Species within a genus

angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious.
(narrow)
(ld, BL)

anomalos, -us = (ανωμαλός) deviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous.
(ld, BL)

For Thomas Theodore Barnard (1898-1983);**
-ellus, = diminutive.
(Ch, BL)

For John Bellenden Ker(1764-1842).**
(Ch)

bitumen, = bitumen;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
bituminosus, = abounding in bitumen, bituminous.
(coal black)
(ld, BL)

bulbus, = a bulb, bulbous root, an onion;
-ellus, = diminutive;
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(bearing small bulbs – more correctly ‘cormlets’)
(ld, BL, LB)

cilium, = an eyelid;
cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)
(ld, Ox, BL)

collis, = high ground, a hill;
-inus, = indicateing possession or resemblance.
collina, = hilly land.
(ld, BL)

Delta, = a name for the islands formed at the mouths of large rivers, especially the Nile, so called from their shape;
delta, = triangle; (the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet ‘Δ’);
-oideus, = indicates resemblance.
(deltoid; a solid, the transverse section of which has a triangular outline, like the Greek ‘Δ’)
(LS, BL)

For Mrs. Emily Pauline Reitz Ferguson (1872-?).**
(Ch)

flaccus, = flabby, hanging down;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
flaccidus, = flabby, flaccid, pendulous.
(flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight)
(ld, BL)

fugax, = apt to flee, flying swiftly, swift, fleet; fleeting, transitory;
(fleeting, transitory, ephemeral)
-issimus, = (superlative) very, most.
(ld, BL)

fugax, = apt to flee, flying swiftly, swift, fleet; fleeting, transitory.
(fleeting, transitory, ephemeral)
(ld, BL)

For John Ker-Gawler (later Bellenden Ker) (1764-1842).**
(Ch)

-, un-, = not;
conspicuus, = that is or comes in view, visible; that attractes the attention to itself, striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable;
-uus, = indicates possibility or result of action.
inconspicuus, = not conspicuous, not remarkable.
(inconspicuous)
(ld, BL)

For Dr Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909 -1967).**
(Ch)

longus, = long;
stylos, = a pillar, a post, pale, beam;
stilus, = a stake, pale; of the stem or stalk of many plants.
(ld, LS)

lugeo, = to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore; to wear mourning apparel.
lugubris, = of or belonging to mourning, mourning; mournful, doleful, plaintive.
(doleful, dull or dark)
(ld, K3)

luror, luroris, = a yellowish colour, sallowness, paleness;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
luridus, = pale yellow, sallow, wan, ghastly, lurid.
(dirty brown, smoky yellow, drab yellow)
(ld, BL)

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

neglego, neglectum, = to not heed, not trouble oneself about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to.
neglectus, = neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised.
(neglected)
(a neglected plant – considering that it was quite common; it was overlooked and only named comparatively recently)
(ld, BL, LB)

ochros, = pale, wan, sallow;
(pale, wan, sallow, pale yellow)
leukos, = white, grey, hoary; also, blanched, pale, wan.
(whitish-yellow, yellowish-white)
(LS, BL)

papilio, papilionis, = a butterfly, moth;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(butterfly-like)
(ld, BL)

pyr, = fire;
philios, = loving, friendly, kind.
(the plant’s germination is triggered off by fire)
(LS, K3)

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)

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)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
cuspis, = a point, the pointed end of any thing;
(cuspate; a pointed end of any organ, especially a sharp rigid point of a leaf)
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(LS, ld, Ox, BL)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
petalos, = spread out, unfolded, broad, flat.
petalon, = a leaf.
(in modern botany, petal)
(LS, BL)

umbra, = a shade, shadow; the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow;
-ellus, diminutive;
umbella, = (metonymically, a little shadow), a sunshade, parasol, umbrella;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(umbellate)
(ld, BL)

unguis, = a nail of a person’s finger or toe; of plants, a nail-like spot, the tip, extremity;
-culus, = diminutive;
unguiculus, = a finger nail;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(claw, narrowed basal part of a petal, length of a fingernail)
(ld, BL)

valles, vallis, = a valley, vale;
avis, = a bird.
(named after Vogelgat Nature Reserve – ‘Valley of the birds – the black eagle’)
(ld, LB)

virga, = a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod;
(slender green branch, twig, scion, stripe)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
virgatus, = made of twigs or osiers.
(twiggy, long and slender, or streaked, rod-like)
(ld, BL)

viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-arius, = indicates connexion or possession.
(ld, BL)