ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF LATIN NAMES OF SPECIES 



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nigra tus: blackish. 



nigres cens: blackish, becoming black. 



nfg 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: snow?'. 



nivo sus : snowy, full of snow. 



nobil ior: more noble. 



nob ills: 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 



!<ound is by ^'ancouver Island). 

 nota tus: marked. 

 no vae-an gliae: of New England, 

 no vse-caesare £e: of New Jersey. 

 no v£E-zealand iae: of New Zealand. 

 noveboracen sis: of New York. 

 no vi-bel gii: of New Belgium or New 



Netherlands (i. e.. New York). 

 nubic olus: dwelling among clouds, 

 nucif era: nut -bearing, 

 nuda tus: nude, stripped. 

 nudicau lis: naked-stemmed, 

 nudifio rus: naked-flowered, 

 uu dus: nude, naked, 

 numisma tus: pertaining to money, 



coin-like. 

 nii tans: nodding, 

 nyctic alus: night^blooming. 



obcon icus: inversely conical. 



obcorda tus: ob cordate, inversely 

 cordate. 



obe sus: obese, fat. 



obfusca tus: clouded, confused. 



obli quus: oblique, unequal and 

 ■slanting. 



oblitera tus: obliterated, erased, not 

 apparent. 



oblonga tus: oblong. 



oblongifo lius: oblong-leaved. 



oblon gus: oblong. 



obova tus: obovate, inverted ovate. 



obscti rus: obscure, hidden. 



obsole tus: ob.solete, rudinientaty. 



obtusa tus: obtuse, blunt. 



obtusifo lius: blunt-leaved. 



obtusfl obus: blunt-lobed. 



obtii sus: obtuse, blunt, rounded. 



occidenta lis: occidental, western. 



ocean icus: oceanic; perhaps of 

 ( )ceanica. 



ocella tus; eyeleted, with small eyes. 



ochrea tus: w-ith an ochrea or boot- 

 sheath. 



ochroleii cus: yellowish wliite. 



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 lip or 

 margin. 



odoratis simus: most or very odor- 

 oii.';. ven,' fragrant. 



odora tus: odorous, fragrant. 



odd rus: odorous, fragrant. 



officind lis: officinal, medicinal, recog- 

 nized in the pharmaeopea. 



officina rum: of the apothecaries. 



oleaefo lius: Olea- or olive-leaved. 



oleif era: oil-bearing. 



olera ceus: oleraceou.s, vegetable- 

 garden herb used in cooking. 



oligan thus: few-flowered. 



oligocar pus: few-fruited. 



oligosper mus: few-seeded. 



olito rius: pertaining to vegetable- 

 gardens or -gardeners. 



oliva ceus: olive-like, olive-colored. 



olivsefor mis: olive-shaped. 



olym picus: of Ob-nipus or Mt. Ob-m- 

 pu.s (in Greece). 



omniv cms: omnivorous, of .all kinds 

 of food. 



opa cus; opaque, shaded. 



opercula tus: with a lid. 



oppositifio rus: opposite-flowered. 



oppositifo lius: opposite-leaved. 



opulifid rus: flowers of Opulus 

 (a Viburnum). 



orbicula ris: round. 



orbicula tus: round. 



orchid eus: orchid-like. 



orchioi des: orchid-like. 



orega 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. 



orthochi lus: straight-lipped. 



orthop terus: straight-winged. 



ovalifo lius: oval-leaved. 



ova lis: oval. 



ovatifo lius: ovate-leaved. 



ova tus: ovate. 



ovif era: egg-bearing. 



ovig era: egg-bearing. 



ovi nus: pertaining to sheep. 



oxyacan thus: sharp-thorned or 

 -spincd. 



oxygo nus: sharp-angled. 



oxyphyl lus: sharp-leaved. 



oxysep alus: with sharp sepals. 



pachyan thus: thick-flowered, 

 pachyneii rus: thick-nerved, 

 pachyp terus: thick-winged. 

 pacif icus: of the Pacific, of regions 



bordering the Pacific Ocean. 

 palaesti nus: of Palestine. 

 paiea ceus: with palea (bracts in 



gra.ss flowers), or palea-like, chaffy. 

 pal lens: pale. 



palles cens: palish, becoming pale, 

 pallia tus: palliated, cloaked, 

 pallidiflo rus; pale-flowered, 

 pallidifc lius: pale-leaved. 

 paUidispi nus: pale-spined. 

 pal lidus: i)ale. 

 palliPid vens; pale yellow, 

 palmatif idus: palmately cut. 

 palmst tus: palmate, divided or lobed 



like thi-^and. 

 paludo sus: of marshes, marsh-loving, 

 palus tris: marsii-loving. 

 pandu-a tus: fiddle-shaped. 

 paniculd tus: paniculate. 

 paniculit, era: panicle-bearing. 



pannon icus: of Pannonia (Roman 

 province on the Danube, now west- 

 ern HungarjO. 



panno sus: ragged, tattered. 



papavera ceus: Papaver-like, poppy- 

 like. 



papiliona ceus: butterfiy-like, the 

 form of the pea flower. 



papillo sus: papillate, with minute 

 nipple -like projections or pro- 

 tuberances. 



papyra ceus: papery. 



papyrJf era: paper-bearing. 



paradisi acus : of parks or gardens. 



paradox us: paradoxical, strange. 



parasit icus: i>arasitical, of a parasite. 



pardali nusr'*rcopard-like, spotted. 



pardi nus: leopard-spotted. 



parti tus: iJjfrted. 



parviflo rus: small-flowered. 



parvifo 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. 



paucifolluE: few-leaved. 



pauper cuius: poor. 



pavoni nus: peacock-like. 



pectina ceus: pectinate. 



pectina tus: pectinate, comb-like, pin- 

 natifid wn'th 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 pcdate, like a bird's foot, 

 being palmately divided and the 

 side parts 2-cleft. 



pedemonta nus: of Piedmont (north- 

 ern Italy). 



peduncula ris: peduneled, stalked. 



peduncula tus: peduneled. 



pedunculo sus: with many peduncles. 



pellii cidus: pellucid, with translu- 

 Cf.-nt 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: piiuiate. 



penniner vis: feather-veined. 



pennsylvan icus: of Pennsylvania. 



pentago nus: five-angled. 



pentag ynus: of five pistils. 



pentan drus: of five stamens. 



pentan thus: five-flowered. 



pentaphyl lus: five-leaved. 



perbel lus: very beautiful. 



peregri nus: exotic, foreign, from a 

 strarige country. 



peren nans: perennial. 



peren nis: perennial, living three or 

 more years. 



perfoliS tus: perfoliate, with leaf sur- 

 rounfling the stem. 



