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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



EMMENANTHE, persistent-flower. 



EPILOBIUM, a violet on a pod. 



ERIANTHUS, woolly-flowered. 



ERIODYCTYON, a network of wool (on the 

 leaves). 



ERITRICHIUM, woolly-hair. 



ERODITJM, from Greek for heron (the fruit 

 like the bill of a heron). 



ERYSIMUM, from a word meaning to blister. 



ERYTHR^SA, from a word meaning red. 



ESCHSCHOLTZTA, J. F. Eschscholtz, a Ger- 

 man botanist, who visited California 

 early in this century. 



EUBRODL&LA., true Brodioea. 



FALCIFOLIUM, falchion-leaved. 



FARIXOSA, starchy. 



FASCICULATA, fascicled (referring to the 



leaves). 



FAUCTBAREATUS, beard-throat. 

 FILIFOLIA, thread-leaved. 

 FLAMMULA, a little banner or flame. 

 FLORIBUNDA, many-flowered. 

 FOLIOLOSA, leafy. 

 FORMOSA, beautifully formed. 

 FRAGARIA, fragrance. 

 FRAXINUS, from a Latin word meaning 



easily split. 

 FRITILLARIA, from Latin for checker-board, 



the petals of the first-named species 



being checkered. 

 FUCATA, colored, 

 FULVUM, tawny; yellow. 



GALLICA, Gallic (French). 



GAULTHERIA, Dr. Gaulthier, of Quebec. 



GENTIANA, Gentius, king of Illyria. 



GIGANTEA. gigantic; huge. 



GILEA, Philip Gil. 



GITHOPSIS, resembling Gith (Corn-cockle). 



GLABRUS, smooth. 



GLABRATUS, smooth. 



GLANDULOSUS, glandular. 



GLAUCUS, bluish-gray, or with a bloom. 



GLAUX, from Greek for sea-green. 



GLUTINOSUS, glutinous; sticky. 



GLYCYRRHIZA, sweet-root. 



GODETIA, Dr. Godet. 



GOMPHOCARPUS, nail-pod. 



GRACILE, slender. 



GRACILEXTUS, slender. 



GRACILIFLORUS, slender-flowered. 



GRANDIFLORA, grand-flowered. 



GREENEI, Rev. E. L. Greene, who has dili- 

 gently explored the Botany of this 

 State. 



GYMXOCARPUS, naked-fruited; naked-pod. 



HASTATUS, spear-bearing. 



HEBECARPUS, blunt-pod (?) 



HEDERACEUS, Ivy-like. 



HELIOTROPIUM, from Greek for sun and 

 turn. 



HETEROPHYLLUS, variously leaved. 



HEUCHERA, J. H. Heucher, a German bot- 

 anist. 



HEXANDRA, six-stamened. 



HIRSCTTISSIMUS, bristly, or very hairy. 



HISPIDULA, bristly; prickly. 



HUMILIS, low; small. 



HYPERICUM, the Greek name. 



ILICIFOLTUS, Holly-leaved. 

 IXCANUS, gray; hoary. 

 ICISUM, incised; cut. 

 INCONSPICUUS, inconspicuous. 

 IXSIGNIS, remarkable; marked. 

 INTEGERRIMUS, most vigorous. 

 INTEGRIFOLIA, entire-leaved. 

 INTERMEDIUS, intermediate. 

 INTERTEXTUS, intertwined. 

 INVOLUCRATUS, involucrate. 



