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of the genus-name is us. Species-names derived from persons end 

 in i, SisFischeri, but if the person's name ends in a hard consonant 

 the- ending is ii' — Scottii, Wilsonii, Davisii, V eitchii. Often the 

 person's name is in the possessive as Iris Douglassiana. Certain 

 old genus names or proper names when used as species-names are 

 capitalized, for example, Begonia Rex, Inula Helenium. Other 

 species names are not capitalized. 



The list which follows is adapted from Bailey's "Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture." For a more complete list the reader should consult 

 that work. The list includes mostly descriptive species-names. 



Species Names of Plants 



abortivus, parts failing to develop 



acaulis, stemless 



acuminatus, long-pointed, tapering 



acutilobus, sharply lobed 



testivalis, summer 



affinis, related to another species 



alalus, winged 



albicans, whitish 



albus, white 



alpestris, alpine 



alius, tall 



amabilis, lovely 



anceps, two edged, two headed 



angustus, narrow 



annuus, annual 



apetalus, without petals 



aphyllus, without leaves 



arborescens, somewhat tree like, 



woody 

 argenteiis, silvery 

 arvensis, pertaining to cultivated 



fields 

 asper, rough 

 atro-, dark; ex., atrococcineus, 



dark scarlet 

 aureus, golden 

 australis, southern 

 azureus, light blue, azure 

 bdccatus, berried 

 barbatus, barbed, bearded 

 bicolor, two colored 

 biennis, living two years only 

 bifidus, cut twice 

 blandus, mild, bland 

 bonus, good 

 borealis, northern 

 botryoides, grapelike 

 brevis, short 



coeruleus, dark blue 

 cwsius, bluish gray 

 callosus, thick skinned 

 campanulatus, bell-shaped 

 candicans, white wool>- 

 carneus, flesh colored 

 caudatus, tailed 

 chryso-, golden; ex., chrysopkylla, 



golden leaved 

 coccineus, scarlet 

 communis, common 

 concolor, colored similarly 

 cordatus, heart shaped 

 cruenlus, bloody 

 cuneatus, wedge shaped 

 cuspidatus, sharp, stiff point 

 dimorphus, two forms 

 dioicus, dicecious, each sex on 



separate plant 

 divaricatus, spreading 

 domestis cultivated 

 echin-, spiny; ex., echinocarpus, 



prickly fruited 

 edulis, edible 

 elegans, elegant 

 ensiformis, sword shaped 

 exaltatus, very tall 

 ferox, very thorny 

 festivus, gay 

 filifera, bearing threads 

 flore-pleno, double flowered 

 floribunda, free blooming 

 formosiis, beautiful 

 fragrans, fragrant 

 frutescens, shrubby 

 gibbus, swollen on one side 

 glaber, smooth 

 glaucus, grayish 



