Species within a genus

acuo, = to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet;
acumen, acuminis, = a point;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(acuminate; tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point, sharpened)
(ld, BL)

albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining;
(white, particularly a dull rather than a glossy white)
-icans, = indicates process of becoming or resemblance sometimes so close as to be almost identical.
(ld, BL)

anceps, = of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides; e.g. two-headed, two-edged.
(two-edged)
(ld, BL)

angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious;
folium, = a leaf.
(narrow-leaved)
(ld, BL)

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

bulbus, = a bulb, bulbous root, an onion;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
bulbosus, = bulbous.
(bulbous)
(ld, BL)

capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm.)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

caput, = of things; the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity;
-ulus, -ellus, = diminutive.
capitellum, = a small head.
(ld, BL)

dē -,= 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”.
(the plant is among the first to resprout after fire)
(BL, ld, Ox, ga, Fp)

dif-, dis-, = asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions;
sto, = to stand still, stand upright.
(ld, BL)

düne, = dune; (modern La. & G)
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(Ox, BL)

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

effero, elatus, = exalted, elevated, lofty, high;
(tall)
-ior, = a comparative suffix.
(said of plants which are taller than their parts would have led one to believe)
(ld, BL)

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)
(ld, BL)

grgracilis, gracilus, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
-ilis, = indicates capacity or ability. Hence a property or quality.
(thin, slender)
(ld, BL)

indicus, = of India, Indian;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting.
(ld, BL)

ixia, = IXIA (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(Ox, BL)

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.
(ld, BL)

For Dr. Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns (née Michell) (1890-1975).**
(Ch)

minuo, minutus, = to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; little, small, minute;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld)

mons, montis, = a mountain, mount;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).
(a dweller in the mountains)
(ld, BL)

niger, -gra, -grum, = black, sable, dark, dusky;
(black, especially glossy black)
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
nigresco, = to become black, grow dark.
(becoming black)
(ld, BL)

nodus, = a knot, knob, node;
-osus, indicates abundance or full or marked development.
nodosus, = full of knots, knotty.
(ld, BL)

oligos, = few-, little;
anthos, = flower.
(LS)

palleo, pallens, = to be or look pale, sallow or yellow, to fade, wan.

lithos, = a stone;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(with seeds hard as stone)
(ld, LS, BL)

palleo, pallens, = to be or look pale, sallow or yellow, to fade, wan.
(ld)

paradoxos, παράδοξος, (παρά δόξα), = contrary to opinion, unexpected, strange, marvellous.
paradoxus, = marvellous, strange, contrary to all expecttions.
(LS, ld)

pinguis, = fat; rich, fertile; plump, in good condition.
-ior, = (comparative), rather.
(ld)

prae, = to show, exhibit, manifest, reveal, make known, indicate;
(before, in front, very)
mordeo, morsum, = to nip, bite, sting.
praemordeo, -morsum, = to bite in front, to bite at the end; to bite off, snip off, crib.
(the same as truncate, except that the termination is ragged and irregular, as if bitten off)
(ld, BL)

puer, pusus, = a boy, a little boy;
-illus, = diminutive.
pusillus, = very little, very small, petty, insignificant; a trifle.
(ld, BL)

radio, = to furnish with spokes;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
radiatus, = furnished with rays, irradiated, shining.
(radiate, bearing rays or ray-florets, having corollas of outer florets ligulate)
(ld, BL)

ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development;
ramosus, = full of boughs, having many branches, braching, branchy;
-issimus, = (superlative) very, most.
(very much branched)
(ld, BL)

stolo, stolonis, = a shoot, branch, twig, or scion springing from the stock or root of a tree, a useless sucker, water-shoot;
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(ld)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

thrix, = the hair both of man and beast; sheep’s wool;
trich-, tricho-, = hairy or hair-like;
-ōdēs, = resembling.
(LS, BL)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)
(LS, BL)

After Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher (1799-1858).**
(Ch)