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THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL 



maxima, largest. 



media, middle. 



mega, large. 



megarhiza, large-rooted. 



melan, black. 



micro, small. 



microphylla, small-leaved. 



miniata, vermillion. 



minor, less. 



mlrabilis, wonderful. 



mltis, small. 



molle, soft. 



mollissima, soft. 



mono-, one. 



monophylla, one-leaved. 



montana. mountain. 



moschata, musky. 



multl-, many. 



multiflora, many-flowered. 



muricata, short, hard pointed. 



mutabilis, changeable. 



myrio, many. 



myriophylla, many-leaves. 



myrtifolia, myrtle-leaved. 



nana, dwarf, 

 nemorale, wood, 

 neriifolia, oleander-leaved, 

 nervata, veined, 

 nigra, black, 

 nitida, shining, 

 nivea, snowy, 

 nodiflora, knot-flowered, 

 nodosa, knotty, knobby, 

 nucifera, nut-bearing, 

 nuda, naked, 

 nutans, nodding. 



ob-, signifies inversion. 



obcordata, heart-shaped apex. 



obovata, broad end outward. 



obtusa, blunt 



occidentalis, western. 



ocellata, eyed. 



ochra-leuca, yellowish-white. 



octo-, eight. 



odorata, sweet-scented. 



-oides, like, similar. 



orlentalis, eastern. 



ornata, adorned. 



ovata, egg-shaped. 



oxygona, sharp-angled. 



-oxylon, wood. 



oxypetala, sharp-petalled. 



pallida, pale, 

 palustre, marsh, 

 paniculata, panicled. 

 papyrlfera, paper-bearing, 

 parviflora, small-flowered, 

 patens, spreading. 

 paucltlora, few-flowered, 

 pectinata, comb-like, 

 pedata, bird-footed, 

 peltata, stem in center, 

 pendula, drooping. 



penta, five. 



pentaphylla. flve-leaved. 

 Persica, Persia, 

 phylla, leaf, 

 picta, painted, 

 pinnata, divided, 

 platyphylla. broad-leaved, 

 plumosa. feathery, 

 podophylla, foot-leaved, 

 poly-, many. 



polypodium, many-footed, 

 populifolia, poplar-leaved, 

 primullna, primrose-yellow, 

 princeps, princely, 

 procumbens, trailing, 

 prulnata, frosted, 

 pseudo, false, like, 

 pubescens, downy, 

 pudica, chaste. 



pugiouiformis, dagger-shaped, 

 pulchella, pretty, 

 pulchra, beautiful, 

 pulverulenta, powdery, 

 pumila, small, 

 punlcea, reddish, 

 pusilla, diminutive, 

 pygmea, dwarf. 



quadrl-, four, 

 quinata, in fives, 

 quinquifolia, flve-lobed. 



racemosa, racemed. 

 radiata, radiating, 

 radicans, rooting, 

 ramosa, branched, 

 ramosissima, much-branched, 

 reclinata, curved downwards, 

 reniforme, kidney-shaped, 

 repens, creeping, 

 reticulata, netted, 

 revoluta, rolled back, 

 rhododendron, rose-tree, 

 rhombifolia, diamond-leaved, 

 ringens, gaping open, 

 riparia, river-bank, 

 rosea, rosy, 

 rostrata. beaked, 

 rotundifolia, round-leaved, 

 rubens, reddish, 

 rubra, red. 

 rugosa, wrinkled. 



salicifolia, willow-leaved, 

 sanguinea, blood-colored, 

 sarmentosa. flexible-twiggy, 

 sativa. cultivated, 

 saxitile, rock, 

 scabra, rough, 

 scandens, climbing, 

 scoparia. broom-like, 

 semi-, half. 



semper, ever. always, 

 semper-aurea, ever-golden, 

 eemperflorens, ever-flowering, 

 sempervirens, evergreen. 



