GLOSSAET OP GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES. 



Apaeinb, the Greek name. 



Apoctnum, dog-bane; dog-poison. 



AQUATAlils, aquatic; water. 



Aquifolium, Holly-leaved. 



Aquiusoia, from Latin for eagle (the 

 petals like eagles' claws). 



Arabis, from Arabia. 



Ap.ENARiA, sand, belonging in sand. 



Akborbus, tree-like. 



Arbutifolia, Arbutus-leaved. 



Akeutus, the ancient name. 



Akotostaphylos, Bearbeny. 



AniXEOiiA, Aria-leaved. 



Akmeria, the Monkish Latin for the Pink. 



Akomatica, aromatic. 



Arvensis, field (growing in cultivated 

 fields). 



AscLEPiAS, Eaculapius, God of Medicine. 



AsPBR, rough. 



AsPEKUM, rough. 



AssuEGENTlPLOEA, flowers bending up- 

 ward. 



Attenuatus, slender. 



Attbnuifolujm, slender-leaved. 



AiTDiBBRTLA, M. Audibert, a Frenchman. 



AuKEA, golden. 



AuRiTA, little-eared (referring to the 

 leaves). 



AzuEEDS, blue. 



Baebigeeum, bearded. 



Bartsi^folia, Bartsia-leaved. 



Berbeeis, the Arabic name for the Bar- 

 berry . 



BicoLOE, two-colored. 



Biennis, biennial [i. e., flowering the sec- 

 ond year and then dying). 



BiFTDUM, bifid, divided. 



BiFLORA, two-flowered. 



BiFOLiTJM, two-leaved. 



BiGBLovii, Dr. J. M. Bigelow, » pioneer 

 botanist. 



BiLOBA, two-lobed. 



BISCEPTR0M, two-stemmed, i. e., twoscapes. 



BiSTORTA, twice-twisted. 



Blepharophylla, eyelash-leaved. 



Bloomeria, H. G. Bloomer, a pioneer bot- 

 anist. 



BoLANDEEi, H. N. Bolander, a well-known 

 botanist of this coast. 



BoREALis, northern. 



BoscENiAEiA, Boschniaki, a Russian. 



BoTKiNiA, Dr. Boykin, of Georgia. 



Braohtcaepa, short-pod. 



Bractbata, bracted. 



Beacteosa, bracted. 



Beassioa, old name for cabbage. 



Beevifloea, short-flowered. 



Beevipoliom, sliort-leaved. 



Beewbei, Wm. H. Brewer, Botanist of the 

 California Geological Survey. 



Beunella, from German name of a throat 

 disease which this plant was supposed 

 to cure. 



Bullata, jeweled; blistered. 



BnESA-PASTOEis, shepherd's purse. 



Geeulbus, deep blue. 

 GffiSPiTOSA, tufted. 

 Californica, California. 

 Calochoetus, beautiful grass. 

 Caltoanthus, cup-flower. 

 Calycina, cup-like. 

 Campanula, bell. 

 Campesteis, field (uncultivated). 

 Canadensis, Canadian. 

 Canbscens, white-haired; hoary. 

 Canina, dog. 

 Cannabinum, hemp-like. 

 Capitata, capitate (bearing a head ol 

 flowers). 



