ETYMONS OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



XV 



II. 



Abel, Dr., naturalist. 



Achilles, Gr. myth. 



Adanson, Fr. botanist. 



Adlum, American citizen. 



Adonis, Gr. myth. 



Albertus (Magnus), celebra- 

 ted theologian. 



AldruTandi, It. nat. 



AUamand, Dr., of Leyden. 



Alonso (Zanoni), Sp. bot. 



Alstroemer, Swedish mer- 

 chant. . 



Amaryllis, Roman myth. 



Amazon, river, S. Am. 



Amherst, English countess. 



Amman, Swiss bot. 



Amson, Am. citizen. 



Andrea, Dr., Hanover. 



Andromeda, Gr. myth. 



Angulo, Sp. naturalist. 



Aphrodite, Or. Tenus. 



Arabia, from Arabia. 



Araucknia (whence Arauck- 

 ria), a province of Chili. 



Arethusa, Gr: myth. 



Artemis, Gr. myth. 



Asagreea. for Asa Gray, Am. 

 bot. 



Asclepias, Esculapius. 



Atropa, Gr. myth. Fate. 



AttaluB, King of Fergamos. 



Aubriet, Fr. botanist. 



Averrhoes, Arab, philos. 



Avicenna, Arab, philos. 



Azara, Sp. botanist. 



Bacchus, Gr. myth. 

 Backhouse, £ng. traveller. 

 Banister, Eng. missionary to 



Va. 

 Banks, Sir J., Eng. 

 Barclay, Eng. collector. 

 Barker, Eng. orchidist. 

 Barnadez, Sp. bot. 

 Barrelier, Fr. bot. 

 Bariington, Eng. antiquary. 

 Barton, Am. bot. 

 Bassi, Fr. bot. 

 Baubin, Swiss bot. 

 Beaufort, Duchess, Eng. 

 Beaumont, Mrs.. Eng. 

 Bedford, Duke, Eug. 

 Begon, Fr. amateur. 

 Bejar, Sp. bot. 

 Bentham, Eng. bot. 

 Bergius, Swed. bot. 

 Bergsma, Dutch bot. 

 BerthoUet, Fr. chemist. 



Proper Names. 



Bertye, from Lambertye, 

 Fr. count. 



Besler, bot. Nuremberg. 



Besser, Buss, bot, 



BignoD, Fr. abb6. 



Billardifere, Fr. bot. 



Billberg, Swed. bot. 



Blackwell, Eng. bot. 



Bteeker, Dutch amateur. 



Bligh, Eng. captain. 



Blumenbacb, Ger. physiol. 



Boccone, Sicilian bot. 



Boehmer, Ger. bot. 



Boerhaave, Dutch bot. 



Bolivar, President of Colom- 

 bia, S. Am. 



BoUon, Eng. bot. 



Bonnet, Swiss nat. 



BontiuB, Dutch nat. 



Boroni, It. attendant of Dr. 

 Sibthorp. 



Bory, Pr. savant. 



BoBC, Fr. agriculturist. 



Bossieu, Fr. bot. 



Boswell, Eng. author. 



Bougainville, Fr. navigator. 



Bouguer, Fr. savant. 



Boussingault, Fr. philoso- 

 pher. 



Bouvard, Fr. bot. 



Bowen, Governor of Queens- 

 land. 



Boykin, Dr., Ga. 



Braganza, royal line of Por- 

 tugal. 



Brayer, Fr, physician. 



Brazoria, Texas town. 



Bridel, Swiss bot. 



Brodie, Scotch bot. 



Broussonet, Fr. bot. 



Browallus, Bishop of Abo. 



Browne, Dr. P. 



Bruce, Eng. traveller. 



Bnmfels, Ger. bot. 



Brunonia, latinism for 

 Brown (Robert). 



Buchanan (Hamilton), Eng. 

 amateur. 



Buchner, Ger. bot. 



Buckley, bot. 



Buddie, Eng. bot, 



Burchell, Eng. traveller. 



Bu^nann, Dutch bot. 



Burser, Ger. bot. 



Buttner, Ger. bot. 



Byron, Eng. Admiral. 



Csesalpinus, It. bot. 



Calandrini, Ger. bot. 

 Callirhoe, Gr. nymph. 

 Camellia, after Kamel , 



Jesuit father. 

 Candolle, de, Fr. bot. 

 Carey, Eng. bot. 

 Carludovica, after Carlos 



and Luisa of Spain. 

 Caspary, Swiss bot. 

 Cassandra, Gr. myth. 

 Cassiope, Gr. myth. 

 CastillSjo, Sp. bot. 

 Cathcart, Ind. amateur. 

 Cecrops, Gr. ruler. 

 Celsius, Swed. author. 

 Centaur, Gr. myth. 

 Cerasus, town in Pontus. 

 Cerberus, Gr. myth. 

 Chaptal, Fr. chemist. 

 Charlwood, Eng. seedsman. 

 Chiron, Gr. centaur. 

 Circe, Gr. myth. 

 Clark, Am, explorer. 

 Claude(Lamoureux),Fr.bot. 

 Clavijo, Sp. bot., 

 Clayton, Am. bot. 

 Clinton, Do Witt. 

 Clusiua, Charles de TEcluse, 



Ft. bot. 

 Cobo, Sp. bot. 

 Colchis, now Mingrelia, 



Asia. 

 Cole, Gov. of Mauritius. 

 Collet, bot. author. 

 Collins, Z., American. 

 Collioson, Eng. bot. 

 Cologan, family in Teneriffe. 

 Columellins, Rom. agricult. 

 Columna, It. nobleman. 

 Combretura, ancient name. 

 Commelyn, Dutch bot. 

 Comparetti, It. bot. 

 Compton, Eng. bishop. 

 Cook, the navigator. 

 Cordus, Ger. bot. 

 Correa, Portuguese bot. 

 Cossigny, Fr. nat. 

 Coulter, bot. author. 

 Crantz, Austrian bot. 

 Crawfurd, Gov. of Singapore. 

 Crescenzi, It. agricult. 

 Crow, Eng. bot. 

 Cruickshanks.Eng. agricult. 

 Cuming, Lady. 

 Cunningham, Australian 



bot. 

 Cupani, It. bot. 

 Curtis, Eng. bot. 



