METHOD OF EXAMINING PLANTS. 39 



ceding account of the parts of plants, it will be found by referring 

 to the glossary at the end of the volume. 



The only instruments necessary in the examination of plants 

 with the view merely of finding out their names, are a sharp- 

 pointed pen-knife, or a pin, for separating the parts of fructification 

 and a small lens for inspecting the more minute parts. 



The Generic and Specific names of plants being in Latin, it has 

 been judged expedient, for the benefit of young botanists not 

 acquainted with that language, to mark the accented syllables. 

 The following rules for the pronunciation of these words may also 

 be attended to: 



1st. The diphthongs ce and as are pronounced like the English 

 long e. 



2d. The letter e at the end of a word is always sounded. 



3d. The letters ch are pronounced hard, like k. 



4th. In words beginning with see and sci, the c is soft. 



5th. The letters c and g before e and z, and before ce and , 

 are soft, but before other vowels hard. In words of Greek origin 

 however, it is customary with some to make the g always hard ; 

 as in Monogynia, Syngenesia. 



