Species within a genus

aemulus, = striving after another earnestly, emulating, rivalling, emulous.
(rivalling, more or less equalling)
(the derivation is obscure)
(ld, BL, SK)

amphi-, = about, around, rounf about, on all sides;
genos, = kind, genus.
(growing all round an object)
(amphnigenos, = of doubtful parentage; probably referring to the species’ similarity to E. spumosa and E, imbricata)
(LS, BL, SK)

amd- and olla, = as having handles on both (opposite) sides; an irregular of amphora;
amphora, = a vessel, usually made of clay, with two handles or ears;
-ellus, diminutive;
ampulla, = a vessel for holding liquids, furnished with two handles, and swelling in the middle, a flask, bottle, jar, pot, etc.;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
ampullaceus, = in the form of a flask, big bellied.
(ld, BL)

angulus, = an angle, a corner;
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have.
(ld)

arista, = the awn or beard of grain;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
aristatus, = having ears of corn.
(with an awn – referring to the awns at the ends of the leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

artus, = a joint;
-culus, = diminutive;
articulus, = a small member connecting various pars of the body, a joint, knot, knuckle;
-aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(with joints – referring to the habit)
(ld, BL, SK)

agxos,(αγχος) = shoulder;
ala, axilla, = a wing, as of a bird; in trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem;
axilla, = the upper angle between a leaf or petiole and the stem from which it springs;
-aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(referring to the flowers which spring from the axils)
(ld, Ox, BL, LB)

a-, an-, = denotes privative, negative;
a-, = without, not, -less, un-;
zale, = surge, spray; a storm.
azaleas, = dry, parched;
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves like a species of Azalea, a menber of the Ericaceae)
(LS, ld, SK)

baca, bacca, = a small round fruit, a berry;
-icans, = indicates possessing or becoming or resemblance sometimes so close as to be almost identical.
(berry-like; referring to the shape of the flower)
(Alien)
(ld, BL, Ol)

For Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1829).**

For Professor Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979).**
(Ch)

For Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1829).**

purpureus, = purple-coloured, purple;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(purple ‘dull red with a slight dash of blue’)
(Ch, LS, ld, BL)

barba, = of plants, the wool; the beard, of men;
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have;
barbiger, = wearing a beard, bearded;
(bearded);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(referring to the tufts of hair between the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

For Francis Bauer (1758-1810).**
(Alien)
(Ch)

For George Bentham (1800-1884);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

bibo, = to drink.
bibax, = given to drink.
(referring to the plant’s habit of growing in seepage areas or near streams)
(ld, SK)

borbonia, = Reunion Island;
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves like those of the genus Borbonia [now Aspalathus borbonifolia], from the South Western Cape)
(BL, ld, SK)

brachus, = short, few, little;
brachy-, = short;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(probably referring to the way clusters of flowers are borne on branches at right-angles to the central stem)
(LS, BL, SK)

brevis, = short, little, of small extent; small, narrow; low; brief;
folium, = a leaf.
(short leaves)
(referring to the leaves)
(ld, BL, Ol)

brunia, = the genus Bruniae;
-ides, = indicates resemblance.
(looking like the genus Brunia (at least to Linnaeus))
(BL, Ol)

brunia, = the genus Bruniae;
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves like those of members of the family Bruniaceae)

(ld, Ol)

cabernet, = possibly named after the grape cultivar ‘cabernet’ as the flowers are dark red, and the plant is endemic to areas in Grabbouw, a wine growing area.
(ga)

kāfir, = infidel.
(term used by early explorers – associated with Southern Africa)
(referring to the wide distribution and country of origin)
(Ox, K3, SK)

calyx, = the cup or calyx of a flower, a flower bud;
(covering of a flower or fruit);
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(belonging to the calyx, with a well developed calyx)
(with a well developed calyx; referring to the prominent sepals)

periplokos, = enfolded, entangled;
flos, floris,= a blossom, flower.
(LS, BL, SK, ld)

campana, = a bell;
-ulus, = diminutive;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(bell-shaped; referring to the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

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)

capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm.)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
capillaris, = of or pertaining to the hair.
(referring to the plant’s habit)
(ld, BL, SK)

cera, = wax;
cerintha, = a plant of which bees are fond, wax-flower;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(referring to the similarity of the flowers and their arrangement in the two species)
(ld, BL, SK)

After Chiron** the physician and botanist;
pteron, = a feather, wings;
-pterus, = winged.
(ld, LS, BL)

cingo, cinctus, = to go round in a circle, to surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown; encircle.
(referring to the purple band around the throat of the corolla)
(ld, SK)

coccinus, = scarlet-coloured;
-ineus, = indicates material or colour or close resemblance.
(deep red, from scarlet to carmine; referring to the colour form seen by Linnaeus, who named the species in 1753)
(ld, BL, Ol)

coccinus, = scarlet-coloured;
-ineus, = indicates material or colour or close resemblance.
(deep red, from scarlet to carmine; referring to the colour form seen by Linnaeus, who named the species in 1753)

unus, = one, alone, only, sole, single;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(single-flowered)
(ld, BL, Ol)

collis, = high ground, a hill;
-inus, = indicateing possession or resemblance.
collina, = hilly land.
(referring to the plant’s habitat)
(ld, BL, SK)

Now E. banksia subsp. comptonii.
(PS)

corium, = skin, hide, leather;
(skin, rind or covering)
folium, = a leaf.
(referring to the leathery leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

korys, = a helmet, helm, casque;
-alis, = belonging or pertaining to.
(referring to the shape of the flowers)
(LS, BL, SK)

crista, = a tuft on the head of animals, the comb of a cock; a tuft of leaves on plants; the crest of a helmet, plume;
(crest, terminal tuft)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
cristatus, = that has a tuft or crest, tufted, crested.
(comb-like; referring to the combs along the leaf margins)
(ld, BL, SK)

cruor, = blood (which flows from a wound);
cruentus, = spotted, covered, or stained with blood, bloody; blood-red, red.
(blood-stained; referring to the blood-red colouring of the flowers)
(ld, SK)

cumulus, = heap, pile;
flos, floris, = flower.
(referring to the grouping of the flowers into heads)
(Ws, SK)

For Jan Christiaan Cuno, (1708 – 1780);**
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(named after the Cape alder, Cunonia capensis, also known as the rooiels; referring to the species’ locality, near Rooi-Els)
(Ch, SK)

curvus, = crooked, curved, bent;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the curved tubular flower)
(ld, SK)

curvus, = crooked, curved, bent;
rostrum, = the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals; of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a ……; (referring to the curved style, although this is not a distinguishing character)
(ld, SK)

cycnus, cygnus, =the swan;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(relatin to swans, curved suddenly downwards like a swan’s neck)
(referring to the curve, like a swan’s neck, in the flowering branch just below the flower head)
(ld, BL, SK)

desmos, = a band, bond, fetter;
desma, = band, bundle;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(referring to the bunched arrangement of the flowers)

urceus,= a pitcher, water-pot, ewer;
-olus, = diminutive;
urceolus, = a little pitcher or water-pot;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(pitcher-, vase- or urn-shaped, i.e. hollow, more or less rounded and distinctly contracted at the mouth, with the limb of the corolla small; same as campanulate, but more contracted at the orifice, with an erect limb)
(LS, BL, SK, ld)

dif-¸dis-, = asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions;
color, = colour, hue, tint.
discolor, = of another colour, not of the same colour.
(not of the same colour, variegated)
(referring to the the two-toned colour of the flower)
(ld, BL, SK)

distorqueo, distortus, = to turn different ways, to twist, distort.
(twisted; referrng to the plant’s habit)
(ld, SK)

For Dr. Augusta Vera Duthie (1881-1963).**
(Ch)

For Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868).**
(Ch)

equus,= a horse;
equinus, = of or belonging to horses;
saeta, seta, = a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees;
equisaetum, equisetum, = the plant horse-tail;
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves like the genus EQUISETUM, (Horsetails))
(ld, Ol)

ERICA (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(heather-like)
(formerly Blaeria ericoides)
(BL, SK)

erion, eirion, = wool; cotton;
erineos, = of wool, woollen;
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(LS, BL, Cw)

erion, = wool;
cephale, = head;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(LS, BL)

excavo, = to hollow out;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
excavatio, = a hollowing out.
(hollowed out in a curve, e.g. at insertion of leaf, or as a deep pit)
(referring to the round notches between the lobes of the corolla)
(ld, BL, SK)

ex, = from, out of;
lee, = after James Lee (1715 – 1795);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(This species of Erica was formerly Philippia leeana. When Ted Oliver sunk the genus Philippia into Erica, he renamed this species ‘exleeana’; rather neat!)
(BL, Ch, LB)

extrudo, extrusus, = to thrust out or forth,to drive out, drive away.
(pushed out)
(referring to the bulges or grooves at the base of the corolla)
(ld, BL, SK)

fascio, = to envelop with bands, to swathe;
-culus, = diminutive;
fasciculus, = a small bundle, packet; a bunch of flowers, nosegay;
-aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
fascicularia, = things carried in bundles (as wood, hay etc.)
(fascicle, clustered, grouped together)
(referring to the arrangement of the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

fatigo, fastigium, = to make pointed, to sharpen to a point, to raise or bring to a point; sloping to a point; high, exalted;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fastigatus, = high, exalted.
(fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit, with branches reaching to the same height)
(referring to the arrangement of the branches)

Coventry;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

Dr. Peter MacOwan (1830-1909).**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(a natural hybrid)
(ld, BL, SK, Ch, LB)

fatigo, fastigium, = to make pointed, to sharpen to a point, to raise or bring to a point; sloping to a point; high, exalted;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fastigatus, = high, exalted.
(fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit, with branches reaching to the same height)
(referring to the arrangement of the branches)

Of Coventry.
(ld, BL, SK)

ferveo, fervo, = to be boiling hot, to boil, ferment, glow; to come forth in great numbers;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’).
fervidus, = glowing hot, burning, fiery, glowing.
(referring to the dark red colour of the flowers)
(ld, BL, Ol)

filum, fili-, = a thread;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(thread-shaped; slender like a thread; as the filaments of most plants, and the styles of many)
(with thread-like form referring to the wiry branches)
(ld, BL, SK)

folium, = a leaf.
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
foliaceus, = leafy, like leaves.
(referring to the very leafy branches)
(ld, BL, SK)

For Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941).**
(Ch)

geneis, = the edge of an axe, an axe, pickaxe, mattock;
genesta, genista, = the broom-plant, broom; (also the genus GENISTA);
folium, = a leaf.
(referring to the similarity between the leaves of this species and those of the genus Genista, to which the broom species belong)
(LS, ld, Ol)

george, = the town George;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(deriving from the George district)
(Ol, BL)

glaber, glabra, glabellus, = without hair, smooth, bald;
(glabrous; smooth, hairless)
-ellus, = diminutive.

laevis, levis, = smooth, smoothed, not rough (opposite of asper, rough).
(smooth, free from unevenness, hairs or roughness)
(ld, BL)

glaber, glabra, = without hair, smooth, bald;
(glabrous; smooth, hairless)
pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape.
(a foot-like part or organ, peduncle)
(ld, BL)

globus, = a round body, a ball, sphere, globe;
(a round body, ball, globe, sphere)
caput, -ceps, = of things; the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity.

consors, = a sharer, partner.
(sharing property in common, sharer, partner, colleague, comrade)
(ld, BL, Ox)

Called after the genus GNAPHALIUM (Asteraceae) from the Cape;
gnapheion, knaphos = .the prickly teasel, used by fullers to card or clean cloth;
gnapholon, = flock of wool; resemblance to downy plant used for stuffing cushions.
-ōidēs, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(Ol, LS, Le, BL)

For (1) Francis Guthrie (1831-1899),and (2) Miss Louise Guthrie (1879-1966).**
(Ch)

For Gysbert Grisbrook.**
(Ch)

Named for the town Hermanus;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(LB, BL)

hispido, = to make bristly, prickly;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’);
hispidus, = rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly;
(hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch)
-ulus, diminutive.
(with short bristly hairs)
(hispid; referring to the hairiness of the leaves and stems)
(ld, BL, SK)

(h)olos, = whole, entire, complete, whole, undivided;
(entire, complete, whole, undivided)
Sēres, = a people of Eastern Asia, (the modern Chinese), celebrated for their silken fabrics;
-eus, =indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
Sericus, = of or belonging to the Seres, Seric; silken.
sericeus, = sereceous, i.e., silky with long straight close pressed glossy hairs.
holosericus, = all of silk.
(silky; referring to the vegetative parts of the plant)
(LS, BL, ld, SK)

(h)umidus, = moist, humid, damp, dank, wet;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).

(ld, BL)

imber, = rain, shower of rain;
imbrex, = a hollow tile, gutter tile, pantile (used in roofs for the purpose of leading off the rain);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
imbricatim, = in the form of a gutter-tile.
(when parts lie over each other in regular order, like tiles upon the roof of a house)
(referring to the bracts and sepals)
(ld, BL, SK)

inter, = between, betwixt, among, amid, surrounded by;
(between, among, in the midst of, surrounded by, during)
valles, vallis, = a valley, vale;
inter-vallum, = the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(possibly referring to the spaces between the flowering branchlets)
(ld, BL, SK)

in- = denotes tendency or progression towards; not quite;
tonsus, = the cut or mode of dressing the hair, coiffure.
(shaven, i.e. having become glabrous)
(unshaven, hence bristly, shaggy)
intonsus, = unshorn.
(referring to the hairiness of the leaves, bracts and sepals which give the plant an untidy appearance)
(ld, BL, SK)

For Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-2001);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

Possibly for William Henry Irby (1750-1830);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(SK, BL)

in-, ir-, = in, into, for, contrary;
regula, = a straight piece of wood, ruler, rule; a pattern, model, example;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(irregular)
(referring to the arrangement of the flowers)
(BL, ld, SK)

kogelberg, = Koegelberg;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(BL)

For Frederick John Kruger (1944- ).**
(Ch)

labia, = a lip;
-alis, = belonging or pertaining to.
(referring to the two-lipped (-lobed) corolla)
(ld, BL, Ol)

laetus, = joyful, cheerful, glad, gay, joyous, rejoicing, pleased, delighted, full of joy; joyous in appearance, delightful, pleasing, beautiful.
(cheerful, pleasant, bright)
(ld, Ol)

laevis, levis, = smooth, smoothed, not rough (opposite of asper, rough);
(smooth, free from unevenness, hairs or roughness)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
levigatus, laevigatus, = smooth, slippery.
(smooth and polished)
(ld, BL)

lana, = wool;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
anthera, = anther.
(referring to the distinctive wooly ‘beard’ on the anther)
(ld, LS, BL, Ol)

lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)

(ld, BL)

lana, = wool;
lanugo, = woolliness, down, of plants;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
lanuginosus, = woolly, downy.
(woolly, downy)
(with woolly down; referring to the hairy covering of the sepals and corolla)
(ld, BL, SK)

lascivus, = wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky.
(lascivus, well-developed; the reference is obscure)
laskivus, = in a good sense, sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity; in a bad sense, wantonness, petulance, impudence.
(the reference is obscure)

(ld, SK, Ol)

latus, latere, = on or at the side or flanks;
(lateral)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
lateralis, = of or belonging to the side, lateral.
(referring tothe arrangement of the flowers)
(ld, BL, Ol)

latus, lati-, = broad, wide;
(broad, wide)
tubus, = a pipe, tube.
(ld, BL)

leucos, = white, gray, hoary;
trachelos, = the throat, neck.
(referring to the colour of the corolla lobes)
(LS, Ol)

longus, = long;
arista, = the awn or beard of grain;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
aristatus, = having ears of corn.
(with an awn; referring to the very long appendages on the anthers)
(ld, BL, SK)

longus, = long;
folium, = a leaf.
(long leaves)
(with long leaves)

amplio, = to make wider, to extend, enlarge, increase, amplify;
-atus, = indicates an action made or done.
(ld, BL, Ol)

longus, = long;
folium, = a leaf.
(long leaves)
(with long leaves)
(ld, BL, Ol)

Sir Lowry's Pass, Stellenbosch District;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(named for the type locality at Sir Lowry's Pass, Stellenbosch District)
(Ch)

lutum, = a plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed, dyer’s weed, weld; a yellow colour, yellow;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
luteus, = golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow.
(referring to the colour of the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

lukos, = wolf;
pous, podos, = a foot;
-astrum, = indicates inferiority or incomplete resemblance, hence often applied to the wild equivalent of a cultivated plant.
(LS, BL)

Dr. Peter MacOwan (1830-1909).**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(Ch, ld, BL)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much;
(long, large, great)
loma, = the hem or border of a robe.
(hem, fringe, border)
(referring to the long and spreading lobes of the corolla)
(LS, BL, SK)

mamma, = a breast; a teat, dug of animals; a protubertance on the bark of a tree;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
mammosus, = having large breasts, full-breasted; full, protuberant.
(having large breasts, resembling a large nipple)
(referring to the shape of the flowers, which supposedly resemble a cow’s teats)
(ld, BL, SK)

For Francis Masson (1741-1805).**

parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(smaller, inferior, lesser)
(Ch, ld, BL)

melas, = black, dark, gloomy, dusky, murky;
stoma, = mouth, also the whole face.
(stoma, opening (mouth, minute opening)
(referring to the black stomas on the leaves)
(an allusion to the fact that the fruit of some species blackens the mouth when eaten*)
(*not likely in this case)
(BL, Ox, LB)

melas, = black, dark, gloomy, dusky, murky;
stoma, = mouth, also the whole face.
(stoma, opening (mouth, minute opening)
(referring to the black stomas on the leaves)
(an allusion to the fact that the fruit of some species blackens the mouth when eaten)
(*not likely in this case)

parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(smaller, inferior, lesser)
(LS, Ox, LB, ld, BL)

monos, = alone, only;
(alone, solitary)
adelphos, = a brother.
(with filaments or stamens united in one)
(the anthers are closely adpressed but do eventually separate like most other ericas)
(LS, BL, Ol)

multus, = much, great, many;
flexus, = a bending, turning, winding.
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(ld, BL)

multus, = much, great, many;
(much, often, frequently greatly)
umbra, = a shade, shadow; the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow;
-ellus, = diminutive;
umbella, = (metonymically, a little shadow), a sunshade, parasol, umbrella.
(umbellate)
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(referring to the numerous umbels of flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

muscus, = moss;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
muscosus, = full of moss, mossy; mossily.
(mossy, moss-like)
(referring to the sticky nature of the plant)
(ld, BL, Ol)

nanus, = a dwarf.
(small)
(referring to the plant’s low, spreading habit)
(ld, BL, SK)

nix, nivis, = snow;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
niveus, = of or from snow, snowy, snow-; snow-white, snowy.
(snowy, snow-white)
(snowy, snow-white; referring to the colour of the corolla)
(ld, BL, SK)

nothos, = illegitimate, spurious, counterfeit, adulterated;
notho-, = false-. Used in coining generic names indicating close but incomplete agreement;
lee, = after James Lee (1715 – 1795);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

(LS, BL, Ch)

nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed;
(naked, i.e., devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the smoothness of the flowers compared with the hairiness of the rest of the plant)
(ld, BL, SK)

obliquus, oblicus, = sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique.
(when the degree of inequality of the two sides is slight; and when the margin points to the heavens, the apex to the horizon)
(oblique – slanting sideways; probably referring to the way in which the flowers lean over)
(ld, BL, SK)

obtundo, obtudi, obtusus, = to blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength; blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(blunt, obtuse, rounded)
(refering to the shape of the anthers)
(ld, BL, SK)

oros, = a mountain, hill; a range or chain of hills;
oreos, = of the mountain;
Oreias, Oreas, was a mountain nymph, Oread;
philios, = loving, friendly, kind.
(LS, BL, ld)

For Mary Maud Page (1867-1925);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

pallium, = a covering, cover, a coverlet, a pall; a Greek cloak or mantle;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the way the sepals enclose the corolla)
(ld, Ol)

parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the small flowers)
(ld, BL, Ol)

1) Lieutenant William Paterson (1755-1810).
(2) William Hugh ("Meester") Paterson (1873-1963).**
(Ch)

paucus, pauci, = few, a few, little;
folium, = a leaf.
(few-leaved)
(ld, BL)

penicillus, = a painter’s brush or pencil;
-cellus, -cillus = diminutive;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(shaped like a pencil or an artist’s camel-hair brush; brush-like tuft of hairs)
(referring to the flowers)
(ld, BL, Ol)

pperspicuus, = transparent, clear.
(referring to the translucent nature of the flower)

latus, lati-, = broad, wide;
(broad, wide)
folium, = a leaf.
(broad-leaved)
(ld, SK, BL)

perspicuus, = transparent, clear.
(referring to the translucent nature of the flower)
(ld, SK)

petiolus, = a little foot, little leg; a stem or stalk of the fruit / leaf;
-aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(relating to a petiole (the leaf stalk); all ericas have a petiole, but this species has them especially long)
(ld, Ox, BL, Ol)

petros, = a piece of rock, stone;
philios, = loving, friendly, kind.
(referring to the plant’s habit of growing in rock crevices)
(LS, SK)

For Mr. Neville Stuart Pillans (1884-1964).**

ferveo, fervo, = to be boiling hot, to boil, ferment, glow; to come forth in great numbers;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’).
fervidus, = glowing hot, burning, fiery, glowing.
(referring to the dark red colour of the flowers)
(Ch, ld, BL, Ol)

pinus, = a pine, pine-tree; a fir, fir-tree;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(referring to the similarity of the branches and leaves to those of the pine tree)
(ld, BL, SK)

placenta, = a cake;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the flattened shape of the corolla, resembling a cake)
(ld, BL, SK)

placenta, = a cake;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the flattened shape of the corolla, resembling a cake)

imber, = rain, shower of rain;
imbrex, = a hollow tile, gutter tile, pantile (used in roofs for the purpose of leading off the rain);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
imbricatim, = in the form of a gutter-tile.
(when parts lie over each other in regular order, like tiles upon the roof of a house)
(referring to the bracts and sepals)
(ld, SK, BL)

For Leonard Plukenet (1641-1706).**

penicillus, = a painter’s brush or pencil;
-cellus, -cillus = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(shaped like a a pencil or an artist’s camel-hair brush; brush-like tuft of hairs)
(anthers are brush-like, tuft of hairs)
(Ch, ld, BL, LB)

For Leonard Plukenet (1641-1706).**
(Ch)

pluma, = a small, soft feather; fine, soft feathers, down;
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have.
(referring to the appearance of the plant)
(ld, Ol)

pogon, = the beard;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
antherike, = a stalk.
(anthera, = anther)
(referring to the ‘beard’ on the anthers)
(LS, BL, SK)

For Harold Nixon Porter (1883-1958).**
(Ch)

pubes, = the signs of manhood, the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty;
(downy)
-ulus, = diminutive;
(minutely pubescent, downy with very short soft hairs)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld, BL)

pulcher, = pulcher, pulchrum, = beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome;
-ella, = diminutive.
pulchellus, pulcellus, = beautiful little.
(beautiful and little)
(ld, BL, Ol)

pycnos, = thick, close-packed, dense, crowded;
anthos, = flower.
(referring to the habit)
(LS, BL, SK)

quattuor, quad-, = four;
angulus, = an angle, a corner.
quadangulus, = four cornered, quadrangular;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(four-angled)
(referring to the shape of the flower)
(ld, BL, SK)

retorqueo, retortum, =to twist or bend back; to turn or cast back.
(referring to the leaves which are bent backwards along the branch)
(ld, Ol)

rhopalon, = a club, a stick or cudgel, which is thicker at the one end;
(club- or cudgel)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(referring to the shape of the flower)
(LS, BL, SK)

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

robigo, rubigo, = rust, blight, mildew, smut, mouldiness;
-inis, = indicates possession or resemblance;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
robiginosus, rubiginosus, = rusty.
(reddish-brown or rust coloured; referring to the colour of the branches)
(ld, BL, SK)

For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812-1890), the name being an anagram of kraussiana, commemorated with Erica russakiana which he collected in 1838. (JSTOR)
(Ch)

saxum, = any large, rough stone, a detached fragment of rock;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).
(referring to the plant’s habitat)
(ld, BL, Ol)

serra, = a saw;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
serratus,= saw shaped, serrated.
(serrate, i.e. saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing forwards, as opposed to ‘retroserratus’, with teeth pointing backward)
(referring to the serrated edges of the leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

serra, = a saw;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
serratus,= saw shaped, serrated.
(serrate, i.e. saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing forwards, as opposed to ‘retroserratus’, with teeth pointing backward)
folium, = a leaf.
(leaves are notched, serrated)
(referring to the serrated edges of the leaves)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed.
(naked, i.e. devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
(ld, BL, SK)

sedeo, sedi, sessum, = to sit;
-ilis, = indicates capacity or ability. Hence a property or quality;
sessilis, = of or belonging to sitting, fit for sitting upon;
(sessile, stalkless, or apparently so, sitting close upon the body that supports it)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(with sessile flowers)
(referring to the very short pedicels making the flowers appear sessile)
(ld, BL, Ol)

saeta, seta, = a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees;
(a bristle, bristle-like organ, as the fruit-stalk of a (sporophore) moss)
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(referring to the very hairy leaves and branches)
(ld, BL, SK)

sex, = six;
-farius, = -ranked, in a row.
(in six rows, six-ranked)
(ld, BL)

similis, = like, resembling, similar.
(was originally Syndesmanthus similis; probably so named because of its similarity to other species of Syndesmanthus)
(ld, LB)

sitio, sitiens, = to thirst; be thirsty; to be dried up, or parched, to want moisture; dry, parched, arid, without moisture.
(referring to the fact that the plants do not grow in seepage areas)
(ld, Ol)

For Otto W. Sonder (1812 – 1881);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

spuma, = foam, froth, scum, spume;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
spumosus, = full of foam, foaming.
(referring to the foam-like flower heads)
(ld, SK)

For Thomas Pearson Stokoe (1868-1959).**
(Ch)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
divarico, = to spread asunder, to stretch apart; to be spread out;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(divaricate; spreading asunder at a wide angle; turning off from any thing irregularly but at almost a right angle; as the branches of many things)
(referring to the somewhat sprawling habit)
(ld, BL, SK)

suffulcio, suffultus, = to prop underneath; to underprop, prop up, support.
(ld, BL)

tenax,= holding fast, griping, tenacious.
(holding fast, tough (as opposed to fragilis))
(referring to the very sticky nature of the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-ella, = diminutive.
tenellus, = somewhat tender or delicate.
(delicate)
(referring to the appearance of the plant as a whole)

gracilis, gracilus, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
-ior, = (comparative), rather.
(ld, BL, SK)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-ella, = diminutive.
(delicate)
tenellus, = somewhat tender or delicate.
(referring to the apperance of the plant as a whole)
(ld, BL, SK)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
folium, = a leaf.
(referring to the plant’s small, thin leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

After Thomas Pearson Stokoe (1868-1959).**
(Ol)

trans-, = across, over, beyond, on the farther side of; through;
pareo, parreo, parens, = to come forth, appear, be visible, show one’s self; to be present or at hand.
(transparent; referring to the flowers)
(ld, Ol)

tri-, = three time, thrice;
chroma, = the colour of the skin; the complexion.
(referring to the fancied three colours of the corolla)
(LS, Ol)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(referring to the regular arrangement of the flowers)
(LS, ld, Ol)

tristis,= sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, disconsolate, trist; gloomy, melancholy, stern, harsh.
(sad, dull coloured)
(ld, BL)

truncus, = maimed, mutilated, deprived of some of its parts; imperfect or wanting in their parts; a piece cut off; a trunk or stem;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(truncate; ending abruptly as if cut straight across)
(ld, BL)

turbo, turben, = that which spins, or twirls round; a top, a reel, whirl, spindle;
(turbinate, top-shaped, obconical)
turbineus,= shaped like a top, cone-shaped;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.


arista, = the awn or beard of grain;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
aristatus, = having ears of corn.
(ld, BL)

urceus,= a pitcher, water-pot, ewer;
-olus, = diminutive;
urceolus, = a little pitcher or water-pot;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(pitcher-, vase- or urn-shaped, i.e. hollow, more or less rounded and distinctly contracted at the mouth, with the limb of the corolla small; same as campanulate, but more contracted at the orifice, with an erect limb)
(referring to the corolla)
(ld, BL, Ol)

uter, = a bag or bottle made of an animal’s hide or a skin for wine, oil, water, etc.;
-culus, = diminutive;
utriculus, = of plants, a bud or calycle of a flower, a hull or husk of grain;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(bladder-like)
(bladder-like; referring to the shape of the leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

valles, vallis, = a valley, vale.
aranea, = a spider; a spider’s web, cobweb;
-arum, = meaning ‘of’.
(spider’s nest – referring to the type locality; Spinnekopsnes)
(ld, BL, Ol)

veles, = a kind of light armed soldier, a skirmisher;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
velitaris, = of or belonging to the velites, (singular, veles), a kind of light-armed soldier, who attacked the enemy out of the line of battle; a skirmisher.
(belonging to the lightly armed troops who used javelins; referring to the very narrow leaves)
(ld, BL, Ol)

vestitus, = clothing, clothes, dress, apparel, raiment, attire, vesture.
(clothed)
(referring to the dense covering of leaves along most of the branches)
(ld, BL, SK)

villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair;
(long weak hairs)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
villosus, = hairy, shaggy, rough.
(villous, i.e. shaggy with fairly long soft straight not interwoven ascending hairs)
(shaggy; referring to thehairines of the flowers)
(ld, BL, SK)

viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-arius, = indicates connexion or possession.
(sticky; referring to the slightly sticky flowers)

longus, = long;
folium, = a leaf.
(long leaves)
(ld, BL, SK)

viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-arius, = indicates connexion or possession.
(sticky; referring to the slightly sticky flowers)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much;
(long, large, great)
sepalum, = sepal.
(ld, BL, Ol, LS, Ox)

viviscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-arius, = indicates connexion or possession.
(sticky; referring to the slightly sticky flowers)

pustula, = a blister, pimple, pustule;
(pustule, low projection like a blister or pimple)
-atus, = indicates possession or likenes.
pustulatus, = blistered.
(having pustules)
(ld, BL, Ol)

Named in honour of Dr. Louis Vogelpoel (1922-2005).**
(Ch)

For Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-2001).**
-orum, = ‘of’ (genitive plural).
(Ch, LB, BL)