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HAEMODORACEAE
(
G
)
Bloodroot Family (
Wf
)
(h)aima, = blood;
dora, = a skin, hide.
(
LS
)
DILATRIS
(
G
)
di-, = two;
dis-, = twice, double;
latris, = a hired servant, a servant, a slave.
(two small anthers subservient to the one larger one)
(
LS
,
Le
)
WACHENDORFIA
For Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1702-1758).**
(
Ch
)