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Plant Names - page 13 |
eler in South America) - Esk-al-
loh-nee-uh. Eschscholzia (for German
botanist J. F.
von Eschscholz) - Esh-sholt-see-uh:
California-poppy (E. californica).
Escobaria (broom, spiny tufts) - Esk-
oh-bay-ree-uh. Escontria (for
Mexican Don Bias Es-
contria) -Ess-kont-ree-uh. Eucalyptus
(well-covered, as to buds)
-Yew-kal-lip-tus: Gum-tree.
Eucharidium (agreeable) - Yew-kar-
rid-ee-um: See Clarkia, under which
genus this is now included. Eueharis
(agreeable, graceful) - Yew-
kar-iss: Amazon-lily. Eucomis
(having-fair-foliage) - Yew-
kom-iss.
Eucryphia (well-concealed, as to co-
rolla hidden by calyx) - Yew-kriff-
ee-uh. Eugenia (for Prince Eugene of
Savoy)
-Yew-jeen-ee-uh. Euonymus (of-
good-name) - Yew-on-
im-us. Eupatorium (for King
Eupator of an-
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cient Pontus)-Yew-pat-toh-ree-um:
Thoroughwort, Boneset.
Euphorbia - Yew-forb-ee-uh: Spurge.
Euphoria (well-bearing, perhaps, for
the way it carries its fruits; perhaps
well-being, for after-effects of eating
them)-Yew-for-ee-uh: Longan.
Eupritchardia (the attributive generic
name, pritchardia, has now been
superseded) - Yew-prit-chard-ee-uh:
Pritchardia.
Euptelea (handsome-ptelea, hence hand-
some elm, as suggested by its fruit)
-Yew-teel-ee-uh.
Eurya-Yew-ree-uh.
Eustoma (good-mouth, as to corolla)-
Kew-stom-uh.
Evodia (fragrance, as to leaves)-Ev-
voh-dee-uh.
Evolvulus (rolled-out, hence not twin-
ing as is convolvulus, for example)-
Ev-vol-vew-lus.
Exacum-Ex-ak-um.
Exochorda (external-cord, as to a char-
acteristic of the ovary) - Ex-oh-
kord-uh: Pearl-bush.
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Fabiana (for Spanish botanist Fran-
cisco Fabiano)-Fab-ee-ay-nuh.
Fagus (the classical name) - Foy-gus:
Beech.
Fatsia-Fat-see-uh.
Faucaria-Faw-A:ay-ree-uh.
Fedia-Feed-ee-uh: African-valerian.
Feijoa (for Spaniard J. da Silva Feijo)
-Fay-joh-uh.
Felicia (happiness)-Fel-Z/w-ee-uh.
Fenestraria (with-a-window, as to trans-
lucent area on leaf)-Fen-est-ray-
ree-uh.
Ferocactus (wild-, fierce-cactus)-Fee-
roh-kak-tus.
Ferula (perhaps derived from word for
rod, for stout stems)-Fehr-yew-luh:
Giant-fennel (F. communis).
Ficus-Fye-kus: Fig.
Filipendula (thread-hanging) - Fil-ip-
pen-dew-luh: Meadowsweet.
Fittonia (for English botanists Eliza-
beth and Sarah Fitton) - Fit-toh-
nee-uh.
Fitzroya (after English admiral Robert
Fitzroy) -Fitz-roy-uh.
Flacourtia (for French administrator
Etienne de Flacourt) - Flak-koor-tee-
uh.
Flemingia (for John Fleming, authority
on Indian medicinal plants) - Flem-
min-jee-uh.
Foeniculum - Fee-nik-yew-lutn: Fennel.
Fontanesia (for French botanist Rene
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Desfontaines) - Fon-tan-neez-ee-uh.
Forestiera (for French physician
Charles La Forestier)-For-est-yeer-
uh.
Forsythia (for English horticulturist
William Forsyth, who brought it from
China)-For-sith-ee-uh: Golden-bells.
Fortunella (for Robert Fortune, Scot-
tish botanist and explorer) - For-tew-
nell-uh: Kumquat.
Fothergilla (for English physician John
Fothergill) -Foth-er-gill-uh.
Fragaria - Frag-gay-ree-uh: Straw-
berry.
Francoa (for a Spanish botanical patron
Franco)-Fran-koh-uh.
Frasera (for English botanist John
Fraser)-Fray-zer-uh: Columbo.
Fraxinus-Frax-in-us: Ash.
Freesia (for Swedish botanist Elias
Fries)-Free-zee-uh.
Fremontia (for American general J. C.
Fremont) - Free-mont-ee-uh: Flan-
nel-bush (F. calif ornica).
Fritillaria (dice-box, for markings on
petals) - Frit-il-lay-ree-uh: Frittil-
lary.
Fuchsia (for German botanist Leon-
hard Fuchs) - Foo-ksee-uh (botani-
cally); Few-shuh (colloquially).
Fumaria (smoky) - Few-may-ree-uh:
Fumitory.
Furcraea (for French chemist Antoine
de Fourcroy)-Fur-kree-uh.
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