrical, 

 cymbifor mis: boat-formed, 

 cymo sus; cymed, having a cyme or 



cymes. 

 cy preus: copper-like; see cupreus. 



dactylif era: finger-bearing. 



dahii ricus, davu ricus : Of Dahuria or 

 Dauria (in Trans-Baikal Siberia, 

 near the frontier of China). 



dalmaticus: Dalmatian (on eastern 

 side of the Adriatic). 



damasce nus: of Damascus. 



dasycar pus: thick-fruited. 



dealba tus: whitened, white-washed. 



deb ills: weak, frail. 



decan drus: ten-.stamened. 



decapet alus: ten-petaled. 



decid uus: deciduous, with parts fall- 

 ing. 



decip iens: deceptive. 



declina tus: dechned, bent down- 

 ward. 



decolo rans: discoloring, staining. 



decompos itus; decompountl, more 

 than once compound or divided. 



dec orans ; adorning. 



deco rus: elegant, comely, becoming. 



decum bens; decumbent, reclining at 

 the base but the top or tips upright. 



deciir rens: decurrcnt, as a leaf ex- 

 tending down the stem. 



defiex us: deflexed, bent abruptly 

 liowuward. 



deformis: misshapen, deformed. 



delec tus; chosen. 



delicatis simus: most or very delicate. 



delica tus; delicate, tender. 



delicio sus: delicious. 



deltoid eus: deltoid, triangular. 



demis sus: low, weak. 



dendroid eus: tree-like. 



densiflo rus: densely flowered. 



den sus: dense. 



denta tus: toothed. 



denticula tus: denticulate, sUghtly 

 toothed. 



dento sus: toothed. 



denude tus: denuded, naked. 



