GLOSSARY OF GENERIO AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 
ApaRInE, the Greek name. 
Apocynum, dog-bane; dog-poison. 
AQUATALIS, aquatic; water. 
AgutroLiom, Holly-leaved. 
AguiLecia, from Latin for eagle (the 
petals like eagles’ claws). 
ARABIS, from Arabia. 
AReNaRIA, sand, belonging in sand. 
ARBOREUS, tree-like. 
-ARRUTIFOLIA, Arbutus-leaved. 
ARBUTUS, the ancient name. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Bearberry. 
ARL£FOLIA, sAria-leaved. 
ArmeERIA, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 
AROMATICA, aromatic. 
ArvVENSIS, field (growing in cultivated 
fields), 
AscLepras, Esculapius, God of Medicine. 
ASPER, rough. 
ASPERUM, rough. 
ASSURGENTIFLORA, flowers bending up- 
ward. 
ATTENUATUS, slender. 
ATTENUIFOLIUM, slender-leaved. 
AvpigErTia, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 
AUREA, golden. 
Avrita, little-eared 
leaves). 
Azurevs, blue. 
(referring to the 
BarzicErum, bearded. 
BartTsL#Fouis, Bartsia-leaved. 
Berzeris, the Arabic name for the Bar- 
berry. 
Brcotor, two-colored. 
BIENNIS, biennial (i. e., flowering the sec- 
ond year and then dying). 
Diripum, bifid, divided. 
BrFLoRA, two-flowered. 
Lrroiium, two-leaved. 
Brcetovi, Dr. J. M. Bigelow, a pioneer 
botanist. 
Briosa, two-lobed. 
Bisceptrom, two-stemmed, 7. e., twoscapes. 
BistortTa, twice-twisted. 
BLEPHAROPHYLLA, eyelash-leaved. 
Bioomeria, H. G. Bloomer, a pioneer bot- 
anist. 
BouanpDerti, H. N. Bolander, a well-known 
botanist of this coast. 
BorEALIs, northern. 
BoscHniaK1A, Boschniaki, a Russian. 
Borxinu, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 
BRacHycaRPA, short-pod. 
BracteEata, bracted, 
Bracteosa, bracted. 
Brassica, old name for cabbage. 
BREvIFLoRA, short-flowered. 
BREVIFOLIUM, short-leaved. 
BREWwERI, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 
California Geological Survey. 
BRuUNELLA, from German name of a throat 
disease which this plant was supposed. 
to cure. 
Buiuata, jeweled; blistered. 
Borsa-pasToris, shepherd’s purse. 
C&RULEUS, deep blue. 
CaspPirosa, tufted. 
CaALiForNIca, California. 
CaLocnortvs, beautiful grass. 
CALYCANTHUS, cup-flower. 
CALYcINA, cup-like. 
CAMPANULA, bell. 
CamPEstRIs, field (uncultivated). 
CaNADENSIS, Canadian. 
CANESCENS, white-haired; hoary. 
Canta, dog. 
Cannazinum, hemp-like. 
Caritata, cupitate (hearing a head of 
flowers). 
