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Geoffrey's plant names explained
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ROSACEAE
(
La
)
Rose Family (
Le
)
rosa, = a rose; the rose-bush, rose-tree.
(
ld
)
CLIFFORTIA
Cliffortia (
Le
)
After George Clifford (1685-1760),** a rich Anglo-Dutch financier and a Director of the Dutch East India Company who was also a keen horticulturist.
(
Ch
)
RUBUS
(
La
)
ruber, ruberus, = red, ruddy.
rubus, = a bramble-bush, blackberry-bush; a blackberry.
(colour of the fruits of many of the species)
(
ld
,
Le
)