GLOSSARY O F LATIN SP ECIFIC TERMS 



japonica— Japanese. 



laciniata— cut into pointed lobes. 

 lacustre— by the lake. 

 Ifevigata— smooth-leaved, 

 lanceolata— lance-shaped, 

 lantana— viburnum, 

 lantanoides— lantana-like. 

 latifolia— broad-leaved, 

 ligustrina— fle.xible, 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. 



nana — 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, 

 oxyacanlhoides— 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. 



sanguinea — bloody. 



scabra — rough to the touch. 



sericea — silky. 



serpyllifolia— wild-tliynic-leaved, 



serrulata — serrate or serrulate. 

 setigera — bristly, 

 spicata — pointed, 

 spinosa — spiny, 

 stamineum— long-stemmed, 

 stans— erect, standing firm, 

 stellata— star-like. 



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