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pretty, (Lavandula,) or pretty without being good, 

 (Kalmia). But no name terminating in 'a' will 

 be attached to a plant that is neither good nor 

 pretty. 



(ill.) The neuter names terminating in ' um ' will 

 always indicate some power either of active or 

 suggestive evil, (Conium, Solanum, Satyrium,) or a 

 relation, more or less definite, to death ; but this 

 relation to death may sometimes be noble, or 

 pathetic, — "which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast 

 into the oven," — Lilium. 



But the leading position of the neuters in the 

 plant's double name must be noticed by students 

 unacquainted with Latin, in order to distinguish 

 them from plural genitives, which will always, of 

 course, be the second word (Francesca Fontium, 

 Francesca of the Springs). 



14. Names terminating in 'is' and ' e,' if defi- 

 nitely names of women, (Iris, Amaryllis, Alcestis, 

 Daphne,) will always signify flowers of great beauty, 

 and noble historic association. If not definitely 

 names of women, they will yet indicate some 

 speciality of sensitiveness, or association with legend 

 (Berberis, Clematis). No neuters in 'e' will be 



» admitted. 



15. Participial terminations (Impatiens), with 

 neuters in ' en ' (Cyclamen), will always be descrip- 



