GLOSSARY OF LATIN SPECIFIC TERMS 



arbuti folia — arbutus-leaved, 

 argentea — silvery. 

 argutus — sharp, 



arkansana — belonging to Arkansas, 

 aromatica — aromatic. 

 asperi folia — rough-leaved. 

 asplenifolia — leaf like that of a fern, 

 a tropurpureus — dark-purple. 



baccata — berry -like, 

 balsamifera — -bearing balsam, 

 blanda — smooth, charming, 

 botriapium — gr ape -pear. 

 brachycera — short-horned ; without 



wax. 

 buxifolium — box -leaved. 



caespitosum — tufted, growing in 



mats, 

 calendulacea — yellow. 

 calyculata— having bracts around the 



calyx, imitating an outer calyx, 

 canadensis — Canadian. 

 Candida — white, hoary, 

 candidissima — most white, 

 canina — canine. 



canescens — downy with white hairs. 

 carolinensis — Carolinian. 

 cassinoides — helmet -like. 

 cathartica — purging, 

 cerifera — producing wax. 

 ciliate — marginally fringed with 



hairs. 

 circinata — round-leaved. 

 cneorum — ancient generic name. 

 coccinea — scarlet, 

 ccerulea — blue. 

 colchica — from Colchis, 

 copallina — producing gum-copal. 

 concinna — neat, 

 conspicua — observed, showy. 

 cordata — heart-shaped. 



coronarius — wearing a crown. 

 corymbosum — corymbed. 

 cuneata — wedge-shaped, 

 cynosbati — dogberry. 

 crux andrea? — St. Andrew's-cross. 



densiflorum — densely-flowered. 



den tat urn — toothed. 



discolor — two-colored. 



dumosa — found in thickets, bushy, 



ericoides — heath-like. 



fascicularis — tufted, or in fascicles, 

 fastigiata — with branches erect an 



parallel, 

 fertilis — fruitful. 

 flavescens — yellow. 

 floridus-a-um — flowering, 

 floribunda — with abundant flowers. 

 frangula — breaking. 

 frondosus-a — leafy, 

 fruticosa — bushy. 



gale — myrtle bush. 

 glabra — without hairs. 

 glandulosa — glandular, 

 glauca — whitish. 

 glaucophylla — white-leaved. 

 gracilis — -slender, 

 grandiflorus-a-um — great-flowered 

 groenlandicum — Greenland. 

 grossularia — rough. * 



halimifolia — halimus-leaved. 

 hispidula — with minute hairs. 

 hispidus — with rigid hairs. 

 humilis — low. 



hypericoides — hypericum-like. 

 hypnoides — narcotic. 



incana — hoary, 

 involucrata — involucred. 



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