1905] Pease, Accentuation of Generic Names. I6I 
RHUs STACHYS 
Rosa THYMUS 
RUMEX TROXIMON 
SALIX UNÍOLA 
SAPÍNDUS VACCINIUM 
SENECIO VIOLA 
SÍUM XYRIS 
SPARGÁNIUM 
I will not here take the space to prove all of these pronunciations 
but will give samples by notes on a few of the more surprising 
changes. 
CLEMaTIS. Greek kAnuaris. 
EPILÓBIUM. Greek èri + Aófftov. 
Litium. Cf. Vergil, Aen. vi. 708-709: candida circum lilia fun- 
duntur. 
LóLtium. Verg. Georg. i. 154: infelix lolium et steriles dominantur 
avenae. 
PRiMULA. Diminutive of prima. 
Vaccinium. Verg. Ecl. ii. 18: 
alta ligustra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur. 
The other cases may be substantiated in these same ways, partly 
by derivation, partly by poetical use. 
In offering this comparatively short list of names I am aware that 
many others are in as much need of study. Such a study should be 
undertaken in connection with a review of the derivations of generic 
names, a field in which there are many doubtful points, of which 
some will probably never be known. And if to anyone I may seem 
to be suggesting too violent changes, I should like to say that by 
adopting them we should be not merely adopting an accentuation 
which is theoretically correct, but should also be bringing ourselves 
into uniformity with European botanists to whom Hypericum, Poly- 
gónatum, etc. are the recognized and familiar pronunciations. 
ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS. 
