Species within a genus

bulbus, = a bulb, bulbous root, an onion;
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(ld)

elegans, = choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.
(ld)

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)

mons, montis, = a mountain, mount;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
montanus, = of or belonging to a mountain, mountain-.
(ld, BL)

orchis, = a testicle, the testicles;
orchis, = a kind of olive of an oblong shape; another plant, so called because of the shape of its roots, the orchis, apparently shaped like a testicle;
orchis, = orchid (Pliny);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, ld, Ca, BL)

For Victor Stanley Peers (1874-1940).**
(Ch)

pungo, = to prick, puncture; to sting; vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy;
punctus, punctum, = pricked in, like a point; that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture; small spot;
(point, position, dot, small spot)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(covered by minute impressions as if made by a point of a pin)
(ld, BL)

rosa, = a rose; the rose-bush, rose-tree;
-eus, =indicates material or colour resemblance in quality.
roseus, = of roses; rose coloured, rosy; ruddy, blooming.
(erubescent, reddening)
(ld, BL)

ruber, ruberus, = red, ruddy;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress.
rubidus, = red, reddish, dark red.
(reddish)
(ld, BL)

unus, = one, alone, only, sole, single;
folium, = a leaf.

For Felix Binns Wright (1907- ).**
(ld, Ch)