GLOSSARY OF LATIN SPECIFIC TERMS 



arbutifolia — arbutus-leaved, 

 argentea — silvery, 

 argutus — sharp. 



arkansana — belonging to Arkansas. 

 aromatica — aromatic, 

 asperifolia — rough-leaved. 

 asplenifolia — leaf like that of a fern, 

 atropurpureus — dark-purple. 



baccata — berry-like, 

 balsamifera — bearing balsam, 

 blanda — smooth, charming, 

 botriapium — grape-pear, 

 brachycera — short-horned ; without 



wax. 

 buxifolium — box-leaved. 



caespitosum — tufted, growing in 



mats, 

 calendulacea — yellow, 

 calyculata — having bracts around the 



calyx, imitating an outer calyx, 

 canadensis — Canadian. 

 Candida — white, hoary, 

 candidissima — most white. 

 canina — canine. 



canescens — downy with white hairs. 

 carolinensis — Carolinian, 

 cassinoides — helmet-like. 

 cathartica — purging, 

 cerifera — producing wax. 

 ciliate — marginally fringed with 



hairs. 

 circinata — round-leaved, 

 cneorum — ancient generic name. 

 coccinea — scarlet. 

 ccerulea — blue. 

 colchica — from Colchis, 

 copallina — producing gum-copal, 

 concinna — neat, 

 conspicua — observed, showy, 

 cordata — heart-shaped. 



coronarms — wearing a crown, 

 corymbosum — corymbed. 

 cuneata — wedge-shaped, 

 cynosbati — dogberry. 

 crux andreas — St. Andrew's-cross. 



densiflorum — densely-flowered. 



dentatum — toothed. 



discolor — two-colored. 



dumosa — found in thickets, bushy. 



ericoides — heath-like. 



fascicularis — tufted, or in fascicles, 

 fastigiata — with branches erect and 



parallel, 

 fertilis — fruitful. 

 flavescens — yellow, 

 floridus-a-um — flowering, 

 floribunda — with abundant flowers, 

 frangula — breaking, 

 frondosus-a — leafy. 

 fruticosa — bushy. 



gale — myrtle bush. 



glabra — without hairs, 

 glandulosa — glandular, 

 glauca — whitish. 

 glaucophylla — white-leaved, 

 gracilis — slender. 



grandiflorus-a-um — great-flowered, 

 groenlandicum — Greenland, 

 grossularia — rough. 



halimifolia — halimus-leaved. 

 hispidula — with minute hairs, 

 hispidus — with rigid hairs. 

 humilis — low. 



hypericoides — hypericum-like. 

 hypnoides — narcotic. 



incana — hoary. 

 involucrata — involucred. 



508 



