GLOSSARY OF LATIN SPECIFIC TERMS 



japonica Japanese. 



laciniata cut into pointed lobes, 

 lacustre by the lake. 

 Isevigata smooth-leaved, 

 lanceolata lance-shaped, 

 lantana viburnum, 

 lantanoides lantana-like. 

 latifolia broad-leaved, 

 ligustrina flexible, privet-leaved, 

 longipes long-stemmed, 

 lucida shining-leaved, 

 lutea yellow. 



macrostachya great-spiked, 

 mariana Maryland, 

 maritima growing by the sea. 

 maximum greatest, 

 microcarpus-a small-fruited, 

 mollis soft.. 



mucronata bristle-pointed, 

 myrtilloides myrtle-like. 



nan a dwarf. 



nigrobaccus blackberry. 



nigrum-a black. 



nitida shining. 



nudum bare, naked. 



nudiflora flowers without leaves. 



occidentalis western, 

 oblongifolia oblong-leaved, 

 obovatus-a-um obovate. 

 odoratus-a fragrant, 

 oligocarpa short-carpeled. 

 opulifolius opulus-leaved. 

 opulus cranberry, 

 oxyacanthoides short-spined. 



palustris growing in the marsh, 

 paniculata bearing panicles, 

 parvifolia small-leaved. 



paucifolium few-leaved 



pennsylvanicum Pennsylvanian. 



pentagyna five-fruited. 



peregrina spreading, wandering. 



petiolaris petiolate. 



pilosa downy, with silky hairs. 



polifolia many-leaved. 



pontica by the sea. 



procumbens trailing. 



prolificum prolific. 



prostratum prostrate. 



prunifolium plum-leaved. 



pubens downy. 



pubescens downy, with soft, short 



hairs. 



pumilis-a low, dwarf, 

 purpurea ^purple, 

 pyracanthus fire-blossom. 



racemosus-a bearing racemes, 

 radicans striking root, 

 repens creeping, 

 resinosa resinous, 

 rosea rose-colored, 

 rostrata beaked, 

 rotundifolium-a - round-leaved, 

 rubiginosa rusty, 

 rubrum red. 

 rugosa wrinkled. 



salicifolia willow-leaved, 

 san guinea bloody, 

 scabra rough to the touch, 

 sericea silky. 



serpyllifolia wild-thyme-leaved, 

 serrulata serrate or serrulate, 

 setigera bristly, 

 spicata pointed, 

 spinosa spiny, 

 stamineum long-stemmed, 

 stans erect, standing firm, 

 stellata star-like. 



