Species within a genus

alopeks¸ alopec, = fox;
oura, = the tail; the stern;
-urus, = -tailed, i.e. with an elongated or tail-like appendage;
-oides, = indicates resemblance.
(LS, BL)

a-, = intensive (very much);
spaleis = pass. part. of stello;
stello = get ready; to fit oneself out; to be dressed, decked.
aspalathos, = a scented shrub.
(LS)

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

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)

chamae-, = on the earth, on the ground;
(on the ground, lowly, creeping)
pitys, = the pinetree.
(LS, BL)

concavus, = hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved.
(concave, curved inwards, hollowed out)
(ld, BL)

cuspis, = a point, the pointed end of any thing;
(cuspate; a pointed end of any organ, especially a sharp rigid point of a leaf)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, Ox)

ERICA (q.v.) = evergreen heath;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(heather-like)
(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)

caledon, = Caledon;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(ld, BL)

For Lorenz Heister (1683- 1758).**
(Cl)

minuo, minutus, = to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; little, small, minute.
(ld)

muto, = to alter, change; to change the colour of, to colour, dye;
-abilis, -bilis, = indicates capacity or ability.
mutabilis, = changeable, mutable.
(changeable)
(ld, BL)

oxys, = sharp, keen, pointed;
oxy-, = sharp, sour, pointed;
sepalum, = sepal.
(LS, BL, Ox)

palus, paludis, = a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
paludosus, = fenny boggy, marshy.
(refers to the habitat of the species)
(ld, BL, St)

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

paucus, pauci, = few, a few, little;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(few-flowered)
(ld, BL)

ros, roris, = dew;
rosmarinus = rosemary;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

rubeo, rubrus, = to be red or ruddy;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(ld, BL)

satur, = full of food, sated, that has eaten enough; of colour, full, deep, strong, rich; well filled, full; abundant, fertile;
satureia, = the common name for the pot-herb cunila, savory;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(ld, BL)

For Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925).**
(Ch)

spina, = a thorn, a prickle;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
spinosus, = full of thorns or prickles, thorny, prickly.
(spiny)
(ld, BL)

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

vulpes, vulpis, = a fox;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
vulpinus, = of or belonging to a fox.
(ld, BL)