Species within a genus

abrumpo, = to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever.
abruptus = broken off from, separated.
(ld)

ana-, = upwards, back, again (with general sense of increasing, strengthening, repeating);
anaphero, = to bring or carry up; to rise up; to carry up for oneself or what is one’s own; to refresh oneself, recover.
anapetes, = wide open, expanded.
(BL, LS, I4)

harena, arena, = sand, sands, a sandy place, a sandy desert;
-arius, = indicates connection or possession.
harenarius, arenarius, = of or pertaining to sand; of or pertaining to the amphitheatre; a sand pit.
(growing on sand)
(ld, BL)

arnica, - of unknown origin. A genus of plants native to Central Europe, having valuable medicinal properties;
flos, floris, = flower.
The genus ARNICA, [now Gerbera], in the family ASTERACEAE;
(resembling flowers in the genus ARNICA)
(Ox, ld, K3)

asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(slightly rough)
(ld, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
penna, pinna, = a feather; a wing;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
pennatus, pinnatus, = winged.
(twice pinnate, each division of a pinnate leaf being itself pinnate)
(ld, BL)

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

koleos, = a sheath or scabbard of a sword;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

Now Curio crassulifolius.
(PS)

cymba, = a boat, skiff; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
cymbalaris, = a plant also called cotyledon;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

elegans, = choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant.
(ld)

erubesco, = to grow red, to redden;
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
(reddening, blushing, rose)
(ld, BL)

filum, fili-, = a thread;
folium, = a leaf.
(thread-leaved)
(ld, BL)

Glastonbury, England;
glastum, = = the herb woad, used in dyeing blue, usually called Isatis tinctoria;
folium, = a leaf.
(the leaves resemble those of the Glastonbury thorn or hawthorn)
(K3, ld)

gluten, = glue.
glutinosus, = full of glue, gluey, glutinous, viscous, tenacious
(ld)

halimous, = of or belonging to the sea;
halimon, = a plant, the orach (Atriplex halimus);
folium, = a leaf.
(the leaves resemble those of the species ATRILEX halimus)
(Ox, ld, K3)

hasta, = a spear; a lance, pike, javelin;
folium, = a leaf.
(having spear-shaped leaves)
(ld, BL)

laevis, levis, = smooth, smoothed, not rough (opposite of asper, rough);
(smooth, free from unevenness, hairs or roughness)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
levigatus, laevigatus, = smooth, slippery.
(smooth and polished)
(ld, BL)

lana, = wool;
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
lanifer, = wool-bearing, i.e. cotton-bearing.
(ld)

litus, (not littus), = the sea-shore, sea-side, beach, strand;
(the sea-shore, beach, bank)
-eus, = ‘belonging to’ or ‘noted for’.
litoreus, = of or belonging to the sea-shore, shore-, beach-.
(pertaining to the sea-shore)

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

lyra, = a lute, lyre;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
[Now S. anapetes, S. neoviscidulus, S.variifolius]
(ld, BL)

mare, = sea-water, salt-water;
maritimus, = of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime.
(growing by the sea)

(ld, BL)

matrix, = a mother; of plants, the parent stem;
mater, = a mother;
matricaria, = was a a genus of plants so-called by Linnaeus on account of supposed medicinal properties (e.g. wild camomile, matricaria-camomile);
-arius, = indicates connection or possession;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, Ox, BL)

mitis, = mild, mellow, mature, ripe;
mitos, = a thread of the warp;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(ld, LS)

neo, = to spin; to weave; to interlace, entwine;
neo-, = mostly used as a prefix to avoid or remedy the creation of generic homonyms, or to connect a new group with a closely related one;
viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’);
viscidus, = clammy, ticky, viscid;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)

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)

pinus, = a pine, pine-tree; a fir, fir-tree;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld)

pteron, = a feather, wings;
phorus, = that which is brought in, tribute.
(-bearing, -carrying)
(LS, BL)

pubes, = the signs of manhood, the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty;
(downy)
-ulus, = diminutive;
(minutely pubescent, downy with very short soft hairs)
(ld, BL)

pubes, = the signs of manhood, the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty;
(downy)
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have.
(ld, BL)

purpureus, = purple-coloured, purple;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(purple ‘dull red with a slight dash of blue’)
(ld, BL)

rigeo, rigens, = to be stiff, stiffen;
(stiff, rigid, unbendable)
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
rigidus, = stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid.
(ld, BL)

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

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

specio, = to look, look at, behold;
species, = the outward appearance, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
speciosus, = good looking, showy, handsome, brilliant.
(showy, splendid)
(ld, BL)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
canus, = white, hoary; grey hairs– frequently of the grey hair of the aged;
(greyish white; hoary)
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
canesco, = to grow white, whiten; to become grey or hoary.
(ld, BL)

triquetrus, = having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.
(three-edged, three-angled, the angles usually sharp)
(having three acute angles with concave faces)
(ld, 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)

varius, = (of colour), variegated, partly-coloured, mottled;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld)