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spect to new names, but more especially new 

 terms; and, after all, lie will be amenable 

 to the general tribunal of botanists, and the 

 judgment of those who come after him. Few 

 indeed are illustrious enough to claim such 

 privileges as these. Those who alter names, 

 often for the worse, according to arbitrary 

 rules of their own, or in order to aim at con- 

 sequence which they cannot otherwise attain, 

 are* best treated with silent neglect. The 

 system should not be encumbered with such 

 names, even as synonyms. 



When, however, solid discoveries and im- 

 provements are made in the science ; when 

 species or genera have been confounded by 

 Linnaeus himself, and new ones require to be 

 separated from them, the latter must neces- 

 sarily receive appropriate appellations; as 

 also when a totally wrong and absurd name 

 has by mistake been given, as Begonia ca- 

 pensis ; in such cases names must give place 

 to things, and alterations proceeding from 

 such causes must be submitted to. Thus I 

 believe Mr. Salisbury's Castalia is well sepa- 

 rated from Nympluea. See Annals of Bo- 

 tany 9 v. 2. 71* 



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