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)

decipio, = to catch, ensnare, entrap, beguile, elude, deceive, cheat.
(deceiving; used of a species closely resembling another)
(ld, BL)

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”.
(e.g. the plant is among the first to resprout after fire)
(ld, BL, Ox, Fp)

For Johann Franz (Jean Francois) Drège (1794-1881),** German plant collector and a botanical explorer and traveller who arrived in the Cape in 1826 with his brother Wilhelm Eduard to join his other brother Carl Friedrich who had come in 1821;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

e-, = without, lacking;
bractea, brattea, = a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf; thin layers of wood, veneers;
(bract)
-atum, = indicates possession or likeness.
bracteatus, = covered with gold-plate, gilt; shining only externally, gilded, delusive.
(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;
spica, spicus, = a point; of grain, an ear, spike; of things of a similar shape, e.g. a top, tuft, head of other plants;
-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)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much;
carpos, = fruit.
(with large fruit)

(LS, 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 leaves 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 grain, 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)