GoM phre' NA — From goJ)tJ>hos, a club; alluding to 
the shape of the flowers. 
Gra' CI LIS — Thin, small, slender. 
Gra' ham I I. 
Gran' de — Large, great. 
Gran di flo' ra — Large-flowered. 
Gym no car' pa — Naked-fruited ; from gymnos, naked, 
and karpos, a fruit. 
Gy ne' ri um — From gync, a female, and erio7i, wool ; 
in reference to the stigmas. 
Gyp so' PHI LA — From gypsos, chalk, and pliilco, to 
love ; in reference to the favorite habitat of the plant. 
Haa GE a' NA (g hard I — Referring to Mr. Haage, a 
celebrated florist and seedsman, of Erfurt, Prussia. 
Ha LI ca' ca bum — The capsules or seed-vessels of the 
Cardiospermum Halicacabiun are inflated like the 
pods of Vesicaria; the Greek name of Vesicaria was 
halicacabiis. 
Hart weg' I I — Referring to Mr. Theodore Hartweg, 
who was at one time a botanical collector in South 
America for the Royal Horticultural Society of Great 
Britain. 
Hed de wig' II — In honor of Mr. Heddewig. 
He dy sa' rum — An old Greek name of uncertain origin. 
He LI an' THUS — From helios, sun, and anthos, a 
flower ; on account of the brilliant color of the flow^ers, 
and from the fanciful idea that the flowers always 
turned toward the sun. 
Hh LI chry' sum — From helios, sun, and chrysos, gold ; 
in allusion to the brilliant colors of the flowers. 
He LI o TRo' PI UM, (Heliotrope,) — From helios, the 
sun, and tropo, to turn ; the flowers are said always to 
turn to the sun. 
He lip' te RUM — The derivation is not apparent. 
Her ber' ti i — Referring to the Rev. William Herbert, 
Dean of Manchester, a scientific horticulturist and 
botanist. 
Hi bis' cus — Probably derived from ihis,^. stork, be- 
cause that bird is said to eat the plants of some of the 
species. 
His pa' ni ca — Spanish. 
Hook er i a' na — In reference to one of the Hookers, 
father and son, celebrated English botanists. 
Hor' de um — Latin, hordetim, barley. 
HoR ten' sis — Belonging to a garden ; from liortiis, a 
garden. 
Hoy' A — In honor of Thomas Hoy, a noted English 
gardener, and Fellow of the Linnsean Society. 
Hum boldt' i i — In reference to the celebrated travel- 
er and naturalist. Baron von Humboldt. 
Hu' me a — In honor of the lady of the late Sir Abraham 
Hume, Bart., Wormsleybury, Herts., England. 
Hu' mi lis — Humble, small, low. 
Hun ne mann' i i, Hun ne mann' i a — In honor of 
John Himnemann, a zealous botanist, and to whom 
horticulture is indebted for a great number of plants. 
Hy a cin thi flo' RUM — Hyaciuth-flowered. 
Hy a cin' thus — In Mythology, Hyacinthus was a boy 
who was killed by Zephyrus. 
Hy a cin tho i' des — Hyacinth - shaped, resembling 
the Hyacinth. 
Hy' bri da — Hybrid ; the progeny of the union of two 
species. 
Hy dran' GE A — From hydo7-, water, and aggeion, a 
cup or vessel ; the capsule of some of the species has 
been compared to a cup. 
Hy dro phyl la' ce m — The name ot a natural order, 
commonly called the Water-leaf family ; the applica- 
tion of the name is obscure. 
Hys so pi fo' LI A — Hyssop-leaved. 
I be ri di fo' LI A — Iberis-leaved ; leaves like the Can- 
dytuft. 
I be' ris — From Iberia, the ancient name of Spain. 
Im mu ta' bi lis — Immutable, vmchanging. 
Im pe ri a' lis — Imperial. 
In ca' na — Hoary, mouldy-colored. 
In car na' ta — Flesh-colored. 
In' di ca — Indian ; from the Indies. 
In di vi' sa — Undivided. 
In sig' nis — Distinguished by a mark, remarkable, 
noted, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary. 
In teg ri fo' li a — Whole-leaved — that is, the leaf en- 
tire, or not divided, cut or lobed. 
In vol u cra' tum — Involucrate, having an involucre. 
I po mce' a — From z}^^, bindweed, and homoios, simi- 
lar ; alluding to the twining habit of the plant. 
I PO mop' sis — From ipo, to strike forward, and opsis, 
sight ; alluding to the dazzling color of the flowers. 
I' ris — From i?-is, the rainbow ; alluding to the variety 
and beautj^ of the colors of the flowers. 
I sa BEL Li' NA — A peculiar shade of yellow or drab. 
I so' le pis — From isos, equal, and lepis, a scale; al- 
luding to the regularity of the scales. 
Ix' I A — /_r/rt, bird-lime ; because of the viscid nature 
of some of the species. 
Jack man' NI I — In reference to George Jackmann, 
nurseryman, of Surrey, England. 
Ja la' pa — From a town of that name. 
Ja po' ni ca — Japanese. 
Ju ba' tum — Crested, maned. 
Kaul Fus' si A — In honor of Frederick Kaulfuss, M. 
D., formerly Professor of Botany at Halle. 
King' i i. 
La bi a' T/E — The name of a natural order, commonly 
called the ]\Iint family ; the flowers of the plants in 
this order have always a two-lipped corolla, hence, 
the name, from labium, a lip. 
Lab' lab — Lablab is the Arabic name of Convolvulus ; 
the idea of twining is probably the import of the term. 
La' chry ma — Lachrivia, a tear. 
La CI NI a' tus — Laciniate; slashed, cut into deep, nar- 
row lobes. 
La GE na' ria — From lagcna, a bottle ; because of the 
bottle-shaped fruit of some of the species. 
La gu' rus — From lagus, a hare, and oura, a tail ; on 
account of the resemblance of its heads. 
La marck I a' n.\ — In reference to Lamarck, a French 
naturalist, who wrote largely upon botany about the 
end of the eighteenth century. 
La na' ta — Wooly ; clothed with long and soft entangl- 
ed hairs. 
Lan CI Fo' LI um — Lance-leaved. 
Lan ta' na — One of the ancient names of the Viburnimi, 
and applied to this genus by Linnaeus, because of the 
similarity of the leaves. 
La nu gi no' sa — Wooly. 
Las seaux' i i. 
La TE ri' ti a — From lateritius, brick -work ; hence, 
brick-color. 
La' thy rus — From la, augmentative, and ihouriis, 
anything exciting ; in allusion to the medicinal quali- 
ties of the seeds. 
La ti fo' li a — Broad-leaved. 
La ti pet' a la^ — Broad-petaled. 
Leg u mi no' sje — The name of a natural order, com- 
monly called the Pulse Family, and of which the com- 
mon Pea and the Bean are familiar representatives. 
Name from legtanen, pulse, leguminous plant, the 
Bean. 
Lep to' SIPHON — From leptos, slender, and siphon, i^. 
tube ; alluding to the slender tube of the corolla. 
Leu can' th A— From leukos, white, and anthos^ a 
flower; white-flowered. 
Leu co' jum — From leukos, white, and ion, a violet. 
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