Species within a genus

albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining;
(white, particularly a dull rather than a glossy white)
tuber, = of plants, a knob, hard excrescence on wood;
-culus, = diminutive;
tuberculum, = a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

Now Soroveta ambigua.
(PS)

asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven, rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)
(ld, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
-farius, = -ranked, in a row.
(leaves two-ranked)
bifarius, = two-fold, double.
(when things are arranged in two rows, the one opposite the other)
(ld, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
findo, fidi, fissum = to cleave, split, part, separate, divide; a cleft, slit, fissure.
(split-)
bifidus, bis-findo, = cleft or divided into two parts.
(divided; two-cleft to about halfway)
(ld, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
furca, = a two-pronged fork; of things shaped like a fork.
bifurcus, bifurcum, = having two prongs or points, two-pronged; a fork.
(twice forked)
(ld, BL)

brachys, = short, few, little;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(having decussate branches provided with arms)
(LS, BL)

For William John Burchell (1781-1863).**
(Ch)

caespes, = a turf, sod as cut out; a clump, group of plants;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(growing in tufts or patches; caespitose)

(ld, BL)

calx, calcis, = limestone, lime;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola = countryman).
(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)

clandestinus, (from clam-des-tinus), = secret, hidden, concealed, clandestine;
tinus, = a plant: Viburnum tinus, Linneus;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
(hidden, concealed, - e.g. inflorescence below subtending leaves, or the plant body (except inflorescence) below ground)
(ld, BL)

confundo, confusus, = brought into disorder, confused, perplexed, disorderly.
(easily mistaken for another species)
(ld, K3)

cornu, = a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals;
-olus, = diminutive.
corneolus, = horny, of horn.
(ld, BL)

curvus, = crooked, curved, bent;
ramus, = a branch, bough, twig.
(ld)

debilis, = unmanageable, wanting in flexibility or activity; lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, feeble, frail, weak.
(weak)
(ld, BL)

dispar, = unlike, dissimilar, different, unequal.
(unlike, unequal)
(ld, BL)

di-, = two;
dis-, = twice, double;
stikhos, = a row, line, rank.
distichus, = arranged in two rows.
(LS, BL)

e-, = out of;
grex, gregis, = flock, herd, drove, swarm;
-ous, = ‘abounding in, full of, characterised by, of the nature of’.
egregious, = chosen from the herd; hence, distinguished, surpassing, excellent, eminent.
(Ox, ld, BL)

e-, = out of;
juncus, = a twig resembling a rush;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
ejuncidus, = grown or shot jup like a rush, lean, meagre, slender.
(ld, BL)

eleios, = of or in the marsh;
charis, = graceful, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, pretty, elegant.
(LS)

femineus, = of or belonging to a woman, womanly, feminine, womanish, effeminate, unmanly.
(ld)

festuca, = a stalk, stem or straw; a straw-like weed which grows among barley;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(ld)

ffilum, 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)
(ld, BL)

frater, = a brother;
fraternus, = brotherly, fraternal.
(closely allied)
(ld, BL)

fusus, = a spindle;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(fusiform, swollen at middle and tapering to each end like a spindle, narrowly ellipsoid)
(ld, BL)

For Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789-1854);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

For (1) Mrs. Ellen Sophie Bertelsen (fl. 1882)**,or possibly (2) Ellen Anne Ruck Tress (1836-1919).
(Ch)

hyalos, = a clear transparent stone, of which the Egyptians made cases to enclose their mummies; oriental alabaster; also crystal, amber;
(glass)
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(hyaline, colourless and transparent; literally ‘of glass or crystal’)
(LS, BL)

lana, = wool;
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have.
laniger, = wool-bearing, fleecy.
(ld)

For Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855-1931);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

membrana, = the skin or membrane; the thin skin of plants and other things;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
membranacus, = of skin or membrane, skinny, membranaceous.
(ld, BL)

multus, = much, great, many;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(many-flowered)
(ld, BL)

nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed;
(naked, i.e. devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld, BL)

occulo, occultus, = to cover, cover over; cover up, hide, conceal; hidden, concealed, secret.
(ld)

ocrea, = a greave or leggin, (used to protect the legs of foot-soldiers);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
ocreatus, = greaved.
(a sheath around the stem formed from the stipules)
(ld, BL, K3)

pachys, = thick, large, stout;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)

(LS, BL)

palus, paludis, = a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola, = countryman).
(a dweller in marshes)
(a dweller in wet habitats, in seepages and along streams)
(ld, BL, PS)

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)

panus, = the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; a swelling, tumor; an ear of millet;
-ula, = diminutive;
panicula, = a tuft, a panicle on plants;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(arranged in a panicle – a loose branching of flowers)
(ld, BL, Ox)

parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
spico, = to furnish with spikes or ears;
spica, spicus, = a point; of grain, an ear, spike; of things of a similar shape, e.g. a top, tuft, head of other plants;
-ulus, = diminutive.
spiculum, spicum; spiculus, = a little sharp point or sting; pointed.
(ld, BL)

pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape;
-ellus, = diminutive;
pedicellus, = pedicel (flower stalk);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

perplexus, = entangled, involved, intricate, confused.
plexus, = a twining, plaiting, braid.
(confused, intricate, obscure)
(ld, BL)

For Mr. Neville Stuart Pillans (1884-1964).**
(Ch)

purpura, = purple colour, purple;
-ascens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
purpurasco, = to grow purple, become a purple colour.
(ld, BL)

quadro, quadratum, = to make four-cornered, to square, make square; to join properly together;
folium, = a leaf.
(four-leaved)
(ld, BL)

saron, = a besom, broom;
clados, = a young slip or shoot of a tree; a young branch or shoot.
(LS)

For Franz Sieber (1789-1844).**
(Ch)

similis, = like, resembling, similar.
(ld)

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)
vertex, vertice, vortex, = a whirl, eddy, whirl-pool, vortex; the top or crown of the head;
(the crown or top of the head; the top, summit; the highest, uppermost, chief)
(the top, highest point; at the top)
-cillus, = diminutive;
verticillus, = the whirl of a spindle;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
spico, = to furnish with spikes or ears;
spica, spicus, = a point; of grain, an ear, spike; of things of a similar shape, e.g. a top, tuft, head of other plants;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-issimus, = most, to the greatest degree.
(ld, BL)

tetros, = four;
gony, = the knee.
(angled, angular; knee, node (of grass).
(LS, BL)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.

(LS, ld)

triticum; triticeus, = wheat; of wheat, wheaten, wheat-;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(ld, BL)

verso, = to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently; bend;
-ilis, = indicates capacity or ability. Hence a property or quality.
versatilis, = that turns or moves round, revolving, movable; versatile.
(versatile, turning freely on its support, attached on the back so as to be capable of movement)
(ld, BL)

vieo; vimen, vimin-,= to bend or twist together, to plait, weave; a pliant twig, a switch, withe, osier;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
vimineus, = made of osiers, of wicker-work.
(producing long, flexible shoots or twigs – used for wickerwork)
(ld, BL, Ox)