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Pronouncing Dictionary—continued. 
italics as much of the name from which they are derived as is reproduced im them— 
eg., Abuta (the name given by the natives in Guiana) appears <Ab-w’-ta; Abatia 
(commemorative of Peter Abat) is printed Ab-a’-ti-a; antwerpensis (from Antwerp) 
ant-werp-en'-sis. Geographical and commemorative names, however, which were used in 
classical Latin, remain in the common type, e.g., Ad-o’-nis, wth-i-op’-ic-a. 
All the words which are printed in ordinary type are presumed to be derived 
from’ Greek or Latin; and to enable the tyro to pronounce them with comparative 
accuracy the following special rules are given with regard to the three most important 
points. 
I. Aeccentuation (Stress of Voice).—The sign ’ marks the syllable on which the accent 
or stress of voice falls. It has nothing to do with the quantity of the syllable, which 
may be either long or short: e.g., am-a’-ra, Al-is’-ma. The secondary accent of poly- 
syllables must be at least two syllables before the primary accent: e.g., Ac’-ti-nol’-ep-is, 
Ac-ti’-noph-yl’-lum ; but as the secondary accent is generally obvious and of com- 
paratively little importance, it is only inserted in cases where doubt might arise. 
Il. Quantity (Length or Shortness of Syllables).—In this Dictionary, as a general rule, 
the quantity is shown by the manner in which the words are divided. When a vowel 
terminates any syllable, except the last, it is to be sounded long. When the syllable 
terminates with a consonant, the preceding vowel is to be considered short. This 
manner of dividing the words into syllables has been selected as the clearest way of 
showing the quantity of each vowel to ordinary readers; it is, of course, quite different 
from scientific syllabication, such as that of Mr. Ellis, which would be confusing to all 
except classical scholars: but as it is our primary object to be intelligible, even to the 
unlearned, we have preferred an approximation to the truth which can be easily under- 
stood by everyone. The following words, which are printed at the foot of each page, 
will exemplify the mode of distinguishing the quantity which has been adopted. 
SHor?, as in dp-art slén-der thin rot-ten pow-er-fiil 
Lone, as in psd-Imist ve-ined mach-7-nist vo-ter ra-ler 
Diphthongs are always long. At the end of a word, a is almost always short; e, cenerally 
long; i, almost always long. Exceptions to these rules are marked long (—) or short (v). 
IIL. Pronunciation of Particular Letters. —Most of the scientific names of plants, and 
other terms used in Botany, are derived from the Greek and Latin languages, and even 
the words originally from the Greek have been generally Latinised, i.e., made to conform to 
Latin rules. The manner in which Latin has been, until lately, pronounced in this country 
