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)

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.
(ld, BL)

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, = indicating material or colour, hence 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 likeness. vulpinus, = of or belonging to a fox.
(ld, BL)