in Victoria during 1852-96, an extremely 
distinguished scientist of that period. 
Baeckea linifolia: Baeckea — in honour of 
Abraham Baeck (1713-1795), Swedish phy¬ 
sician and naturalist, a friend of Linnaeus; 
linifolia — from the Latin linum, flax and 
folium, leaf. 
Baeckea ramosissima: ramosissima — from 
the Latin, ramosus, branched, and the suffix 
-issimus, most, referring to the much- 
branched habit of the plant. 
Bauera rubioides: Bauera —after the brothers 
Bauer, Franz and Ferdinand, fl. c. 1780-1820, 
Austrian botanical artists; rubioides — from 
the genus Rubia and the Greek suffix -oides, 
like, i.e. like Rubia. 
Billardierascandens. Billardiera — after J.J.H. 
de Labillardiere (1755-1834), a French bot¬ 
anist; scandens — from the Latin scandere, 
to climb. 
Boronia anemonifoiia : Boronia — after 
Francesco Borone (1769-94), assistant to 
several prominent botanists; anemonifoiia — 
from the genus Anemone and the Latin folium, 
leaf, i.e. with leaves like those of Anemone. 
Boronia ledifolia: ledifolia — from the genus 
Ledum and the Latin folium, leaf, i.e. with 
leaves like those of Ledum. 
Boronia megastigma: megastigma — from the 
Greek megas, great or large, and stigma, mark 
or spot, in botany, stigma. 
Boronia molloyae: molloyae — after Georgi- 
ana Molloy (1805-43), an early settler and 
plant collector at Augusta and the Vasse, 
Western Australia. 
Boronia muellerr. muelleri — after Sir Ferdi¬ 
nand J.H. Mueller (1825-96), Government 
Botanist in Victoria during 1852-96, an 
extremely distinguished scientist of that 
period. 
Brachysema lanceolatum: Brachysema — 
from the Greek brachys, short, and sema, 
sign, mark or taken as of a shield or standard, 
referring to the upright petal at the back of 
the flowers; lanceolatum — from the Latin 
lancia, lance, referring to the leaves. 
Clematis gtycinoides: Clematis — from the 
Greek name given to Clematis vitalba, a 
species native to Greece; glycinoides — from 
the genus Glycine and the Greek suffix -oides, 
like, i.e. resembling Glycine. 
Correa baeuerlenii: Correa — after J.F. Correa 
da Serra (1751-1823), Royal Academy of 
Sciences, Lisbon, student of botany and other 
sciences; baeuerlenii — after W. Baeuerlen, 
who collected the type specimen on the Clyde 
River, NSW, in 1884. 
Correa pulchella: pulchella — from the Latin, 
small and beautiful. 
Correa reflexa: reflexa — from the Latin 
reflecto, to bend or turn back, referring to the 
bracts subtending the flower. 
Crowea exalata : Crowea — after James Crowe 
(1750-1807), a surgeon who studied mosses, 
fungi and willows and wrote on Norfolk plants; 
exalata — from the Larin prefix ex-, to free 
from in the sense of without or not, and alatus, 
winged. 
Crowea saligna: saligna — from the Latin, 
made of willow-wood, i.e. like a willow. 
Darwinia citriodora: Darwinia — after Francis 
Darwin (1731-1802), grandfather of Charles 
Darwin and author of Botanic Garden: The 
Temple of Nature; citriodora — from the Latin 
citrus, the citrus or citron tree, and odorus, 
scented, i.e. lemon-scented. 
Dianella revoluta: Dianella — diminutive of 
Diana, the name of the Roman goddess of 
hunting, as the first species described was 
found in woods in southern France, and is 
known as 'dianelle des bois’; revoluta — from 
the Latin revolutus, rolled back or down, 
referring to the margins of the leaves, which 
are rolled back on themselves. 
Dianella tasmanica: tasmanica — a Latin 
adjective formed from the modern name 
Tasmania, as the species was first described 
from Tasmania. 
Epacris longiflora: Epacris — from the Greek 
epi, upon, and akros, asummit, from the habitat 
of those species first described; longiflora — 
from the Latin longus, long, and flos, flower. 
Eriostemon myoporoides: Eriostemon — from 
the Greek erion, wool, and stemon, thread, 
or, in botany, stamen; myoporoides — from 
the genus Myoporum and the Greek suffix - 
oides, like, i.e. like Myoporum. 
Eriostemon verrucosus: verrucosus — from 
the Latin, warty. 
Fieldia australis-. Fieldia — after Barron Field 
(1786-1846), judge of the NSW Supreme Court, 
who sent plants and drawings to Hooker from 
NSW; australis — from the Latin, southern. 
Geitonoplesium cymosum: Geitonoplesium 
— from the Greek, geiton, a neighbour, and 
plesios, near, referring to the close relation¬ 
ship of this genus to the genus Luzuriaga; 
cymosum — from the Greek, cyma, a wave 
or anything swollen; in botany, a cyme is a 
flowerhead in which the central axis stops 
growing and produces a flower, so that the 
oldest flower is at the centre. 
Grevillea buxifolla: Grevillea — after C.F. 
Greville (1749-1809), an English patron of 
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