92 CONCLUSION. 



um ruta myraria and Fedlcularis Sceptrum 

 carolinum, for instance! — All kinds of barbar- 

 ous names Coffen^ Fiper, Faretla, Yucca <Slc — 

 Many derived names as Fasserina from Fasser 

 — Galium and Allium — Arum, Asarum and 

 Comarum &c. altho' he had abolished all such. 



1 do not mean by this to imply that Coffca 

 and Yucca are bad names. They are quite as 

 good as some harsh greek names. And many 

 greek and latin names came from the Celtic 

 and Oriental Languages. Kraschenikofia^ 

 Lightfoatia, Mesemhryanthenum are certainly 

 much worse, and must be softened or latinized 

 into Krasnikovia, Lifutia, Mi sembrianthus. 



But I mean to say that his oversights are not 

 to mislead us, and that mistaken Genera, 

 , whether in fact or names, either of Linneus, 

 Jussieu or even Decandole, (since he has some 

 also) or of Hooker, Lindley <^c are not to be 

 adopted ; but must be corrected ; even now, if 

 so long overlooked by neglect. 



All such arbitrary and absurd Genera must 

 then be revised and reformed — Such is my aim 

 — Any one who may disapprove of this plan, 

 must be blinded by prejudice or inveterate love 

 of errors. 



Decandole has done much, but only reached 

 one fourth of Vegetation, and overlooked many 

 forms, or slightly noticed them, owing to the 

 immense labor he undertook on all the speci^ .. 



A fair example of blunders by a Linneist, 

 •may be seen in Loureiro flora Cochinchinensis, 

 where he has referred a crowd of new plants 

 and new gcn3ra, to linnean oVject?, quite dif- 

 ferent; yet he wrs commended and reprinted by 

 Wildenow, and has been quoted by Smith, JLa- 

 mark ij»c, without detecting his blunders. 



