Im - pay - shee - ens: Touch - me - not,
Snap weed, or (/. balsamina) Garden
balsam. Incarvillea (after Jesuit
missionary P.
d'lncarville)-In-kar-vi7/-ee-uh.
Indigofera (indigo-bearing) - In-dig-
goff-er-uh: Indigo. Inula-In-yew-luh.
Iochroma (violet-color) -Eye-oh-kroh-
muh. Ionidium (violet-nest, vague
except for
violet color of flowers) - Eye-oh-
nid-ee-um. Ionopsidium (violet-like) -
Eye-on-op-
sid-ee-um: Diamond-flower. Ipomoea
(worm-like, probably because
of its twining habit) - Eye-poh-mee-
uh: Ipomea, Morning-glory. Iresine
(wool-bound-wreath, as to wool-
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ly calyx) - Eye-res-sye-nee: Blood-
leaf.
Iris (rainbow)-Eye-riss.
Isatis-Eye-sat-iss: Woad.
Isoloma (equal-border, perhaps as to
corolla) - Eye-soh-loh-muh.
Isoplexis (equal-cut, as to lips of co-
rolla ) -Eye-soh-plex-iss.
Isopyrum-Eye-soh-pye-rum.
Isotoma (equal-cut, perhaps as to co
rolla lips)-Eye-sot-oh-muh.
Itea (classical willow) - It-ee-uh:
Sweet-spire, or Virginia-willow (/.
virginica).
Ixia (bird-lime, for viscid juice of some
species)-Ix-ee-uh.
Ixiolirion (Ixia-like-lily) - Ik-see-oh-
lihr-ee-on.
Ixora (Hindu divinity)-Ik-soh-ruh.
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| J |
Jacaranda-Jak-ar-rand-uh.
Jacobinia-Jak-oh-bin-ee-uh.
Jamesia (for its American discoverer
Dr. Edwin James)--Jay-mee-see-uh.
Jasminum - Jass-min-um: Jasmine,
Jessamine.
Jatropha (physician-food, as to medicinal
uses)-Jat-roh-fuh.
Jeffersonia (for President Thomas Jef-
ferson)-Jef-er-soh-nee-uh.
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Jubaea (as to feather-like growth) -
Jew-bee-uh: Syrup palm.
Juglans-Joo-glanz: Walnut.
Juniperus-Joo-nip-er-us: Juniper.
Jussiaea (for French botanist Bernard de
Jussieu) - Juss-ih-ee-uh: Primrose-
willow.
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| K |
Kadsura-Kad-soor-uh.
Kalanchoe-Kal-an-koh-ee.
Kalmia (for Swedish botanist Peter
Kalm) - Kal-mee-uh: (Mountain-
laurel is K. latifolia). Kennedia (for
English gardener Lewis
Kennedy)-Ken-need-ee-uh. Kerria
(for English gardener William
Kerr) --Kehr-ee-uh. Keteleeria (for
French nurseryman Jean
Keteleer)-Ket-el-leer-ee-uh. Kickxia
(for Belgian botanist Jan
Kickx)-Kik-see-uh. Kleinia-Kly-e-
nee-uh. Kniphofia (for German
botanist Jo-
hann Kniphof) - Nip-hoh-fee-uh:
Torch-lily, Poker-plant. Kochia (for
German botanist W. D. J.
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Koch) - Koh-kee-uh: Summer cy-
press (K. scoparia).
Koelreuteria (for German naturalist J.
G. Koelreuter) - Kel-roo-teer-ee-
uh: (K. paniculata is the Golden-rain-
tree).
Kolkwitzia (for German botanist Richard
Kolkwitz) - Kol-kwits-ee-uh: Beauty-
bush.
Kosteletzkya (for Bohemian botanist
V. F. Kosteletzky)-Kost-el-lets-kee-
uh.
Krigia (for David Krig, collector of
Maryland plants)-Krig-ee-uh.
Kuhnia (for Philadelphia botanist Dr.
Adam Kuhn)-Koon-ee-uh.
Kunzea (for German botanist Gustav
Kunze ) -Kunn -zee-uh.
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| L |
Laburnum (the classical name)-Lab-
burn-um: Golden-chain (L. anagy-
roides). Lachenalia (for Swiss
botanist W. de
Lachenal) - Lak-en-nay -lee -uh:
Cape-cowslip. Lactuca - Lak-tew-
kuh: Lettuce (L.
sativa).
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Laelia (for Roman statesman Caius
Laelius)-Lee-lee-uh.
Laeliocattleya - Lee-Iee-oh-kat-lee-uh:
The name of a group of hybrids be-
tween two orchid genera, laelia and
cattleya.
Lagenaria (flask) - Laj-en-nay-ree-uh:
White-flowered gourd.
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