Species within a genus

asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven; (rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged) flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld, BL)

ater, atra, = coal-black, lustreless-black, sable, dark; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld, BL)

caespes, = a turf, sod as cut out; a clump, group of plants; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. (growing in tufts or patches; caespitose)
(ld, BL)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope; -ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat. (pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

cuspis, = a point, the pointed end of any thing; -idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’); -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (cuspate; a pointed end of any organ, especially a sharp rigid point of a leaf)
(ld, BL, Ox)

dē -.= down; (downwards, outwards, from) ustus, urere, = to burn. deuro, deustum, = to burn up, consume. (burned, scorched) In Latin dē- had also the function of reversing the action of the verb: thus ‘deustum’ indicates “fire-resistant”. (eg. the plant is among the first to resprout after fire)
(ld, BL, Ox, Fp)

e-, = without, lacking; bractea, brattea, = a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf; thin layers of wood, veneers; (bract) bracteatus, = covered with gold-plate, gilt; shining only externally, gilded, delusive. -atum, = indicates possession or likeness. (without bracts)
(BL, ld)

equus,= a horse; equinus, = of or belonging to horses; saeta, seta, = a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees; -aceus, = indicates resemblance. equisaetum, equisetum, = the plant horse-tail.
(ld, BL)

filum, fili-, = a thread; -aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(ld, BL)

fistula, = a pipe, tube; a hollow reed stalk, a reed, cane; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. fistulosus, = pipe shaped, full of holes, porous.
(ld, BL)

grandis, = full-grown, large, great, full, abundant; (large, great, big, tall, lofty) spico, = to furnish with spikes or ears; spina, spicus, = a thorn; a prickle or spine; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

For Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 – 1911).** -anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

inter, = between, betwixt, among, amid, surrounded by; (between, among, in the midst of, surrounded by, during) medius, = that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle; of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate. (middle, that is midway between) inter-medius, = that is between, intermediate. (intermediate between two species or genera)
(ld, BL)

jungo, = to join or unite together, connect, attach, fasten, yoke, harness; juncus, = a twig resembling a rush; -eus, =indicates material or colour resemblance in quality. junceus, = made of rushes, rush-; like a rush.
(ld, BL)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant; carpos,= fruit. (small-fruited)
(LS, BL)

mucro, = a sharp point or edge; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. mucronatus, = pointed. (mucronate; abruptly terminated by a hard sharp point)
(ld, BL, Ox)

For Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858).**
(Ch)

nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed. (naked, i.e. devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
(ld, BL)

persisto, = to continue steadfastly, to persist. (persistent)
(ld, BL)

promineo, prominens, = to stand or jut out, be prominent,to overhang, project. (prominenet, standing or jutting out)
(ld, BL)

racemus, = the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants; (raceme) -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. racemosus, = full of clusters, clustering.
(ld, BL)

rigeo, rigens, = to be stiff, stiffen; (stiff, rigid, unbendable) -idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress. rigidus, = stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid.
(ld, BL)

spatha, = a broad, flat wooden instrument for stirring any liquid, a spattle, spatula; a spathe of a palm tree; -aceus, = indicates resemblance. (spathe-like, provided with a spathe)
(ld, BL)

squama, = scale (of a fish, serpent); -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. squamosus, squamossus, = full of or covered with scales, scaly, squamous. (covered with small scales, like leaves)
(ld, BL)

stipes, = a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree; a branch of a tree; -ulus, = diminutive; stipula, = a stalk, blade, halm; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with. (stipular, stalky)
(ld, BL)

ttego, tectum, = to cover; (roof) -orum, = of (genitive plural). tectorium, = a covering, cover. (covered, hidden, concealed)
(ld, BL)

thursos, = any light straight shaft; commonly the thursus, a wand wreathed in ivy and vine leqves with a pine-cone at the top, carried by devotees of Bacchus. (thyrse, i.e. a more or less ovoid or ellipsoid panicle, with cymose branches) fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(LS, BL, ld)

vagina, = a scabbard, sheath; the covering, sheath, holder of any thing; the sheath of an ear of grai, the hull, husk; (in botany occasionally the petiole embraces the branch from which it springs, and in such cases is said to be sheathing; and is even called a sheath or vagina as in grasses) -ulus, diminutive; vaginula, = a little sheath, husk; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (has small sheaths)
(ld, Ox, BL)