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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
elgonicus -a -um from the volcanic Mount Elgon (Masai, elgonyi), Uganda<br />
elimensis -is -e hardy, of the outdoors, elimino, eliminare<br />
elinguis -is -e, elinguus -a -um lacking a tongue or labellum, e-(lingua, linguae)<br />
Elionurus Sun-tailed, hlioj-oura (the ciliate fringe of the lower glume)<br />
elisabethae for Elisabeth of Wied, wife of King Karl Eitel Friedrich I of Romania (the<br />
poetess Carmen Sylva)<br />
Elisena for Princess Elisa Buonaparte (b. 1777), sister to Napoleon<br />
Elisma a variant of Alisma, some suggest for the ovule orientation, elissw, turned<br />
ellacombianus -a -um for Henry Thomas Ellacombe (1790–1885) or his son H. N.<br />
Ellacombe (1822–1916), both Rectors of Bitton, Somerset<br />
Elliottia for Stephen Elliott (1771–1830), American botanist, author of Flora of<br />
South Carolina<br />
elliottii for either G. M. Scott-Elliott (1862–1934), boundary commissioner and<br />
botanist in Sierra Leone c. 1891, and Madagascar, or Captain Elliott, plant grower<br />
of Farnborough Park, Hants, or Clarence Elliott of the Six Hills Nursery,<br />
Stevenage<br />
ellipsoidalis -is -e ellipsoidal, botanical Latin from elleiyij, elleipein (a solid having<br />
an oval profile)<br />
ellipticus -a -um about twice as long as broad, oblong with rounded ends, elliptic,<br />
elleiyij, elleipein<br />
elliptifolius -a -um having elliptic or oval leaves, ellipticus-folium<br />
ellobo- into-lobes-, en-loboj<br />
-ellus -ella -ellum -lesser, -ish (diminutive suffix)<br />
Elodea Marsh, eloj-wdhj (Canadian pondweed grows in water)<br />
elodeoides resembling Elodea, eloj-wdhj-oeidhj<br />
elodes of bogs and marshes, eloj-wdhj (cf. helodes)<br />
elongatus -a -um lengthened out, elongated, e-longus, (elongo, elongare)<br />
Elsholtzia for Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623–88), Prussian botanical writer<br />
eludens warding off, teasing, deceiving, present participle of eludo, eludere, elusi,<br />
elusum<br />
elwesianus -a -um, elwesii for Henry John Elwes (1846–1922), author of <strong>The</strong> Genus<br />
Lilium and co-author with Dr A. Henry of <strong>The</strong> Trees of Great Britain and Ireland<br />
Elymandra Millet-flowered, elumoj-anhr<br />
Elymus Hippocrates’ name, elumoj, for a millet-like grass (Englished as lime grass)<br />
Elytraria Covered, elutron (the bracts of the inflorescence)<br />
elytri-, elytro- covering-, elutron, elutro-<br />
Elytrigia Husk, elutron<br />
Elytroa Covering-bearing, elutro-fora (spikelets resemble insects with wingcase-like<br />
glumes)<br />
elytroglossus -a -um having a sheathing tongue or labellum, elutro-glwssa<br />
elytroides resembling Elytroa<br />
Elytropus Covered-stem, elutron-pouj (the covering of numerous bracts)<br />
em-, en- on-, for-, in-, into-, put into-, within-, made-, not-, ememarcescens<br />
not withering, retaining shape, e-(marcesco, marcescere)<br />
emarcidus -a -um not flaccid or withered, e-marcidus (marcesco, marcescere)<br />
emarginatus -a -um notched at the apex, e-(margo, marginis) (see Fig. 7h)<br />
emasculus -a -um without-male, without functional stamens, e-masculus<br />
Embelia from a Cingalese vernacular name<br />
emblica an old Bengali name, amlaki, for the medicinal fruited Emblic myrobalan (<br />
Phyllanthus emblica)<br />
-embola -peg-like, emboloj<br />
Embothrium In-little-pits, en-boqrion (the anthers are inserted in slight depressions)<br />
(Chilean fire bush)<br />
emeiensis -is -e from Mt Omei, Sitchuan<br />
emeriflorus -a -um one day flowering, botanical Latin from hmera and florum<br />
emeritensis -is -e from Merida (Emerita)<br />
emeritus -a -um out of desert, for service, e-(mereor, mereri, merui, meritus)<br />
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