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GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS. 



forsteri, in honour of R. and G. 

 Forster (father and son), botan- 

 ists in Captain Cook's second 

 voyage to New Zealand. 

 fragilis, tender or delicate. 

 fraxinea, like the ash-tree. 

 frazeri, in honour of Mr. Charles 

 Frazer, a former superintendent 

 of Sydney Botanical Gardens, 

 who introduced some New Zea- 

 land plants into Britain. 

 jTilvum, deep or reddish yellow. 



glabellum, destitute of hairs. 



grammitidis, resembling ferns of the 

 genus Grammitis, Swartz. 



hzspidulum, ( l^V^' *^.« first term 



hiipidum, \ .^^"'g ^ diminutive of 

 ^ ' \ the second. 



hookerianum, in honour of Sir 

 W. Hooker, the celebrated 

 botanist, whose son, Sir J. D. 

 Hooker, wrote the " Flora 

 Novse-Zsslandise," &c. 



humile, low, small or humble. 



hymenophylloides, like the thin, 

 filmy ferns of the genus Hyrnen- 

 ophyllum, Sm. 



incisa, cut deeply into. 

 Javanicum, first introduced into 

 Britain from Java. 



hirkii, in honour of Mr. Thos. Kirk, 

 F.Ii.S., who has contributed so 

 much to our knowledge of New 

 Zealand botany for over ten 

 years. 



lanata, furnished with woolly hairs. 



lanceolaius, lance-shaped ; narrowly 

 oblong and tapering to both ends. 



laterale, belonging to, or springing 

 from, the side (of a branch or 

 stem). 



leptophylla, thin-leaved. 



linearis, narrow or line-like. 



lusitanicum, belonging to, or first 

 described from, Lusitania, the 

 old name for Portugal. 



lyallii, in honour of Dr. Lyall, 

 botanist on board the Acheron, 

 which visited New Zealand in 

 1847-49. 



macilenta, lean or meagre. 



malingii, in honour of a Mr. Maling, 

 who collected ferns, &c. , in New 

 Zealand. 



media, middle, intermediate be- 

 tween others. 



medullaris, containing marrow, in 

 allusion to the mucilaginous pith. 



membranacea, membranous, or thin 

 in texture. 



millefolium, thousand-leaved ; very 

 much cut into and divided. 



minimum, very small. 



molle, soft, orcovered withsofthair.s. 



montanum, belonging to the moun- 

 tains. 



multifidum, many times cut or 

 divided. 



nigra, black. 



obiusatum, obtuse, blunt, or rounded 

 at the ends. 



oculatum, furnished with eyes or 

 eye-like spots. 



patersoni, in honour of D. Paterson, 

 an Australian explorer and col- 

 lector. 



pennigerum, feathered or winged. 



polyanthos, many-flowered ; allud- 

 ing to the numerous sori. 



procera, high or talL 



pulcherrimum, very beautiful. 



pnmila, dwarf, or little. 



punctatum, having small holes or 

 punctures. 



pustulatum, piinpled, covered with 

 small elevations. 



ramulosum, having many small 

 branches. 



rarum, rare. 



reniforme, kidney-shaped. 



richardi, in honour of Mons. M. A. 

 Richard, author of " Essai d'une 

 Flore de la Nouvelle-Zelande " 

 (1832). 



rigidum; rigid or firm. 



rotundifolia, round-leaved . 



rubra, red. 



scaberula, ) rough, covered with 



scabrum, ] small roughnesses. 



scariosum, having a dry, scaly con- 

 sistence. 



selago, the name of a genus of 

 pretty S. African plants. 



serpens, a serpent, in allusion to the 

 twisted rhizome. 



sieberi, in honour of the celebrated 

 German botanist and traveller, 

 Sieber. 



smithii, in honour of Mr. J. Smith, 

 the celebrated writer on Ferns ; 

 also of Sir J. E. Smith, first 

 president of the Linnsean Society. 



