Species within a genus

asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven, rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)
(ld, BL)

For:-
1) Harry Bolus (1834-1911) or
(2) Hermann Harry Bolus (1862-1930), son of Harry Bolus.
Most taxa honor Bolus Sr.
(Ch)

bryo, = to be full of anything, swell or teem with, (to cause to burst forth).
bruon, = moss;
bryo-, = relating to mosses;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).
(found amongst moss on damp cliffs)
(LS, Ox, BL, LB)

For William John Burchell (1781-1863).**
(Ch)

cataracta, = a waterfall;
-arum, = of.
(growing under waterfalls)
(ld, BL, LB)

Hesperus, = the spirit of the evening star, said to be the son or brother of Atlas;
(evening)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of Hesperantha (q.v.).
(Pg, BL, LS)

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)
(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)

in-, = in, into, for, contrary;
flexus, = a bending, turning, winding;
inflexus, = a bending, curving, inflexing.
(bent inwards)
(BL, ld)

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)

lithos, = a stone;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).
(LS, BL)

nanus, = a dwarf.
(small)

(ld, BL)

nubes, nubis, = a cloud, a dark spot; for something unreal or unsubstantial, a phantom;
geno, gigno, = to beget, bear, bring forth, produce; to beget, bear, bring forth, produce.
nubigena, = cloud-born, born of clouds or a cloud.
(The Centaurs, whom Ixion begot of a cloud, (see Ixios**))
(ld)

ornis, = a bird;
ornith-,= pertaining to birds, bird-like;
gala, = milk;
(pigeon’s milk - high fat, milk-like secretions produced in pigeons’ crops for feeding young. “Bird’s milk” was colloquial in Ancient Greek for something beautiful)
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, BL, Le)

ovo, ovatus, = to exult, rejoice; a shouting, rejoicing;
ovum, ovatus, = an egg; egg-shaped; having ovate spots;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

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

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

For Hans Schinz (1858-1941).**
(Ch)

similis, = like, resembling, similar.
(ld)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-ella, = diminutive.
tenellus, = somewhat tender or delicate.
(delicate)
(ld, BL)

umbra, = a shade, shadow; the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow;
(shade, shadow)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(ld, BL)