Species within a genus

abies = the silver-fir, Pinus picea; the tree as well as the wood of it; -inus, = indicating material or colour, hence possession or resemblance.
(ld, BL)

acantha, = a thorn, prickle: hence a prickly plant, thistle; a thorny tree; lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear; (capsule or pod).
(LS, BL)

acis, = a point, barb; phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

acuo, = to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet; acumen, acuminis, = a point; -inus, = indicates possession or likeness; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (acuminate; tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narow point, sharpened)
(ld, BL)

angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious; folium, = leaf. (narrow-leaved)
(ld, BL)

aranea, = a spider; a spider’s web, cobweb; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development; araneosus, = full of spiders’ webs, similar to cobwebs.
(ld, BL)

arguros, = silver, of silver; -ellus, = diminutive.
(LS, BL)

aspalathos, = a scented shrub; -oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, BL)

batos, = a bramble or any prickly bush; -odes, = indicates resemblance.
(LS, BL)

batos, = a bramble or any prickly bush; -odes, = indicates resemblance. spina, = a thorn, a prickle; -ulus, = diminutive; folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-; flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld)

bractea, brattea, = a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf; thin layers of wood, veneers; (bract) -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. bracteatus, = covered with gold-plate, gilt; shining only externally, gilded, delusive. (having bracts)
(ld, BL)

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

callum, = the hard skin or the hard flesh of plants; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. callosus, = with a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous.
(ld, BL)

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)

cilium, = an eyelid; cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with. (fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)
(ld, Ox, BL)

citron, = citron; -inus, = indicating material or colour, hence possession or resemblance. (lemon yellow; the purest yellow without any brightness)
(LS, BL)

After George Clifford (1685 - 1760)**. -oides, = indicates resemblance. (bearing a resemblance to CLIFFORTIA (q.v.))
(Ch, BL)

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

cor, cordis = the heart; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (cordate; with two equal rounded lobes at the base)
(ld, BL)

crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.; sepalum, = sepal.
(ld, Ox)

crena, = incision, notch; (rounded tooth on leaf-margin) -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (crenate, having rounded teeth, scalloped)
(Ox, BL)

cymba, = a boat, skif; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead; forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance. (boat-shaped: having the figure of a boat in miniature; that is to say, concave, tapering to each end, with a keel externally)
(ld, BL)

dasys, = thick with hair, hairy, rough; downy; anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS)

divarico, = to spread asunder, to stretch apart; to be spread out; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (divaricate; spreading asunder at a wide angle; turning off from any thing irregularly but at almost a right angle; as the branches of many things)
(ld, BL)

After Mr. L. Dunsdon (fl. 1934);** -anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

ERICA (q.v.); folium, = a leaf. (with leaves resembling those of ERICAS)
(ld, K3)

excelsus, = elevated, lofty, high.
(ld)

filum, fili-, = a thread; caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant. (with thread-like stem)
(ld, BL)

For John Forbes (1799 - 1823)**.
(Ch)

dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny. (a sombre brown, ‘brown tinged with greyish or blackish’ (Lindley). ‘very dark blackish brown’ (Dade), but often used to indicate darkness of clolour)
(ld, BL)

globus, = a round body, a ball, sphere, globe; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. globosus, = round as a ball, spherical, globose.
(ld, BL)

gglobus, = a round body, a ball, sphere, globe; -ulus, = diminutive. globulus, = a little ball, a globule; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(ld, BL)

hispidus, = rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly. -idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’). (hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch)
(ld, BL)

inter, = between, betwixt, among, amid, surrounded by; (between, among, in the midst of, surrounded by, during) valles, vallis, = a valley, vale. inter-vallum, = the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(ld, BL)

juniperus, = the juniper tree; -inus, = indicating material or colour, hence possession or resemblance. Juniperinus communis, is a hardy spreading shrub or low tree, having awl-shaped prickly leaves and bluish-black or purple berries, with a pungent taste.
(ld, BL, Ox)

larix, = a larch, larch-tree; (a well known conifer); folium, = a leaf. (the leaves resemble members of genus LARIX)
(ld, Ox, AB)

For a Mr. H.J. Lebeck (? - 1800);** -oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of. (resembling the genus LEBECKIA (q.v.))
(Ch, BL)

linea, linia, = a linen thread, a string, line; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with. linearis, = of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear. (narrow, short,with the two opposite margins parallel)
(ld, BL)

llingua, = the tongue; -ula, = diminutive; ligula, lingula, = a little tongue, the tongue of a shoe, a shoe trap, shoe-latchet; a spoon or ladle; lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear; (capsule or pod). (in this case, possibly tongue-like leaves)
(ld, BL, LS, AB)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much; (long, large, great) anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS, BL)

mmargo, marginis, = an edge, brink, border, margin; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (margined)
(ld, BL)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant; phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

monos, = alone, only; (alone, solitary) sperma, = that which is sown, seed. (one-seeded)
(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)

niger, -gra, -grum, = black, sable, dark, dusky; (black, especially glossy black) -a, -um, = ‘characteristic of’. nigrum, = a black spot.
(ld, BL)

oblongus, = rather long, longish; oblong; folium, = a leaf.
(ld)

pachys, = thick, large, stout; lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear; (capsule or pod). villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair; (long weak hairs) caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(LS, BL, ld)

PSORALEA (q.v.); -oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(BL)

quinque, = five; folium, = a leaf. (probably refers to leaf being of five leaflets)
(ld, BL)

ramus, = a branch, bough, twig; -ulus, = diminutive. -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. (bearing branchlets,usually many)
(ld, BL)

retro, = backwards, back; on the back side, behind; flexus, = a bending, turning, winding. retro-flecto, = to bend or turn back. (reflex, bent backwards)
(ld, BL)

Sēres, = a people of Eastern Asia, (the modern Chinese), celebrated for their silken fabrics; -eus, =indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality. Sericus, = of or belonging to the Seres, Seric; silken. (sericious, i.e. silky with long straight close-pressed glossy hairs)
(ld, BL)

serpo, = to creep, crawl. serpens, = a creeping thing, a creeper, crawler. (creeping)
(ld, BL)

stēnos, = narrow, strait; phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

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

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly; (below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little) mitto, missum, = to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch. summitto, submissum, = to set, put, or place under or below; humble, submissive.
(ld, BL)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly; (below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little) tingo, tinctum, = to wet, moisten, bathe with any liquid; to soak in colour, to dye, colour, tinge. tingens, = a dyer. (to dye; dyeing)
(ld, BL)

ter, = three times, thrice; nascor, natus, nasci, = to rise, take beginning, derive origin, spring forth, grow, be found. natus, = of plants, a growing, growth. (divided into threes)
(ld, An)

tri-, = three times, thrice; dens, dentis, = a tooth; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. dentatus, = having teeth; toothed. dentated, spiked, pointed.
(LS, ld, BL)