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GLOSSARY OF GENERIC AXD SPECIFIC NAMES. 



MENTZELIA, Dr. C. Mentzel. 



MERTEXSIA, Prof. F. C. Mertens, of Bre- 

 men. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, midday-flower. 



MICRAXTIIUS, small-flowered. 



MICROCEPHALUM, small -headed. 



MICROCAKPUS, small-fruited. 



MICROMERIA, small-part. 



MlMULUS, ape; mimic. 



MINEATUS, vermilion-colored. 



MINIMUS, smallest. 



MINOR, smaller. 



MODESTUS, modest. 



MOLLUGO, the Latin name. 



MONTAXUS, mountain. 



MOXARDELLA, little Monarda, a genus 

 named for Nicholas Monardes, a writer 

 on medicinal plants. 



MOSCHATUS, musky. 



MUHLENBERGII, Dr. H. Muhlenberg, an 

 American botanist. 



MUILLA, Allium reversed. 



MULTICAULIS, many-stemmed. 



MURICATUS, rough, with hard points. 



MYRTIFOLIUS, myrtle-leaved. 



NAXUS, dwarf. 



NEMEROSA, wood; forest. 



NEMOPIIILA, grove-lover. 



NICOTIAXA, John Nicot, who introduced 



tobacco into Europe. 

 NITEUS, beautiful; bright. 

 NrriDUif, shining. 

 NUDICAULE, naked-stemmed. 

 NUDUS, naked. 

 NUTTALLIA, Thomas Nuttall, botanist and 



ornithologist. 



OBTUSIFOLIA, blunt-leaved. 

 OCELLATA, spotted with little eyes. 

 OCCIDEXTALIS, western,. 



(ENOTHERA, wine - sucker (roots cause 



thirst). 



OFFICIXALIS, medicinal. 

 ORBICULARIS, round. 

 OREGAXA, Oregon. 

 ORTIIOCARPUS, erect-fruit. 

 OVATA, egg-shaped (leaves). 

 OXYCARPUM, sharp-fruited. 

 OXYCARYUM, sharp-nut. * 



the ancient name. 

 PACIFICA, Pacific. 

 PALUSTRIS, swamp; marsh. 

 PAPILLOSUS, warty. 

 PARVIFLORUS, small-flowered. 

 PARVIFOLIUS, small-leaved. 

 PATAGONICA, Patagonian. 

 PAUCISECTA, few-lobed. 

 PECTOCARYA, comb-toothed nut. 

 PEDATUS, foot-shaped. 

 PEDICULARIS, from pediculus, a louse. 

 PELTATUM, shield; shield-shaped. 

 PEXDULIFLORA, hanging flower; drooping- 



flower. 

 PENICILLATA, brush-like. (Stigma with a 



tuft of hairs). 

 PENTSTEMON, five stamens. 

 PERFOLIATA, perfoliate (the stem growing 



through the leaf). 

 PHARNACEOIDES, Ginseng-like. 

 PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphus, a King of 



Egypt. 



PICTA, painted; colored. 

 PILOSISSIMA, most-hairy. 

 PINXATA, pinnate; feather-like. 

 PIRUS, old Latin name of the pear tree. 

 PLATYSTEMON, flat-stamen. 

 PLATYSTIGMA, flat- stigma. 

 PLURIFLORA, many-flowered. 

 POGOGYXE, bearded-pistil. 



