botany; buxifolia—trom the Latin buxus, box- 
tree, and folium, leaf. 
Grevillea capitellata : capitellata — from the 
Latin capitulum, a little head, referring to the 
inflorescence. 
Grevillea diminuta : diminuta — from the Latin 
deminutio, a diminution, referring to the 
flowers, which are smaller than those of G. 
victoriae, a related speci Grevillea lavandula- 
cea: lavandulacea — from the genus Lavan¬ 
dula, lavender, i.e. like lavender. 
Grevillea speciosa subsp. dimorpha: speciosa 
— from the Latin, meaning beautiful, splendid, 
handsome; dimorpha — from the Greek dis, 
double, and morphe, form or shape, referring 
to the two variants with different leaf forms. 
Hakea bucculenta: Hakea — after Baron von 
Hake, a German patron of botany; bucculenta 
— from the Latin bucca, with full cheeks, 
probably referring to the swollen sides of the 
fruit. 
Hakea rostrata: rostrata — from the Latin, 
having a beak or beaked, referring to the beak 
on the fruit. 
Helmholtzia glaberrima : Helmholtzia — after 
Professor H.L.F. von Helmholtz (1821-1894), 
German physicist, anatomist and physiolo¬ 
gist, an innovator in many fields of science; 
glaberrima — the superlative degree of the 
Latin glaber, bald or hairless, referring to the 
fact that the plant is quite glabrous. 
Hibbertia empetrifolia: Hibbertia — after 
George Hibbert (1757-1837), a London 
merchant and patron of botany; empetrifolia 
— from the genus Empetrum, and the Latin 
folium, leaf, i.e. with leaves like those of 
Empetrum. 
Indigofera australis: Indigofera — from 
indigo, a blue dye obtained from two tropical 
species (the name of the dye being derived 
from the Latin indicus, Indian), and fero, to 
bear; australis — from the Latin, southern. 
Isopogon anethifolius: Isopogon — from the 
Greek isos, equal, and pogon, beard, referring 
to the nut which is hairy all over; anethifolius 
— from the Latin anethum, dill, and folium, 
leaf, i.e. leaves like those of dill. 
Jasminum lineare: Jasminum — from the 
Arabic, yasmin, name of a kind of fragrant 
shrub; lineare — from the Latin, lineare, linear. 
Lomandra longifolia: Lomandra — from the 
Greek loma, the border of a robe, and andros, 
male, referring to the bordered anthers of L. 
longifolia, the first species described; longi¬ 
folia — from the Latin longus, long, and 
tolium, leaf. 
Lomatia myricoides: Lomatia — from the 
Greek loma, fringe or border of a robe, 
referring to the border on the wing of the seed; 
myricoides — from the Greek myrice, tama¬ 
risk, and the suffix, -oides, i.e. like tamarisk. 
Lomatia tinctoria: tinctoria — from the Latin 
tinctor, dyer, referring to the fact that the 
scurfy layer on the seed dissolves in water 
to give a rose colour. 
Melaleuca capitata: Melaleuca — from the 
Greek melas, black, and leukon, white colour 
— the reason for the use of the name is 
obscure; capitata — from the Latin caput, the 
head, referring to the inflorescence. 
Melaleuca erubescens: erubescens — from 
the Latin erubesco, to blush, referring to the 
colour of the flowers. 
Melaleuca spicigera: spicigera — from the 
Latin spica, a spike, and gero, to bear, 
referring to the inflorescence. 
Micromyrtus ciliata: Micromyrtus — from the 
Greek micros, small, and myrtos, the myrtle; 
ciliata — from the Latin cilium, eye-lash, in 
botany, ciliate, fringed with fine hairs. 
Pandorea pandorana: Pandorea — possibly 
relating to the legend of Pandora’s box, of 
which the author of the name is said to have 
been reminded by the fruits, or it may be that 
the original species was connected with a 
plague of insects on Norfolk Island; pando¬ 
rana — from Pandora and the Latin suffix - 
anus, relating to. 
Persoonia pinifolia: Persoonia — after C.H. 
Persoon (1755-1837) born in South Africa, 
who worked in Paris, specialising in fungi; 
pinifolia — from the Latin pinus, fir or pine, 
and folium, leaf. 
Pimelea ferruginea: Pimelea —from the Greek 
pimele, soft fat, possibly referring to the oily 
seeds or to the fleshy cotyledons; ferruginea 
— from the Latin, rust-coloured. 
Prostanthera incana: Prostanthera —from the 
Greek prosteke, an appendage, and andros, 
male, referring to the spur-like appendage to 
the anther; incana — from the Latin incanus, 
quite grey, referring to the fact that the plant 
is covered with white hairs so that it appears 
quite grey. 
Prostanthera lasianthos: lasianthos — from 
the Greek lasios, shaggy, and anthos, flower 
i.e. hairy flowers. 
Prostanthera melissifolia: melissifolia — from 
the Greek and Latin melissophyllon, balm, 
and the Latin folium, leaf. 
Pultenaea flexilis: Pultenaea — after Richard 
Pulteney (1730-1801), English botanist- 
333 
