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which bear names not yet accepted for names of girls, 

 will be called simply ; Domina, ' or shortly ' Donna. ' 

 ' Rubra domina ' (wild raspberry) : the wild strawberry, 

 because of her use in heraldry, will bear a name of her 

 own, exceptional, i Cora coronalis. ' 



26. These main points being understood, and conces- 

 sions made, we may first arrange the greater orders of 

 land plants in a group of twelve, easily remembered, and 

 with very little forcing. There must be some forcing al- 

 ways to get things into quite easily tenable form, for 

 Nature always has her ins and outs. But it is curious 

 how fitly and frequently the number of twelve may be 

 used for memoria technica ; and in this instance the 

 Greek derivative names fall at once into harmony with 

 the most beautiful parts of Greek mythology, leading on 

 to early Christian tradition. 



27. Their series will be, therefore, as follows : the 

 principal subordinate groups being at once placed under 

 each of the great ones. The reasons for occasional ap- 

 pearance of inconsistency will be afterwards explained, 

 and the English and French forms given in each case are 

 the terms which would be used in answering the rapid 

 question, ' Of what order is this flower ?' the answer 

 being, It is a ' Cylleriid,' a ' Pleiad,' or a ' Vestal,' as one 

 would answer of a person, he is a Knight of St. John or 

 Monk of St. Benedict ; while to the question, of what 

 gens, we answer, a Stella or an Erica, as one would an- 

 swer of a person, a Stuart or Plantageiiet. 



