PLANT NAMES 85 



rugosus, wrinkled; rupictdus, growing on rocks; 

 ruHlans, shining with ruddy gleam. 



Sanguineus, bloody; sarmentosus, full of twigs; 

 sativus, cultivated; saxatilis, frequenting rocks; 

 scaber, rough; scandens, climbing; sclerus, hard; 

 scutatuSy^SLvmed with a shield ; secundus, from sequor, 

 to follow, meant second in order, then second-rate, 

 also, as used of a following wind or tide, favourable, 

 propitious (in botany it means *' on one side"; 

 thus secundiflora means that the flower is on one 

 side, not round the flower stem) ; serratus, notched ; 

 sempervivus, ever-living; sessiliflorus, flowers sitting 

 tight, no stalks; setosus, setaceus, setigerus, bristly; 

 sinensis, Chinese; sinicus, curved, swelling like a 

 breast; sinuosus, wavy; sordidus, dirty, paltry; 

 speciosus, beautiful; spectabilis, worth seeing, not- 

 able; spicatus, spiked; squamosus, scaled; stellatus, 

 starry; striatus, fluted; stridus, drawn together, 

 narrow; suavis, pleasant; subidatus, awl-shaped; 

 sylvaticus, sylvestris, pertaining to woods. 



Tedus, covered; tenebrosus, gloomy; tener, tender; 

 tenuis, thin, weak; teres, rounded; tomentosus, 

 densely haired; tortus, tortuosus, twisted; typhina, 

 like a bulrush. 



Uliginosus, m2iTshy ; umbellatus, branched like an 

 umbrella; umbrosus, shady; urens, burning, stinging; 

 utilis, useful. 



Vagans, rambling; vaginatus, sheathed; validus, 

 strong ; velatus, veiled ; venenosus, poisonous ; venosus, 



