The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
brachyanthus -a -um having short (tubular) flowers, braxuj-anqoj<br />
Brachyaria Armed-Aira (the arm-like branches of the inflorescence)<br />
brachyarthrus -a -um short-jointed, having short internodes, braxuj-arqron<br />
brachyatherus -a -um having short beards, shortly-bearded, braxuj-(aqhr, aqeroj)<br />
brachybotryus -a -um, brachybotrys short-clustered, shortly bunched, braxu-botruj<br />
brachycalyx with a short calyx, braxuj-kaluc<br />
brachycarpus -a -um short-fruited, braxuj-karpoj<br />
brachycaulos short-stemmed, braxuj-kauloj<br />
brachycentrus -a -um having a short spur, braxuj-kentron<br />
brachycerus -a -um short-horned, braxuj-keraj<br />
Brachychiton Short-tunic, braxuj-xitwn<br />
Brachycome (Brachyscome) Short-hair, braxuj-komh<br />
brachycory having a short helmet, short-bracteate, braxuj-(koruj, koroqoj)<br />
Brachycorythis Short-helmeted, braxuj-koroqoj (the short adaxial petals)<br />
Brachyglottis Short-tongue, braxuj-glwssa (short ligulate florets)<br />
brachylobus -a -um with short lobes, braxuj-loboj<br />
brachypetalus -a -um with short petals, braxuj-petalon<br />
brachyphyllus -a -um with short leaves, braxuj-fullon<br />
Brachypodium Short-little-foot, braxuj-podion (pedicels 1–2 mm long)<br />
brachypodus -a -um, brachypus short-stalked, braxuj-pouj<br />
brachyscyphus -a -um shallowly cupped, braxuj-skufoj<br />
brachysiphon short-tubed, braxuj-sifon (corolla tube shorter than wide)<br />
Brachystachium, brachystachys, brachystachyus -a -um short-spiked, braxuj-staxuj<br />
Brachystelma Short-crown, braxuj-stelma (the coronna)<br />
brachytrichus -a -um short-haired, braxuj-trixoj<br />
brachytylus -a -um slightly swollen, short-pegged, with small callosities, braxujtuloj<br />
brachyurus -a -um short-tailed, braxuj-oura (style of Clematis)<br />
bracte-, bracteo- bract-, brattea-, bractea- (classically gold leaf)<br />
Bracteantha having-bracteate-flowers, bractea-florum<br />
bractealis -is -e, bracteatus -a -um with bracts, bracteate, bractea (as in the inflorescences<br />
of Hydrangea, Poinsettia and Acanthus)<br />
bracteolaris -is -e having distinct bracteoles, diminutive of bractea (bratteola classically<br />
fine gold leaf)<br />
bracteosus -a -um with large or conspicuous bracts, comparative of bractea<br />
bractescens with late-enlarging bracts, becoming conspicuously bracteate, bracteaessentia<br />
Bradleia for Richard Bradley (1688–1732), Cambridge professor and horticultural<br />
writer<br />
brady- lazy-, slow-, heavy-, braduj<br />
bradypus heavy-stalked, with slow stem growth, braduj-pouj<br />
Brahea for Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish astronomer who wrote De nova stella<br />
(1573) and thereby questioned divine creation<br />
Brainea for C. J. Braine, merchant who collected ferns in Hong Kong c. 1844–52<br />
brandegeeanus -a -um, brandegeei, brandegei for Townsend S. Brandegee (1843–1925),<br />
N American collector and author<br />
brandisianus -a -um, brandisii for Sir Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907), dendrologist of<br />
Bonn<br />
brasilianus -a -um, brasiliensis -is -e from Brazil, Brazilian<br />
Brassia for William Brass (d. 1783 at sea), orchidologist, collected in W Africa<br />
Brassica Pliny’s name, brassica, brassicae, for various cabbage-like plants<br />
(Brassicaceae)<br />
Brassicella diminutive of Brassica<br />
brassici- cabbage-, Brassicabrassicifolius<br />
-a -um kale or cabbage leaved, Brassica-folium<br />
brassicolens smelling of cabbage, Brassica-(oleo, olere, olui)<br />
Brathys Dioscorides’ name, braqu, for a Juniperus ( Hypericum)<br />
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