GLOSSABY OF GENERIC AND SPECTFIO NAMES. 



Iris, rainbow. 

 IxiOEDES, Ixia-like. 



JuNCEA, rush-like. 



JDSSI.JSA, Bernard de Jussieu, founder of 

 the Natural System. 



Labiate, from labia, a lip. 



Lacinatus, laciniate. 



Lactba, milk-white. 



LaviCAULis, smooth-stemmed. 



Lacxtnostjm, pitted. 



liANCEOLATUS, lanceolate. 



Latuolius, broad-leaved. 



Lathtkus, the Greek name of a similar 



plant. 

 Latipes, broad-pediceled. 

 Laxus, loose. 

 Lbpigonum, scaly-joint. 

 Lepiditjm, scale-pod. 

 Leptophtllits, slender-leaved. 

 Lepidotus, scaly (?) 

 Lepidus, charming. 

 Leptosiphon, slender-tubed. 

 liEMMONi, J. G. Lemmon, a very successful 



California botanist. 

 Lbucodekmis, white-skinned. 

 Leucocephaltjs, white-headed. 

 liEUCOCRiNUM, white-lily. 

 LBncoPHTLLUS, white-leaved. 

 Lewisia, Capt. M. Lewis, who crossed the 



continent with Clarke in 1803-1806. 

 LiGUSTiciFOLins, Lovage-leaved. 

 LiLiACEUS, lily-like. 

 LiMNAjJTHES, pond-flower. 

 LiMONiixM, mud-plant (an old generic 



name. ) 

 Limosella, from limus, mud. 

 LiNARiA, from Linum, the botanical name 



of Flax. 

 LiKEABiroLnTM, narrow-leaved. 



LiNiFLOKA, flax-flowered; the Latin name 



Linum. 

 LiTHOSPERMOiDES, like Lithospermum. 

 LiTTOKALis, sea-beach. 

 LoBATUs, lobed. 

 LoKGiFLORUS, long-flowcred. 

 LoNGiiOBA, long lobed. 

 LoHGiPES, long-pediceled. 

 LuTBOLTJS, yellowish. 

 LuTEUS, yellow. 

 LUPINUS, wolf. 

 LupuLiNUS, hop-like. 

 LuciDirs, bright, transparent. 

 Ltoopus, wolf-foot. 

 Ltcopsoides, Lycopus-like. 

 Ltthbum, from Greek for blood. 



Maceanthus, large-flowered. 



Macroceba, large-homed. 



Maobocarpa, large-fruited. 



Macrostachta, large-spiked. 



Macrotheoum, large-anthered. 

 iMAOfLATUs, spotted. 



Maianthemuh, mountain nymph. 



Major, greater; larger. 



Malta, from a word meaning soft 



Malvjiflorus, Mallows-flowered. 



MALV.aa'OLius, MaUows-leaved. 



Mariposa, butterfly. 



Maritimum, coast. 



Meadia, Dr. Mead, of Illinois. 



Meconopsis, Poppy-like. 



Medioago, from Media, its native country. 



Medius, middle. 



Megabrhiza, big-root. 



Melilotus, honey-flower. 



Mentha, from the name of a Nymph fa- 

 bled to have been changed to mint. 



Mentanthes, mouth-flower. 



Menziesii, Dr. Archibald Menzies, a com- 

 panion of Vancouver. 



