GLOSSAEY OF SPECIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS. 



aculeatum, prickly or thorny. 



(Bthiopicum, belonging to Ethiopia 

 (upper Nile region). 



affine, connected with, or related to. 



alpina, belonging to the Alps. 



aquilina, like an eagle. 



articulatum, jointed. 



banksii, in honour of Sir Joseph 

 Banks, botanist in Cook's first 

 expedition. 



barbara, strange or foreign. 



bifida, divided into two portions. 



billardieri, in honour of La Billar- 

 diere, author of a beautiful work 

 on the botany of New Holland. 



bivalve, two-valved. 



bulbiferum, bearing little buds or 

 bulbils. 



capense, belonging to the Cape (of 

 Good Hope). 



curolinianum, first described from 

 Carolina, in America. 



caudata, tailed, ending in a long, 

 slender point. 



cermmm, with the face towards the 

 earth. 



cheesemanii, in honoxir of Mr. T. F. 

 Cheeseman, pf Auckland, who 

 has added largely to our know- 

 ledge of New Zealand botany. 



ciliatum, fringed with hairs, like 

 eyelashes. 



circinaia, rolled up like a orozier, 

 from the apex in towards the 

 base. 



clavatum, club-shaped or club- 

 bearing. 



colensoi, in honour of Mr. W. 

 Colenso, of Hawke Bay, one of 

 the most indefatigable of New 

 Zealand botanists. 



comans, hairy, covered with hairs. 



connexa, connected, joined. 



cordifolia, with heart-shaped leaves, 



ciinninghamii, in honour of Allan 

 Cunningham, an eminent Aus- 

 tralian botanist and explorer. 



cystostegia, bladder-roofed, from the 

 bladder-like involucres. 



dealbata, white or white-washed. 



decompositwm, very much divided. 



demissum, low-lying or drooping, 

 in allusion to the habit. 



densum, close, crowded or thick- 

 set. 



diaphanum, allowing light to pass 

 through. 



dicarpa, two-fruited. 



dichotoma, having the stem bi-anch- 

 ing in pairs. 



dilatatum, enlarged, the segments- 

 being wide and dilated. 



discolor, two-coloured, the back 

 and front of the frond being, 

 different. 



distans, distant, the pinna being 

 widely separated on the rachis. 



drwmmondii, in honour of Mr. .Tas.. 

 Drummond, an Australian col- 

 lector. 



dura, hard ; the texture of th& 

 fronds being very firm. 



falcpta, curved, like a reaping- 

 hook. 



filiculoides, fern-like. 



flliformis, thread-like, very slender. 



fislulosa, pipe-like ; the usual mean- 

 ing of the term is porous or full 

 of holes. 



flabellata, ( fan-like ; applied to 



flabellifolium, leaves orthebranch- 



' ■' ' \ mg of veins, &c. 



fluviatilis, belonging to, or growing 

 near, a river. 



formosiim, beautiful or finely 

 formed. 



