EXPLANATION OF SPECIES-NAMES 
(PERSONAL NAMES OMITTED). 
RULES FOR PRONOUNCIATION. 
In classical names there are as many syllables as there are vowels, even 1f 
terminal, except in the case of diphthongs and when w with any vowel fol- 
lows y, ¢ or s. 
A unaccented, ending a word, is pronounced like ah. 
I unaccented, if final, is sounded as if written eye; and when it ends a 
syllable not final it has the sound of e, as Behr-e-eye for Behrii. 
C is pronounced like i before a, o and uw; but is soft before e, i and y. 
G is pronounced hard before a, o and w; soft like J before e, 7 and y. 
T, s and ¢ before ia, te, % and eu, when preceded by the accent, change 
their sound, ¢ into tsh, sand ¢ into sh or zh; but when the accent is on 
the first diphthong the preceding consonant preserves its sound, as 
aurantiaca 
Ch before a vowel is pronounced like /. 
Cn, gn, ps, pt and other uncombinable consonants, when they begin a 
word, the first letter is not sounded; in the middle of a word they 
are separate. 
Ph are pronounced like /f. 
Sch sounds like sk. 
S at the end of a word has a hissing sound ; except when preceded by e, + 
or 2, when it sounds like z. 
X at the beginning of a word sounds like z. 
The accented syllable is indicated by the mark (’) at the end, as in 
acero sa. 
acanthoc'lada ; thorn-branched acumina’ta, um; long-pointed 
acero’sa ; needle-shape acuta ; sharp-pointed 
achilleoi’des ; Achillea-like acutan’gula ; sharp-cornered 
acicula'ris ; needle-like acutifo'lius ; having pointed leaves 
acid’ula ; somewhat acid aden’ophorum ; gland-bearing 
acina’cea ; dagger-like adpres’sa ; pressed close to 
acrade‘nia ; having a gland at the adscen’‘dens ; ascending 
tip adsper’sum ; spotted 
acrop'tera ; summit-winged e’mula ; rivalling 
actinoc’ladus ; ray-branched eequilatera’le, equal-sided 
aculea‘ta, um; prickly Aithio’picum ; Ethiopian 
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