GLOSSARY OF GENERIO AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 
PotyeaLa, much milk (said to, increase 
secretion of milk). 
POLYSEPALUM, many-sepaled 
PoMERIDIANUM, after-noon. 
PRENANTHOIDES, Prenanthus-like, 
Prosartes, from Greek to hang. 
Prostata, prostrate, 
Psora.ia, scurf. 
PreROSPORA, wing-seed, 
PreLEa, Greek for elm. 
PuLcHELLA, beautiful. 
Pumi.a, dwarf; little. 
PUNGENS, pungent; biting. 
PURPURASCENS, growing purple; purplish. 
PycnanTHEMouM, dense-flowers. 
PrconanTHa, dense-flowering. 
QUERCIFOLIA, oak-leaved 
QUADRANGULARIS, four-sided. 
Racemosa, racemose; raceme-bearing. 
Rapicans, rooting. 
Ramosissmma, branching; full of branches. 
Ranunevus, from Latin for frog (some 
of the species aquatic). 
Rapuanus, quick-grower. 
RaRiFLorvm, seldom-flowering. 
ReEcurva, recurved. 
Reprviva, reviving. 
RHOMBOIDEA, rhomboidal. 
Ruvs, red (the prevailing color of the 
plentiful fruit in the genus). 
Rises, the Arabic name. 
Ricrpvs, stiff; rigid. 
RrvvuLaRis, river. 
Romanzorria, Nicholas Romanzoff, a Rus- 
sian nobleman, who early in this cen- 
tury sent Kotzebue (accompanied by 
Chamisso and Eschscholtz) to this 
coast. 
Bosa, the ancient name. 
Rosevs, rosy. 
RorunvIFo.iA,. round-leaved. 
Rosescens, reddening; reddish. 
Rozvs, red (the coior of the fruit). 
Rustica, country; rustic. 
Satvia, from a Latin word meaning to 
save. 
SampBucus, from the name of an ancient 
musical instrument, said to have been 
made of Elder. 
Saneurnea, bloody. 
Sarcopgs, from the Greek for flesh. 
SaRMENTOSA, running (as strawberries). 
SaTrva, cultivated; tame. 
Saxirraaa, rock-breaker. 
ScoLioPus, worm-peduncle. 
ScrRoPpHULARIA, scrofula cure. 
ScuTELLARIA, from scutella, « dish (be- 
cause of the calyx). 
SERPYLLODES, Thyme-like. 
SERRATUM, serrate; toothed 
SESSILE, sessile; stemless. 
SEsSILIFOLIA, sessile-leaved. 
Smatton, the Indian name. 
Sma.cra. 
Siteng, from a Greek word meaning saliva. 
SmP.ex, simple. 
SrtcHensis, Sitka. 
SoLDANELLA, the generic name of another 
plant. 
SoREDLATUS, covered with granules. 
SPaRSIFLORUS, sparse-flowered. 
SPaTHULATA, spatulate, 
Spectosus, showy. 
SPECTABILIS, notable; admirable. 
SpecuLaRiA, from speculum, a looking- 
glass. 
Sprr@a, old name of Meadow Sweet. 
Stacuys, the ancient name. 
SracHyorpss, Stachys-like. 
